Abia top UTME scorer to get N.5m scholarship in memory of late Ukpabi
Highest scorer in Unified Tertiary Matriculation Exam, UMTE, from Abia State, is to receive N500,000 scholarship, courtesy of the late Uche J. Ukpabi Legacy Foundation.
Breaking: Fayose’s Mercedes Benz G-Wagon catches fire in motion
Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose’s white Mercedes Benz G-Wagon has caught fire in Lagos, while in motion.
We believe we are all one, one Nigeria forever – Biafran war veterans
The war-affected police officers from the Old Eastern Region who were pardoned and retired from the Nigeria Police Force through a Presidential Amnesty granted on May 29, 2000 by the administration of the then President Olusegun Obasanjo and were graciously given approval for the payment of pension entitlements have said that they believed we are all one and that the war is over and over forever.
My husband is a lazy man, wife tells court
Customary Court in Mapo, Ibadan, on Tuesday dissolved a 21 year-old marriage between one Ibrahim Tajudeen and his wife Idowu over laziness and irresponsibility.
Kidnap was not Boko Haram’s plan, says Chibok girls
One of the Chibok girls freed in May has been telling journalist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani how a diary was kept of some of her three years in captivity with Boko Haram Islamist militants.
Shocking: Man keeps $17m under mattress
Cleber Rene Rizerio Rocha, a Brazilian whose arrest led U.S. authorities to discover $17 million hidden under a mattress in an apartment in Westborough, Massachusetts , United States, has pleaded guilty that he tried to launder funds tied to one of the largest pyramid schemes ever
Katsina varsity authority hires snake charmers to rid snakes
Following the death of a student of Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, UMYU, Katsina State, Zainab Umar after being bitten by a snake, authorities of the institution have employed the services of snake charmers to rid the institution’s campus of snakes.
Are Ona Kakanfo’s origin, myth and power by Prof. Banji Akintoye
Akintoye spoke to Sunday Vanguard on the myth surrounding the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland title and how the holder, in the pre-colonial period, wielded so much power and influence.
Inside Oba Ewuare’s reforms: The rules that must be obeyed
When Oba Ewuare 11 ascended the throne on October 20, 2016, the people of Benin Kingdom, particularly those familiar with the history of Oba Ewuare 1, knew that great things were coming the way of the kingdom.
I’m not too young to be Aare Ona Kakanfo — Gani Adams
National Coordinator of Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, Otunba Gani Adams, yesterday, said he was not too young to be the Aare Ona Kakanfo.
Sultan calls for extension of armed forces retirement age
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Mohammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has called on federal government to review the years of service of officers and men of the Nigerian Armed forces in the interest of the nation.
