INEC’s threats against campaign misconduct
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s warning that abusive, inflammatory and threatening campaign language will attract severe sanctions under the Electoral Act 2026 is timely, but hardly novel. At the beginning of virtually every election season, INEC issues similar warnings to political parties, candidates and their supporters. The recurrence of such vices raises the question: […]
Love is the essence of Christmas
TODAY, December 25, is a day set aside to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, our best example of love for God and mankind. It is also Friday, a day we, at Vanguard Editorial Board, publish tributes to accomplished personalities. This editorial, therefore, stands as a tribute to Jesus. Also, whenever Christmas day falls […]
Reusing products and the environment
ALAN Durning in his book, How Much Is Enough? throws up stunning statistics. He records that the world throws away at least 200 billion bottles, cans, plastic cartons, paper, and plastic cups each year. These discarded items, besides feeding consumption lifestyles, also create mountains of wastes across our cities which in turn poses the challenge […]
Evasion of technology sustains corruption
ACCORDING to a report released by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, scanners needed to view cargo contents at the Lagos Ports Complex to avoid time-wasting manual clearing of over 4,166 20-foot containers daily, have not worked in the past two years. “It is, therefore, imperative for the Federal Government to expedite action […]
Need for unified exchange policy
NIGERIA’s foreign exchange policy has been a major topic of both local and international commentaries, bordering on controversy for a long time. Most disagreements have centred on market liberalisation and unification. The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, custodian of the nation’s foreign exchange policy and the economic adviser to the government, appears to have remained […]
Celebrating Anthony Joshua’s boxing feats
NIGERIANS woke up last Sunday morning to the heart-warming news of Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua’s latest boxing victory against Kubrat Pulev. Joshua retained his world heavyweight titles by knocking out Pulev in the ninth round on Saturday night, December 12, 2020. A Briton, born to a Nigerian mother, Yeta, and Robert Joshua, an Irish man […]
