Stealing of catalytic converters: China-made alternatives offer relief
China-made catalytic converters are increasingly providing relief to automobile owners who have lost theirs to fraudulent mechanics and unscrupulous used car dealers
After 35 years, this car still works fine
“And if it does break, the nice thing is that you can repair everything yourself” due to the “simple technology”
Expectations of subjects as Oba Ladoja ascends throne as 44th Olubadan
By Laolu Elijah, Ibadan On Saturday 26th, 2025, the ancient city of Ibadan will be agog with much anticipation as Senator Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja ascends the incomparable stool of the Olubadan in Yorubaland. His enthronement as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland represents not just a change in traditional leadership but a turning point that many […]
They took from us Aso Rock site where we made spiritual consultations – Abuja indigenous people
Almost half a century after the Nigerian capital was moved from Lagos to Abuja, indigenous people in The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) continue to fight for recognition amidst poverty, misery, historic injustice and a thin hope of salvation, Adewale Adeoye reports
Drug promotions flooding social media: How patients go blind, suffer stroke, experience kidney failure
“… these medicines sold online are contributing to a surge in preventable complications such as kidney and liver failure, sudden blindness, strokes, and even deaths.”
Newspaper dristributors rejoice as Vanguard donates eye glasses
…LG boss says CSR worthy of emulation By Chioma Obinna & Olasunkami Akoni Chairman of Ikeja Local Government Area, Akeem Dauda, has urged organisations and other media establishments to emulate the Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, initiative of Vanguard Media Limited, describing it as “laudable and worthy of emulation.” Dauda made the call, yesterday, while speaking […]
Canonisation of Carlo Acutis: A Digital Saint for the Internet Age
By Henry Ojelu with agency report The canonisation of Blessed Carlo Acutis, the Italian teenager fondly called the “Cyber Apostle of the Eucharist,” has been greeted with joy, reflection and renewed calls for young people across the world—especially in Africa—to draw inspiration from his life of holiness, simplicity and technological creativity. Carlo, who died in […]
10 countries that no longer exist – and why
Borders on a map may look fixed, but history shows us they are anything but permanent. Countries rise, fall, merge, and sometimes vanish altogether.
How natives, institutions are battling to save Plateau’s vanishing languages
Each change severs a thread to history, identity, and sovereignty. When militias invade, they burn villages first, then rename the land
Vision restored: How Vanguard is changing lives, one pair of glasses at a time
Each morning at Marina in Lagos, Godwin Akpan, a newspaper vendor, begins his day before the city fully wakes. But lately, his routine has taken on new meaning.
Niger State: Water scarcity bites harder despite heavy cash injection
“The present state administration is not unaware of the problems facing people of the state in terms of water supply”
