Twenty-five years ago, we bade farewell to an icon, Chief John Egwuonwu Ozegbe. Born on the 27th of December, 1946, to the family of Ogbuiji Akwanaka and Oteofe Ukpor Ozegbe at Owa Alidinma, his early life bore the marks of greatness. He was a shining light among his peers – brilliant in academics a...

The appeal by rehabilitated female ex-inmates for society to reject stigma is a timely reminder that punishment should not become a life sentence after release. The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) itself now has a statutory mandate to reform, rehabilitate and reintegrate offenders, while its pr...

Shevlux Media & PR Limited has commended the resilience, creativity and ingenuity of Nigerians at home and in the diaspora, particularly professionals in the media and communications industry, describing their contributions as vital to the country’s growth and global relevance. Chief Executive Offic...

Slinger Francisco, better known as Mighty Sparrow, the “Calypso King of the World”, flew away on September 27, 2026. He was ninety. Calypso music was invented in the seventeenth century by African slaves in Trinidad who had mainly been taken from the Ibibio, Efik and Igbo peoples in present-day Nige...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has failed to keep his promise to provide a constant electricity supply. He said at a business lunch in December 2022 that he shouldn’t be voted for a second term if he didn’t fix the electricity supply problem and end estimated billing in his first term. Although he modi...

NOT a few Nigerians, especially me, expected that there would be something to hold on to when the President made his speech commemorating our National Day, October 1, yesterday morning. As a newspaperman, I read the message more than three times, looking for that strand of a message that could give ...

After decades of moving through virtually every important corridor of federal politics, the former vice president has arrived at the ADC The post Atiku Abubakar’s long road to one more presidential fight appeared first on Vanguard News.

Public sector unions under the aegis of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council, JNPSNC, have directed all federal, state and local government employees, including staff of ministries, departments and agencies, MDAs, nationwide, to begin a three-day warning strike from midnight today o...

Donald Duke is asking voters to reconsider an old proposition: that competence, institutional discipline and performance should matter more than political loyalty The post Donald Duke: From Cross River record to PRP’s 2027 presidential gamble appeared first on Vanguard News.

FOR years, the decrepit state of police barracks across Nigeria has been a recurring symbol of the difficult conditions under which many police officers and their families live. The post Barracks: Police IGP Disu takes reconstruction to the ground appeared first on Vanguard News.

IN this chance interview with Professor Auwalu Yadudu of Bayero University, Kano, he makes it clear that whereas there are erring judicial officers in the country, Nigeria’s judiciary has not done as badly as is being perceived. The post Nigeria @66:Why the Judiciary is being crucified — PROF Yadudu...

TERRORISTS, yesterday, hijacked two 18-seater buses and kidnapped their passengers, among them 19 corps members along the Owerri-Onitsha express way by Imo State. The post Terrorists hijack 2 buses, kidnap 19 ‘prospective’ corps members, others in Imo appeared first on Vanguard News.