When Trump threatened to take lethal action against Muslim criminals who have turned parts of Northern Nigeria into killing fields, he gained a whole bunch – maybe millions! – of new fans overnight. Many Christians who had totally despised him till then started to speak well of him and regard him as some kind of avenging saviour. […]

Omoyele Sowore, the controversial activist and owner of Sahara Reporters, recently stated in a Channels TV interview with Seun Akinbaloye that Tinubu is “in complete control” of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, coalition…and that “all” of the main ADC politicians are secretly working for Tinubu behind the scenes. This is an explosive claim; and the possibility that […]

Last week, Mrs Beatrice Awura Oboshie Allua Fisher was laid to rest in Lagos alongside her beloved late husband, Lanre Fisher, an engineer, having passed away at her London residence at the grand old age of 92. Her children, Peter and Annette, are my pals and she was like a second mother to me, an adored auntie […]

On Tuesday night, I appeared on Charles Aniagolu’s Arise TV show, alongside Dele Farotimi and Professor Jibrin Ibrahim. We had been invited to discuss my view that most of today’s Nigerians deserve bad leadership because they don’t protest significantly when they are subjected to endless injustices and governance deficits. Nigeria can and should be a great […]

President Bola Tinubu, at a meeting in the Villa on Wednesday, conferred  posthumous national honours on the late Ogoni Four – Albert Badey, Edward Kobani, Theophilus Orage, Samuel Orage – and urged the people of Ogoniland to come together after decades of division. He said: “May their memories continue to inspire unity, courage and purpose among […]

He is responding to the column that was published on this page on August 28. It used a story about students’ breakfast preferences (many objected to akara and pap) to illustrate how a divided opposition can lose out to an unpopular minority. You can access this column via the Vanguard website. Dear Donu,  I am […]

I’ve been in London for the past month; and as always, there is much to comment on. Let me first compare the glaring differences between British public servants and Nigerian public servants. Last week, Angela Rayner was forced to step down as Deputy Prime Minister following an uproar about her failure to pay sufficient tax linked […]

A friend drew this article to my attention. It was written by Elvis Eromosele, who used to work for her. He is a seasoned writer, corporate communications specialist, and public commentator with over 20 years of experience in journalism, public relations, and sustainability reporting. He holds a B.Sc. in Industrial Mathematics from the University of Benin […]

Some of you may already have seen the case study below on social media platforms. I don’t know whether it is hypothetical or real, but I’m publishing it here for Vanguard readers who haven’t seen it before because it makes a very important and interesting point that every Nigerian who desperately wants political change should consider. Akara […]

By John Odocha I strongly believe that this is an issue that must no longer be swept under the carpet if this country wishes to thrive on the tripod of justice, equity, and fairness. In my book: “The Way We Are: Ideas for a better Nigeria,” published in 2012, and launched in Abuja [Dec 2012] and Washington […]

In a newspaper interview last Sunday, Shehu Sani, a former senator from Kaduna State, said that if Peter Obi is given the ADC’s presidential ticket…

Thanks to various recent dramatic developments on the national stage – ex-President Buhari’s death, high-profile politicians defecting from Labour/APC/PDP, febrile coalition talk, etc – my poor, oppressed home state, Rivers, has almost been forgotten.  We continue to be controlled by retired Vice Admiral Ibok Ete Ibas, an unelected, non-indigenous onetime Chief Of Naval Staff turned military administrator […]

This tribute was written by Funmi Farotimi, a family friend  Bolaji Badejo is the first Nigerian Superstar,” I said to a friend “Badewho?” was the confused response I got. Long before the term “Nollywood” was coined to refer to the Nigerian Film Industry Bolaji Badejo acted the role of Xernomorph, the acid dripping villainous Alien in […]

So many affronts have been inflicted on my home state, Rivers, this year, the three worst outrages being the suspension of Governor Sim Fubara, the imposition of a completely unnecessary state of emergency on March 18 and the indefensible appointment this week of a non-indigene (Dr Ekpai Odey) to the chairmanship of RSIEC, our allegedly independent electoral […]

Mark Nwagwu  is  a multi-talented  88-year-old  professor of cell and molecular biology. He has 12 books to his credit, including four poetry collections  that were    dedicated to his dear  late  wife, Professor Helen Onyemazuwa Nwagwu.  Prof,  a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science  and    Association of Nigerian Authors, is currently (and amazingly, given […]