By Emeka Mba There is a proverb the Igbo publicly render with relish and pride: Uwa bu afia — the world is a marketplace. We say it to explain our pursuit of communal and personal value, our enterprise, our presence in every corner of the globe where commerce thrives. From Ariaria, in Abia state to Alaba, in […]

Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party jumped into early lead over his All Progressives Congress, APC, challenger, Mr Bola Oyebamiji, in the tightly contested Osun State governorship election, last night.

With results from 3,292 polling units or 87.5 percent of the 3,763 polling units uploaded by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as of press time, Adeleke had garnered over 439,132 votes compared to Oyebamiji’s 379,255 votes.

In the first part of this report published last Sunday, Lagos residents and council chairmen traded claims on refuse heaps ‘decorating’ roads in the state. Today, the regulator of waste, Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), and refuse collectors under the aegis of PSP Operators share their perspectives. Read on.

By Vivian Obi For many Nigerian women, the word fibroid carries more fear than hope. It is a diagnosis often whispered among friends, discussed quietly within families, or discovered unexpectedly after years of enduring painful menstrual periods, heavy bleeding, persistent pelvic pain, or difficulty conceiving. By the time many women seek medical attention, surgery has become […]

By Bunmi Sofola A Reader wrote:  I have followed your columns way back from your Punch days when I was in the university.  Most of the times, your articles are so down-to-earth they speak to me – as if you are writing about me.  In one of the editions of Sunday Vanguard a few months back, […]

A scathing recent remark by the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress NDC, Mr. Peter Obi that Nigerian professors now help illiterates to rig elections in the country must have disconcerted many citizens.  It is certainly a remark which keeps Nigeria quite low in the comity of nations more so as it shows the irony […]

Beloved, we thank God for life as we progress in the month of a new beginning. A new beginning means an end to old challenges, it is the time when we sing a new song, it could also mean the time that people call one by a new name. New signifies a departure from the old. […]

”Nobody is worth being called a friend unless he is prepared to suffer attacks on account of defending you” – Anonymous Annual tributes to former military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, has become a ritual; shared by several highly respected individuals than most people realize. Despite the determined efforts by the June 12 opportunists, all they […]

After more than two months in captivity, 14 worshippers of the Christ Apostolic Church, CAC, Eda Oniyo, Ekiti State, have regained their freedom after N25.5 million ransom was said to have been paid.

Amid the current waste crisis across Lagos metropolis with the attendant health risks, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Lagos Waste Management Authority,  LAWMA, in this exclusive interview, speaks on refuse heaps, infrastructure gaps, new waste management system, enforcement and the way forward for Lagos among others.