Society

On New Year ’s Day, Catholic Priest and Founder, Adoration Ministries in Enugu, Revd. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, prophesied that those who had benefitted from the humongous corruption perpetrated on the watch of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, […]

DOWN the ages, philosophers have speculated on time as both an arbitrary and an artificial construct. Time for this class of people is a continuum which humanity has for its own convenience divided into time […]

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has named Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola the Omoluabi of Yoruband. The monarch, who was at the Government House Osogbo to present the award, said the governor has […]

What should have been a joyous way of ushering in the New Year ended up a disaster that brought tears and blood to me as well as my family. The culprit was a firecracker which […]

Recent report that a police sergeant, Stephen James shot dead three people in the Ketu area of Lagos for failing to buy him beer exposes all that is wrong with the Nigerian Police Force. The […]

There is something about a name. The name of a person, place or object encapsulates the nature, character and authority of the bearer, though not necessarily in a literal sense. The name, ‘’Nigeria’’, given us […]

The king of the AbaThembu clan of South Africa’s late anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has started a 12-year jail sentence for arson, kidnapping and assault, local media reported on Thursday. Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo, 51, was convicted […]

The Christian religion in its early form is the work and expression of the Christian church. But we cannot say that, speaking of Jesus as an individual man, we know that he explicitly intended to […]

What an amazing year it had been! I have the Good Lord to thank for His blessings, for His mercies and for the ideas He put into my mind in 2015 to write the kind […]

I can’t claim to know the late Torch Taire very well. But he was very close to my Oga, Mr Sam Amuka in many ways including proximity. They lived within a walking distance of each other, […]

I spent the Christmas holiday with my family in Kwara State as I do every year. However, when I arrived Ilorin last Thursday, I could sense a feeling of foreboding that this was an unusual […]

HAPPY New Year to all Vanguard readers and their families! I used to write for Vanguard when I was a twentysomething youngster. In those days, my weekly column was known as “Londonline” and mostly focused […]

Femi Adesina as President, Federal Republic of Nigeria and Muhammadu Buhari as his Special Adviser on Defence or Agriculture; I believe a President Reuben Abati would have fared better commanding Goodluck Jonathan as a Clerk […]

President Muhammadu Buhari and ex-President Goodlcuk Jonathan top the list of ‘100 most influential Africans of 2015’ by New African magazine. Also on the list is Chairman, Board of Directors, United Bank for Africa (UBA) […]

“How was Christmas?” “It’s come and gone. Life goes on. We thank God for the gift of life.” “Life will always go on.” “But without life, we can’t have hope.” “Without hope, life has no […]

Any sincere open-minded person who investigates Christmas would conclude that almost everything about the celebration is either non-Christian in origin or a distortion of what is written in The Bible. Hence, Christmas is an accretion […]

But Christmas today is different. It has become a commercial enterprise for many families and investors, with little or no emphasis on the spiritual dimension. I don’t hear too many children going from house to […]

It is no secret that the average Nigerian politician and even many of those who indulge in public debate have often chosen small mindedness over rescuing our country’s soul or our general sense of purpose […]

Earlier this month, the carol, “You better watch out. Better not pout. I’m telling you why. Santa Claus is coming to town,” and the Yoruba song, “A bi Olugbalaka fun wa, tiyiogbawa la,” born to […]