Peter Obi cannot be different from us
By JOHN ONWE This essay is inspired by a cartoon by a journalist called “Sergo”, published in the Catholic Diocese of Abakaliki’s newspaper, called Advocate, on page 4. The cartoon has an image named “Obi” standing in the centre of a group of four men who were labelled variously as “Presidency”, “EFCC”, the “Police” and […]
… right of police officers to marry their female colleagues by Reuben Abati
“I just love this country, I won’t lie”
“What have you seen again that has suddenly turned you into a gushing patriot?”
“I mean, just look around, in spite of everything, Nigerians always give you an opportunity to laugh.”
Nigeria’s debt profile not politically motivated
In an interview published in a national daily (not Vanguard) on Monday, November 6, 2017, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof Kingsley Moghalu, exercised his inalienable freedom of expression on some national issues, especially in the areas of youth empowerment, citizens’ obligation to pay taxes, unemployment, leadership and public policies. As a former public official and academic, Prof Moghalu, more than qualifies to voice his enlightened opinion on these and many more socio-economic subjects of concern.
The sale of Anambra State
WHEN the man many prefer to call The Oracle recovered his mandate from Dr. Chris Ngige in 2006, he stepped in and started planning to answer his pre-election question – Is Anambra State cursed or are we the cause?
President Buhari’s silent support for the South-East by Garba Shehu
President Muhammadu Buhari’s two-day visit to the South-Eastern states of Ebonyi and Anambra is taking place at the most opportune juncture, to show support to a governor who has done so much in promoting the President’s policy on food self-sufficiency and to to endorse his party’s candidate in a crucial vote to install a new […]
Re: Nigerian Embassy Berlin rumbles as ambassador sacks staff
A news item published in the Vanguard on November 11, 2017 titled: “Nigeria Embassy Berlin rumbles as Ambassador sacks staff” is blatantly erroneous and misleading. While the Vanguard Newspapers is appreciated as a medium of repute, the message conveyed in the news item is regrettably far from the truth.
