By Nnamdi Ojiego The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) and the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) have launched a vigorous legal challenge against a new lawsuit filed by Dangote Refinery seeking to halt the issuance and renewal of petroleum product import licences across the country, arguing that the move poses […]

Observers say the ministry’s growing international outreach reflects an increasing focus on practical humanitarian impact alongside its longstanding spiritual mission.

•‘Education should be free because if you don’t invest in your people, you destroy your society. You will turn scientists into taxi drivers’ •Speaks on Tinubu, party crisis, education collapse and Nigeria’s economic future By Olalekan Bilesanmi Fresh from emerging as the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) ahead of the 2027 general elections, Prince […]

Excitement filled the air in Makurdi as thousands of passionate Arsenal supporters gathered in a victory parade to celebrate the club’s English Premier League trophy triumph, ending a 22-year wait for the silverware since the era of the famous “Invincibles.”

The nail came down hard and pierced deep into the coffin on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. It was a night that dreams of millions of young men and women who believed in loyalty and followership were dashed by a single unilateral decision.

By Esther Onyegbula As Muslims across Nigeria prepare for the Eid-el-Kabir celebration, popularly known as Sallah, rising food prices, expensive livestock and increasing transportation costs are forcing many families to scale down festivities, abandon travel plans and embrace modest celebrations. From Lagos to Ibadan and Badagry, traders, livestock sellers and residents who spoke with Sunday Vanguard painted […]

PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday, coasted to victory in the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential primaries for the 2027 general election, overwhelming his lone challenger, Mr. Stanley Osifo, in a nationwide exercise that turned into a massive endorsement of his leadership and administration.

By Kayode Akinmade  When the results of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ogun East Senatorial District primary election were announced on May 18, 2026, the outcome was emphatic and politically instructive. Prince Dapo Abiodun, outgoing Governor of Ogun State, secured 75,550 votes out of 99,503 ballots cast, winning across all nine local government areas of the district. […]

President Bola Tinubu had no hurdle picking the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket for the 2027 presidential election.

…recalls the fear, bloodshed, betrayals that destroyed the First Republic By Luminous Jannamike The Atlantic waters were calm, but the conversations aboard the Elder Dempster liner MV Apapa were anything but. As the ship sailed from Liverpool toward West Africa in January 1966, a young Nigerian military officer, Yakubu Gowon, found himself surrounded by anxious passengers […]

From the day the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced a fresh outbreak of Ebola, fears have spread far beyond its borders. Currently, health officials in the DRC are racing to contain the deadly virus.

US President Donald Trump was at the White House at the time as he worked to negotiate a deal with Iran

Parents, teachers and students have condemned the attacks on schools in Borno and Oyo states, calling for concrete efforts at preventing a resurgence of the evil act.

In recent months, parts of Oyo State have been sliding into a more complex and mobile insecurity pattern, one increasingly shaped by forest corridors, weak rural surveillance, and the gradual southward drift of armed groups from the country’s North-Central axis. 

On Friday, May 15, 2026, the world was jolted by news of the killing of top commander of the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP), Abour Mainok and several other fighters.