By Fr George Adimike Various religions of the world, especially the ancient mystery ones, relished the reality of the divine feminine, many of which ranked high in pantheons of nations. The prevalence of these female gods (goddesses) or feminine elements in deities is not geographically circumscribed. These notable goddesses across mountains and fountains (Ishtar, Hecate, […]

By Emeka Obasi Hard tackling defender Bright Omokaro started as an offensive midfielder. In 1973, he was confronted by AbdulRahman Abdulrazaq who today sits in Ilorin as governor of Kwara State. Abdulrazaq represented the Kwara State Junior Football team at the First National Sports Festival, Lagos ’73. Omokaro played for Mid-Western State. The Kwara team camped […]

By Tochi Okafor Strength training should be top of your list if you desire to improve your health. Strength training involves the performance of physical exercises that are designed to improve strength and endurance. With a massive body of evidence supporting its many benefits, strength training has become highly recommended as part of most exercise […]

Hi, Abortion has remained a controversial subject in Nigeria, especially between the moralists and religious groups and the Pro Choice groups, with emphasis on the protection of the life of mothers and the sanctity of life. The recent move by the Lagos State government to leverage on the 2011 amendment of the criminal law on […]

By Biodun Busari The United States has excluded Nigeria from its 2023 Diversity Immigrant Visa programme which is also known as the green card lottery. nigeria’s exclusion from the programme makes it eight years in a row that the US ignored the most populous African country in the world among immigrants entering via DVL. Read […]

By Bunmi Sofola Most cases of cancer may be associated with unhealthy lifestyles rather than our genes, experts have claimed.  According to researchers, factors in the world around us – from diet to sunlight, cigarettes and disease – play a far bigger role in fuelling cancer than DNA.  In fact, about 90 per cent of […]

By Ugochukwu Alaribe UMUAHIA-Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, will commission some projects completed by the Governor Okezie Ikpeazu administration, Monday, next week.   Vanguard gathered that some of the projects billed to be commissioned by Gov. Wike during his visit include the Osisioma Ngwa flyover, the Nwaobasi Estate ring road, Aba -Owerri road, among other […]

By Bunmi Sofola KOREDE was raised in a polygamous home and confessed he experienced none of the emotional trauma a lot of children who grew up in polygamous settings claimed they went through.  “My dad had three wives who bore him 13 children and my own mum is the middle wife.  All the children wanted […]

By Bunmi Sofola THE rainy season is fast upon us.  A few of us might skip through the season; but most of us will succumb, enduring between two and five bouts of sniffing and sneezing each year – each lasting an average of nine days.  Experts believe we spend around five years of our lives […]

By Bose Adelaja Massive fire outbreak involving a truck is currently ongoing in Matogun area of Ogun State. The incident occurred about 15 minutes ago.  Reports reaching Vanguard said the fire has affected some lives though the number is yet to be ascertained.  A resident, Mr Oluwatosin Ariyanja who alerted Vanguard about the incident said […]

By Francis Ewherido Many hearts—parents, students and other concerned Nigerians—sank when the Academic Staff Union of Universities “after a heated meeting” of the national executive council of the ASUU, decided to extend the ongoing strike by the union. From extension, it has become an indefinite strike. Government has been talking, ASUU has also been talking, […]

. By Fortune Eromosele The Nigerian Youth Congress, NYC, has identified with the Ekiti state governor, His Excellency Dr. John Kayode Fayemi, CON, over Victory as the President, Forum of Regions of Africa at the just concluded first edition of the Forum of Regions of Africa (FORAF) event in Morocco. The President of NYC, Blessing […]

By Emmanuel Aziken The political landscape in the country was enlivened last Monday after the penultimate governor of Kano State, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau defected from the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The defection of Mallam as he used to be popularly called in the days of yore was his second entry […]

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has suspended its presidential candidate Dumebi Kachikwu, accusing him of making a false, misguided and defamatory video, among other infractions.  The party also considered Kachikwu’s action as “crass irresponsibility, gross indiscipline, disingenuous scandalization and blackmail, and completely unfit of someone who wants to be President of Nigeria.” In a statement […]

Princess Aminat Elegushi offers free medical outreach to Eti-osa indigenes