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This is the sixtieth year – to the week – of the July 1966 coup that has been infamously regarded as a counter-coup. A coup thatunfortunately marked the degeneration of a Nigeria that our fore fathers strove for and tried to build.A coup that subsequently led to a thirty- month Civil War which still leaves a lingering […]
The post Towards healing a nation’s 60 yr old wound, by Muyiwa Adetiba appeared first on Vanguard News.
Politics is often less about the event itself than about the timing of the event. A document released today may have been written weeks earlier, but when it surfaces at a politically sensitive moment, it immediately acquires a meaning far beyond its contents. That is the context in which the recent exchange involving President Bola Tinubu, former […]
The post Trump’s Letter, Atiku’s Lobbyists and old American stories about Tinubu, by Emmanuel Aziken appeared first on Vanguard News.
That the Super Eagles were not a part of an event that gripped the attention of the whole world for a period of 6 weeks was a nightmare Nigerians must wake up from.
The post SEGUN ODEGBAMI: The 2026 World Cup – my take! appeared first on Vanguard News.
There is a shocking paradox, a bewildering moral hypocrisy, at the heart of President Bola Tinubu’s leadership. On the one hand, he is actively prosecuting previous public officers for corrupt practices, claiming to have secured over 7,000 convictions since he came to power three years ago. Yet, on the other hand, he presides over a moral […]
The post ‘Fake’ agency: Tinubu’s amoral rule breeds impunity, abuse of power! By Olu Fasan appeared first on Vanguard News.
Everybody is paying more for goods and services than ever before. The FG and States of Nigeria are not exempted from the ravages of inflation.
The post Don’t be fooled, states are not richer, by Dele Sobowale appeared first on Vanguard News.
Forty years ago, on July 24, 1986, Victor Ogebyiwa Eburajolo was forty. He was a sought-after expert in the Nigerian industrial complex. A lawyer, business strategist, planning tactician, industrial and labour relations expert. He was then the Executive Secretary of Nigeria Textile Employers. The textile industry had sixty-two companies and over 750,000 workers, not counting those […]
The post Victor Eburajolo: Mega employer who fought Nigeria’s deliberate de-industrialization, by Owei Lakemfa appeared first on Vanguard News.
During the week I saw a letter from the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF to FIFA Secretary General registering Nigeria’s support for the re-election of Gianni infantino as FIFA president posted by my colleague, Charles Anazodo. I then remembered the actions of Infantino at the ongoing World Cup which has brought disrepute to football and its […]
The post Koulamallah: Africa’s lone voice, by Patrick Omorodion appeared first on Vanguard News.
Somewhere along the way, we have become comfortable asking ordinary citizens to carry burdens that belong to functioning institutions.
The post Akara Economics: The national prosperity curriculum, by Stephanie Shaakaa appeared first on Vanguard News.
Every civilisation is ultimately remembered not by the monuments it built or the wealth it accumulated, but by the value it placed on its most vulnerable
The post The Empty Desk: A national shame we can no longer ignore, by Stephanie Shaakaa appeared first on Vanguard News.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup final on July 19th is not merely a match; it is a funeral for the game as we knew it. Every civilization has a moment that historians later recognize as the quiet beginning of a new age. It rarely arrives with the fanfare of revolution. More often, it wears the […]
The post 2026 World Cup final – Messi vs Yamal: Sorcerer and the apprentice, by Stephanie Shaakaa appeared first on Vanguard News.