Amaka Igwe: Atiku, Nollywood, AfricaMagic, AMAA mourn
LAGOS — ACCLAIMED movie producer and director, Mrs Amaka Igwe, is dead. She died in her country home, Udi, Enugu State, at 51. The creator of the popular TV series...
UCL: Cech out, Terry, Hazard in, says Mourinho
Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech will not be fit to face Atletico Madrid in Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final second leg despite returning to training, manager Jose Mourinho said on Tuesday. “Obviously...
Apologise to Ndigbo now, Uzodimma asks Nyako
SENATOR Hope Uzodimma has described as incredible and treasonable, Governor Murtala Nyako’s letter to 18 northern governors claiming that President Jonathan, being an Easterner, was using the excuse of Boko...
Between our Nigeria locomotive and their train
At creation, all men were equal but the circumstances of birth and the accident of geography played major roles in determining the final outcome. In graduate school, we were at...
Pan-Atlantic Varsity wins 2014 GEN Editors Lab-Vanguard Hackdays
The School of Media and Communication, Pan-Atlantic University, SMC-PAU, has emerged winner of the 2014 Editors Lab-Vanguard Hackdays. The institution, which developed an application called Verifi, was represented by Temitope Falade, Keli Oliseh...
Nigeria risks losing N4.9bn over AMCON private jet deal
Nigeria stands the risk of losing $31 million, about N4.96 billion as Mr. Mustafa Chike-Obi, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, yesterday, admitted that...
Consensus group endorses additional state for S/East
The Consensus Committee of the National Conference has approved an additional state for the South East geopolitical zone. Demand for additional state for the South-East is not listed among the...
Security Council recommends shoot-on-sight of criminals
Lagos— Henceforth, any person found with illegal guns and other dangerous weapons in Lagos Island Local Government Area would be shot on sight. The order was said to have been...
Zik, Ndi-Igbo and their southern neighbours: Charting a new political direction for Nigeria
Yesterday we published why southern Nigeria ethnic nationalities are disunited, the 1951 Western Regional election and its aftermath and the horsetrading that gave Chief Awolowo’s AG majority over Dr Azikiwe’s...
May Day: What hope for Nigerian workers?
Today, Nigerian workers join millions of workers all over the world except the United States of America to mark 128th anniversary of May Day. This special edition of Labour Vanguard...