Two persons were recovered dead while three others were rescued, on Saturday, when a storey building under construction collapsed in Lagos Island, leaving some construction workers trapped. Eyewitnesses’ accounts have it that the incident occurred during the downpour in the afternoon. The building is located at Freeman Road, Lagos Island. 

Mr David Sunday Imoh a victim of jungle justice was burnt to death over 100 Naira change by a mob of commercial motorcyclists on Thursday, may 12, 2022, at about 6.30 a.m, at Studio 24, Lekki, Lagos. This incident has generated many reactions. On people talk today we ask people’s opinion on jungle justice

The prestigious Vanguard Personality of the Year Awards is here again. On Friday, 20th May, 2022, Vanguard will roll out the red carpet in celebration of men and women who have distinguished themselves as achievers of excellence in their various fields of endeavors. Governors, Ministers, Heads of Organizations and Parastatals, Captains of Industries and the […]

A more transmissible and damaging sub-type of HIV, has been isolated, according to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). People living with the newly revealed subtype, experience doubles the rate of immune system decline (measured by the CD4 count level of infection-busting T cells) and has higher viral loads. UNAIDS said the newly […]

The unwillingness of the President’s cabinet members, who are nursing political ambitions, to step down from office has continued to generate mixed reactions from Nigerians. following the directive of the President,members of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, who have ambition to contest elective offices in the 2023 general elections have been asked to resign , […]

The Nigerian Senate amended and passed the Terrorism (Prevention) Act of 2013, which criminalizes paying ransom to kidnappers in Nigeria. Concern is growing around the country over the spate of kidnapping which has become a huge enterprise for criminals. The bill eliminates the last lifeline Nigerians can use to save themselves from kidnappers. Although paying […]

For the past nine years, Vanguard Media has awarded distinguished men and women in the annual personality of the year award. But this 10th year, it’s time to take it a notch higher. In the preceding year, we will be celebrating Nigeria’s finest distinguished individuals for their societal impact, excellence, and outstanding achievement across different […]

In the past few weeks, more and more persons have indicated an interest in running on the platform of the two major political parties against all odds, including outrageous Expression of Interest and Nomination form feesNever in the history of our democracy have many aspirants, at short notice, declared interest in occupying the highest position […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has rolled over its ongoing strike for another 12 weeks. Recall that ASUU has been on strike since February 14 this year, while non-teaching staff unions have also embarked on industrial action over a month ago. Students from various tertiary institutions have been on street protests in Ibadan, Benin, […]

Mother of 7 year old Ikechukwu Emmanuel is pleading with Nigerians to help donate N10 million for her son’s medical bills. The mother of four revealed that a general hospital in Lagos discovered her son had a hole in his heart when he was one month. According to her, they had the first surgery in […]

A Nigerian man, Chibuike Nwachukwu, man has accused a Lagos State hospital of negligence, leading to his wife’s death. The man insisted that his wife died as a result of the incompetence of the doctors at Medville Global Health Centre, in the Ago Palace Way area of Okota, Lagos. He said the hospital induced his […]

BY DAMILOLA OGUNSAKIN Nollywood vet and US-based adult film actress, Judith Chichi Okpara, better known as Afro Candy, says men are not really clean and that marriage is worthless. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Vanguard entertainment journalist, Benjamin Njoku, in an Instagram live interview, the model said it’s not all about getting married. She […]