Issues/Policy

Within a few hours of opening the websites of the Nigeria Police for applicants to start applying for the 10,000 vacancies ordered to be filled by President Muhammadu Buhari, at least 8,000 people had logged […]

Three little girls were taking turns playing various roles, when one of them said to another, “Now, you be the daddy.” The little girl pouted for a minute and then said, “I don’t want to […]

President Buhari’s Socialist welfare leanings could be shaping Nigeria up to become the next Venezuela. In his second stint as president, Muhammadu Buhari is still not realizing that mere will-power or ‘body language’ will not […]

Nigeria’s new President Muhammadu Buhari was elected last year amid a yearning by Nigerians for committed focused leadership on all fronts. 10 months into his presidency Nigerians are facing one of the longest and painful […]

ABUJA – AHEAD of the expected judgment of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, following yesterday’s commencement of his trial over false assets declaration when he held sway as governor of Kwara State, Senate President, Bukola […]

David Cameron was left dangerously exposed on Tuesday after repeatedly failing to provide a clear and full account about links to an offshore fund set up by his late father, as the storm over the […]

As global wealth concentrates in fewer hands, the world’s wealthy are shifting trillions to offshore havens to escape taxation, accountability, and publicity. The just-released Panama Papers—filled with titillating details involving the shady dealings of world […]

Sir, It is with a heavy heart I am sending you this mail. The nation seems to be going down the drain. I heard you on air say today that you are trying to get […]

“My office has been inundated with complaints, petitions and calls on the fraudulent and unauthorised charges by network operators in the country,” said Adebayo Shittu, the Minister of Communications, at a recent meeting with the […]

For Africa and Africans, migration is a way of life and this is also largely true of people of the other continents. To a large extent, the great Trans-Saharan Trade, and the attendant migration, was […]

Nigeria’s immediate past Senate President, David Mark, has links to at least eight offshore shell companies while holding public office, in violation of a federal code of conduct law, a massive leak of files belonging […]

Nigeria’s immediate past Senate President, David Mark, has links to at least eight offshore shell companies while holding public office, in violation of a federal code of conduct law, a massive leak of files belonging […]

ABUJA — CONDEMNATIONS, yesterday, trailed the National Assembly’s proposal to remove host communities’ fund and local content from the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB. Vanguard had exclusively reported yesterday that the National Assembly had, among other […]

Activities in the Ministry of Interior were yesterday morning disrupted by protesting “dispersed recruits” of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). They said the protest followed the alleged refusal by the ministry to allow them resume […]

Senate President: it’s my wife’s family assets Senate President Bukola Saraki was battling yesterday to fend off what looked like a fresh allegation about his assets. He said he fully complied with the provisions of […]

I am sure the Governors of Kano, Kwara and Rivers states will set up similar committees before next year. In creating the twelve states on May 27th, 1967, General Yakubu Cinwa Dan Yuma Gowon(81) made […]