By Emmanuel Okogba Barcelona legend and member of the ‘s tiki-taka generation, Xavi Hernandez is set to replace sacked coach, Ronald Koeman, Vanguard reports. Koeman got the sack last night after a poor run of form that included him lose the el-classico a shocking 1-0 defeat in the hands of Rayo Vallecano. Xavi who had […]

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa, CAPPA, has said the tobacco industry was interfering with governments’ health policies thereby endangering regulatory efforts in clear contravention of the National Tobacco Control Act, 2015, and the National Tobacco Control Regulations, 2019.

By Temisan Amoye Round four of the English EFL Cup rounded up on Wednesday night with routine wins for Premier League clubs, with West Ham eliminating favourites Man City 5-3 on penalties the highlight of the night. With Arsenal, Leeds and Sunderland securing their Quarter-Final berths on Tuesday, here is a review of Wednesday’s EFL […]

By Emmanuel Okogba British-Nigerian boxer, Anthony Joshua is looking forward to a heavyweight fight with Deontay Wilder and says he would take it in a heatbeat. Joshua lost to Ukranian, Oleksandr Usyk last month in London and will need to redeem himself when they meet again to get the opportunity to meet Wilder. He triggered […]

Concerned residents of Jos, the Plateau State capital have decried the increase in the price of charcoal in the state. Some of the residents, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Jos, lamented that the price of the commodity had gone through the roof. Miss Jennifer Godwin, a student and […]

An Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama, Jos, on Thursday sentenced a job seeker, Aklo Joseph to six months imprisonment for stealing a 12mm iron rod worth N4,300. The presiding Judge, Lawal Suleiman, sentenced Joseph after he pleaded guilty to the two counts of theft and criminal trespass and pleaded for leniency. Suleiman however […]

An Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan  Nama, Jos, on Thursday sentenced an 18-year-0ld student, Solomon Paul,  to six months imprisonment for stealing a  sewing machine worth  N70,000. The presiding Judge, Lawal Suleiman, sentenced Paul after he pleaded guilty to the one count charge of theft and begged the court for leniency. Suleiman, however, gave […]

A Jos Upper Area Court on Thursday, sentenced two friends to one year imprisonment each for stealing an Infinix Hot 6 and N10,000. The presiding Judge, Lawal Suleiman, sentenced Zainab Abdul and Dahiru Umar  after they pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal conspiracy and theft and begged the court for leniency. Suleiman however gave Abdul an […]

By Adekunle Adekoya & Dayo Johnson This is the second and concluding part of the interview Vanguard had with Aare Afe Babalola, legal luminary and founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, ABUAD. The university, situated along the road to Iluomoba-Ekiti and Imesi is a marvel, given that it is the product of just one man’s […]

Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, FUPRE, Thursday, said the Post UTME Screening Exercise earlier scheduled to hold from Monday 25th to Saturday 30th October, 2021, has been postponed