By Ebunoluwa Sessou The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed for second reading a bill seeking to prohibit street begging across the state as part of efforts to restore order, improve public safety and promote a cleaner environment. The proposed legislation, debated during plenary, is aimed at addressing the growing incidence of street begging, […]

By LADE BANDELE  How should a nation judge the performance of its health sector?” Public life has an odd way of allowing the loudest questions to eclipse the most important ones. A claim is made, a rebuttal follows, familiar positions harden, and attention gradually drifts from the matter under discussion to the argument surrounding it. Before […]

By Efe Onodjae  Nigerian actors Lateef Adedimeji and Linda Ejiofor-Suleiman headline Black Market, a new Nollywood feature from Rixel Studios, as the producers set their sights on breaking the Guinness World Record for the largest film screening at a single venue. The studio officially unveiled the project this week, describing Black Market as its second […]

By Chioma Okoye Nigerian Afrobeats artiste Ceezay Yung has released his first single of the year, Spark, marking a new phase in his musical career under eLXR Records. The release follows the singer’s first year with the independent record label, led by Chief Executive Officer Folarin Adedotun, and signals a renewed artistic direction while maintaining […]

By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri The Management and Staff of Vanguard Media Limited, members of the Borno and Yobe States Correspondents’ Chapels, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), have extended their condolences to Mr. Salihu Inusa Ndahi Marama over the demise of his father, Baba Inusa Yarami Ndahi, after a protracted illness.  Aged 96, the late Baba […]

The Africa International Housing Show (AIHS), organisers of Africa’s largest housing and construction exhibition, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to lead a transformative housing reform agenda that can reshape Nigeria’s economy, generate millions of jobs, reduce poverty, and provide decent shelter for low-income earners and informal sector workers.

By ANTHONY KILA  Some institutions deserve our gratitude, even when they demand our courage to change them. The National Youth Service Corps is one of them. When the NYSC was established in 1973, Nigeria was emerging from the trauma of the civil war. The country needed more than roads and bridges; it needed trust. It needed […]

Success is often described as the point where opportunity meets preparation. While opportunity may come unexpectedly, only those who have prepared themselves are truly able to seize it. This reality played out during the Life Nwa Boi Experience, a youth empowerment initiative designed to discover, mentor and develop the next generation of beer merchants across […]

The Senate’s planned probe of the Safe Schools Initiative (SSI) has arisen from a bitter national irony: a programme meant to protect children has become a symbol of waste and recurring insecurity. Fresh outrage over school kidnappings has pushed lawmakers to demand answers on how about N144 billion was spent with so little visible protection […]

Nigerian fast-rising rapper and singer OLW MARO, born Olawale Oluwafemi Maromipin, is gradually carving out a unique space for himself