Auto Added by WPeMatico
For years, Nyesom Wike seemed untouchable, wielding power with impunity and bending institutions to his will. He could come on national TV ‘barking’. He could wear crazy colored clothes. He could hold more media chats than the president and all governors combined to gossip about his mentors, who had all become his enemies As a junior minister, […]
The post Has Wike’s Juju Expired? By Ugoji Egbujo appeared first on Vanguard News.
The broadcast regulator, the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, is planning a review of the sixth edition of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code, and has sent out a notice to various stakeholders, asking them to ‘speak now’ in order to ‘help shape the new Nigeria Broadcasting Code.’ One of the final lines is particularly very interesting. ‘Let us […]
The post In truth, the Nigeria Broadcasting Code needs a review, by Okoh Aihe appeared first on Vanguard News.
In 1977 during the first tenure of Olusegun Obasanjo as a military Head of State, the government had issues with Fela Anikulapo-Kuti over his caustic criticisms of the regime. One fateful day, February 18, 1977, a senior military officer ordered about a thousand soldiers to invade Fela’s home he named Kalakuta Republic. They beat up […]
The post AFN playing the ostrich, by Patrick Omorodion appeared first on Vanguard News.
Beloved, last week, we discussed the need to renew your relationship with the LORD. There are several ways to do this and today, we are looking at prayer as a means of communication with God. Yes, we all know that prayer is channel of communication with the Almighty God but often times, we don’t know how […]
The post Load the cloud with prayers, by Funmi Komolafe appeared first on Vanguard News.
“Power tends to corruption; and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men” – Lord Acton, 1834-1902, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 195. “Money and power of course do drive people crazy. So, why shouldn’t people also gain power and wealth through being crazy?” – Saul Bellow, 1915-2005, VBQ p 195. […]
The post US: When the protector becomes the rapist, by Dele Sobowale appeared first on Vanguard News.
For a very long time, I had stopped watching matches involving the Super Eagles of Nigeria for the simple reason that the team always displayed uninspiring performance. More often than not, they would labour to retrieve the ball from an opponent only to pass it on either to a well-marked teammate or to return it to […]
The post AFCON: Superiority of motivation over compensation, by Tonnie Iredia appeared first on Vanguard News.
How does the Confederation of African Football think it is neutral to bring a biased referee to officiate Nigeria’s most important match at AFCON 2025
The post A Nation, a Whistle, and a Yellow Card Too Far: How do I explain this to my son? appeared first on Vanguard News.