PROFESSOR Banji Akintoye is a historian, and one of the leading scholars on the history of the Yoruba people. In this interview, Akintoye, who was Deputy Youth Leader of Action Group (AG) in the First Republic, expresses worry that the causes of the Jan 16, 1966 coup and the ‘revenge coup’ of July 29 of the same year are still staring Nigeria in the face. An Afenifere leader and senator who represented Ekiti Central in the Second Republic on the platform of then-Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) led by the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, he spoke to Sunday Vanguard in his Lagos residence last week.

Bahrain executed two Shiite citizens by firing squad Saturday on terror charges, officials said, despite appeals for clemency from international human rights groups.

One good fallout of the Busola/Fatoyinbo saga is the various discourse about sex and sexuality and the many issues surrounding it.

The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, in a rare gesture, has written an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on the perennial security challenges in Nigeria. In his letter, Oluwo, recommended short and long term solutions to tackle the menace, stressing the need for peace and unity over any kind of knee-jerk decision. ALSO […]

The President/Founder of Belemaoil Producing Ltd. (BPL) Mr. Jack-Rich Tein, Jr., has explained that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation/BPL Joint Venture delivered projects to communities in the Northern part of the country in the interest of the unity of the country.

A 13 years old girl, who is a JSS One student at Central Junior Secondary School in Angwan Bakin Kasuwa of Misau local government, Bauchi State is now facing the hardest part of her life yet, after she was allegedly raped and impregnated by an elderly man who was in the habit of giving her N50 to lure her to bed.

President Muhammadu Buhari is to use his proposed ministers to foist a political legacy that will enable a smooth transfer of power to his adopted successor in 2023, associates of the president and chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC have said.

As the protest embarked upon by members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria takes centre stage of discourse in the country, Vanguard has come upon a letter written by Kaduna based cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi warning the detained leader  of the IMN that his constant protest and processions in utter disregard for the rights of other road users and government was bound to bring him into confrontation with government.

A mother-of-three who has a condition which leaves her constantly on the edge of an orgasm says it has ruined her life.

ONDO state governor Rotimi Akeredolu has ordered the Police to effect the arrest of anyone or group which parades itself as Fulani Vigilante in any part of the state.