2027: Afenifere, Adebayo, Bakita Bello, Arabambi, Ogunsuyi, others react to APC Muslim-Muslim ticket
Dayo Johnson, Olasunkanmi Akoni, Rotimi Ojomoyela, Shina Abubarka, James Ogunnnaike & Deola Badru Stakeholders have expressed divergent views over the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s decision to retain its Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket ahead of the 2027 general election, with some arguing that competence should take precedence over religion, while others called for greater inclusiveness and a […]
In the Vanguard of worthy causes and empathy
GOING back into the history of Vanguard newspapers in the last 40 years of robust journalism of record, the years between 1998 and 2008 were significant for the brand development.
Vanguard @ 40: How it all began
IT happens often. Birthdays or anniversaries take the back seat when urgent and pressing developments crowd the mind. June 3 was the day 40 years ago, when the first copy of Sunday Vanguard rolled out
Vanguard @40: From Copy Boy to Line Editor
As they were chatting, he told him: “Frank, this is my son. Please, take him and make him a better human being”
At home in Vanguard since 1987
One day, in 1987, I wrote a letter to the Editor – Mr Toye Akiyode – to lodge a complaint that the paper was not publishing anything of interest for sales and marketing managers. Unexpectedly, a reply came in less than two weeks; asking for four articles covering half page of the paper
Vanguard @40: A peculiar experience
In the middle 1980s when we were Mass Communication students at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, there were three privately-owned newspapers in Nigeria which virtually every journalism school leaver wanted to write for
