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Sunday Dare is the newly appointed Minister for Youths and Sports. He has a rich portfolio worth sharing.

Here are eight quick facts about him:

1. Before his current appointment as the Minister of Youth and Sports, he was the Executive Commissioner, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).

2. He is a veteran journalist with over two decades of journalism experience spanning over 25 years.

3. Multi-media and Communications expert: He was the brain behind the birth of Social Media Clinic (SMC), a Media/Information Technology (New Media) program aimed at providing information as well as educating private citizens on IT development and sensitising the members of the public on the usage of new media as a tool for building responsive society.

4. He is a graduate of Ahmadu Bello University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science (BSc.) honours in International Studies. He also has Masters in Law and Diplomacy from the University of Jos, Plateau State.

5. He was a Freedom Forum Fellow and Visiting Scholar at the School of Journalism – New York University (NYU) in 1998, Harvard Nieman Journalism Fellowship at Harvard University between 2000 and 2001.

Read more at: http://community.vanguardngr.com/profiles/blogs/eight-quick-facts-about-new-minister-of-youth-and-sports

With new academic session right at the corner, starting school can be a difficult time for children particularly those allergic to the school environment.

Every child is hesitant to go somewhere new and see people she's never met before. Here are some helpful tips to prepare your child for his/her first day of school:

1. Let your ward know what his schedule will be like. Tell him what time school resumes and closes daily.

2. Ask your child some fundamental questions such as what his feelings are about the resumption? Whether he is excited about how his first day of school will be like? What are his likes and dislikes about his school? What are his expectations for the new session? etc.

3. Visit the school with your child to see his new classroom and meet his new teacher before school officially starts.

4. Point out the positive aspects of starting school. Tell her it will be all fun!

5. Let your child know that all kids are nervous about the first day of school.

Read more at: http://community.vanguardngr.com/profiles/blogs/10-tips-to-prepare-your-ward-for-school

Summer break always goes by too fast! You will need conscious and adequate efforts to be able to plan your schedules well before setting out for another academic session.

Here are 10 things you need to do before heading back for the first day.

1. Map out your schedules now
The beginning of the school year is always busy, and demands well mapped schedules to stay focus. There are so many meetings and events. It’s hard to remember when everything is happening. That’s why it is deemed fit to fill out your calendar over the summer. Go to your diary and write all the important things you need to do. Also add other family activities to your calendar. For example, your outings, meetings and extra moral classes. Doing so, will make your schedules less cumbersome as this gives you a picture of what to do for each day.

2. Start adjusting your sleep schedule
Summer means sleeping in until 9 and staying up until 11. It’s a shock to your body when you suddenly have to crawl out of bed at 6 on the first day of school. That’s why you should gradually get up and go to bed a little bit earlier. That way, by the first day of school, you’ll be ready for your new schedule. Remember work without play makes Jack a dull boy. However, in this case, it means you should compliment your work with adequate sleep.

3. Prepare some freezer meals
The first week of school is exhausting! The last thing you’re going to want to do when you get home is, make dinner. Luckily, you can use some time now to prepare meals. Freezer meals are a great way to prepare to go back to school. Ensure you take balanced diet to stimulate your body anatomy before resumption.

4. Stock up on snacks and foods for lunches
Get a lunch pack and a few snacks for yourself and kids each day. You may start buying school snacks ahead of time. That way, you can just grab a few things in the morning and get out the door. These are some of the favorite snacks you may consider as favourites:

Goldfish Veggies (carrots, broccoli, celery)
Fruits (oranges, apples, fruit cups)
Meat pie
Cubed Cheese
Doughnut
Yogurt

Ice cream etc.

5. Do a bit of school work each day
Everything that needs to be done to go back to school is overwhelming.

Plan lessons
Organize materials
Copy papers
Laminate name tags
Prepare technology
If you do a bit each day, you’ll still be able to enjoy your summer. Plus, you won’t have to do everything at the beginning of the school year.

Read more at: http://community.vanguardngr.com/profiles/blogs/10-things-every-teacher-should-do-before-going-back-to-school

With few days left to Kogi primaries, Barr. Natasha Akpoti, on Tuesday, officially declared to run for Kogi State governorship election slated for November 16.

Akpoti’s candidature was officially made known when she submitted the governorship forms purchased for her by Kogi women group few weeks ago.

Speaking at the Social Democratic Party (SDP) National Secretariat, Abuja, Akpoti said her ambition is born out of the ravaging problems in the state and the need to reposition the state among the committee of states in Nigeria, promising to run an inclusive government where the government will be closer to the people and have access to basic necessities of life.

Akpoti reiterated that Kogi is capable of being an industrial hub of the country with her thirty two mineral resources, promising to cash in the natural endowment to turn the fortune of the state.

Akpoti promised to work closely with the federal government when elected to revive the moribund steel company in the state which she said is capable of giving birth to other industries.

She explained that her aspiration will birth a new dawn in Nigeria when she becomes the first female elected governor in the country which she said will give hope to other female gender that always take the back seat when it comes to governance.

http://community.vanguardngr.com/profiles/blogs/just-in-female-aspirant-joins-kogi-guber-race

Following the recent killing of the leader of hunters in Suku community, Kogi state, Caleb Oshe and his son, Sunday Oshe, the President of National Executive Committee of the Okun Development Association (ODA), Femi Mokikan has cleared the air over the controversy surrounding their death.

According to him, the security agencies are on their investigative work and optimistic about bringing to book the perpetrators of that evil act soon.

He said: "The security agencies are still doing their investigative work and hoping they can pick up the perpetrators of this evil act.

"For this reason, I may not be able to give all the details we gathered. This sad incident happened just the night after the quarterly meeting, in Kabba, of the National Executive Committee of the Okun Development Association (ODA) in which, by the grace of God and the goodwill of the people of Okun Nation, I am the National President."

Read more at: http://community.vanguardngr.com/profiles/blogs/exclusive-how-fulani-herdsmen-killed-our-hunter-son-mokikan

As Europe hosts some of the biggest football clubs in the world, VANGUARD take a look at the most successful football clubs with regards to the amount of trophies won both domestically, in Europe and other club championships. Can you guess which football team that has won the most trophies and are one of the most successful football clubs in Europe?

Some of these are not the best by any means, but they are the 10 most successful Football clubs in Europe:

10. Juventus – 62 Trophies

9. Manchester United – 68 Trophies

8. Bayern Munich – 69 Trophies

7. Porto – 74 Trophies

Read more at: http://community.vanguardngr.com/profiles/blogs/top-ten-most-successful-football-clubs-in-the-world-2019

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have faulted a core argument by Atiku Abubakar and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in their petition that the President was not qualified to contest the last presidential election.

The petitioners allegedly that President Buhari allegedly failed to submit his secondary school certificate to the Independent National electoral Commission (INEC).

The President and the APC argued that the Constitution does not mandate any candidate seeking to contest an election for the office of the President to attach his school certificate among documents to be attached to the Form CF001 to be submitted to INEC.

Read more at: http://community.vanguardngr.com/profiles/blogs/presentation-of-certificate-to-inec-not-mandatory

Lionel Messi, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and Andros Townsend have been named among the 10 nominees for the prestigious 2019 Puskas Award.

FIFA has revealed its shortlist of the goals considered to have been the best over the course of the last 12 months.

There are some big names and stunning strikes among the runners and riders.

Barcelona superstar Messi makes the grade for a clever chip during a meeting with Real Betis.

Read more at: http://community.vanguardngr.com/profiles/blogs/just-in-messi-ibrahimovic-townsend-among-the-nominees-for-puskas-

National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp for Batch B stream II is right at the corner, and it is expedient for every prospective corps member to have foreknowledge of these must-have things before, during and after camp.

As a prospective corps member, you might have heard or read so many things from various sources in regards to what you should do when going to camp or while in camp. Here is a detailed information on all you need to know.

However, we have compiled the following 30 things deemed necessary for your camp and it will be good you take note of them very well. Here are the important things you must take to camp as a prospective corps member:

1. NYSC call-up letter: Your call up letter is the first most important thing you must not forget when you are packing for the orientation camp. Take with you both the original copy and the photocopies you made. It is the only evidence that signifies that you are a real and prospective corps member. And that you are not there impersonating someone else. Also, do not laminate your call up letter to avoid any embarrassment.

2. School Identity Card: Also, you should take with you, your school identity card. Take with you the original copy and also make photocopies. It will be the proof you will present at the camp to show that you graduated from the institution that is indicated on your certificate.

3. Statements of Result or Certificates: You are to take with you the original copy and six photocopies of your statement of your result/certificate of the course you studied. If you are a medical graduate/optometrist/pharmacist, you are to take with you the evidence of completion of internship or housemanship and the original copy of your registration certificate with the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria/ Optometrist Registration Council/ Pharmacist Board.

4. Medical Certificate of fitness: You must obtain a medical certificate to show your current health status at the camp from an approved government or military hospital.

5. Recent Passport Photographs: The passport photographs should be on red background and must not be squeezed. Ensure you put them inside an envelope to avoid being stained or misplaced easily.

Read more at: http://community.vanguardngr.com/profiles/blogs/30-must-have-things-for-nysc-orientation-camp

The Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on Sunday, described the attack on the former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, in Nuremberg Germany as a ‘courageous act’.

Reacting on his official Twitter page, he said the attack is a polite warning.

Read more at: http://community.vanguardngr.com/profiles/blogs/ipob-s-attack-on-senator-ekweremadu-a-polite-warning-nnamdi-kanu

National Youth Service Corps has given reasons for delaying the N30,000 minimum wage payment.

The NYSC Director-General, Shuaibu Ibrahim, said that the commission cannot pay the N30,000 minimum wage to corps members yet, because it is yet to get such directive from the federal government.

According to him, he cannot make any pronouncement because it is ongoing.


"The moment it is transmitted to NYSC, we will make it known to the corps members and the general public," he said.

Read more at: http://community.vanguardngr.com/profiles/blogs/why-n30-000-minimum-wage-payment-delayed-nysc

The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, has said that with the recent constitution of the standing committees, the ninth National Assembly (NASS) is more prepared to work for Nigerians.


Lawan made the promise in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Ola Awoniyi, in Abuja on Thursday.


The statement quoted Lawan making the remark at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, shortly on his return from this year’s Hajj (pilgrimage) to Makkah, Saudi Arabia, in the early hours of the day.

Read more at: http://community.vanguardngr.com/profiles/blogs/nass-ready-to-work-for-nigerians-lawan

It is often disheartening and sad to see students spending quite a number of years in an illegal tertiary institution, and end up wasting both human and financial resources on venture that isn't as a result of their ignorance about their choicest institutions during the registration process.

In most cases, some of these students have fallen victims of fake admission, which they never made adequate information about during their quest for admission.

It is against this reason among many others that we gathered the list of illegal universities to avoid in Nigeria especially for aspirants who would want to put in some of these universities as their preferred choice. The “Universities” are:

1) University of Accountancy and Management Studies, operating anywhere in Nigeria
2) Christians of Charity American University of Science & Technology, Nkpor, Anambra State or any of its other campuses
3) University of Industry, Yaba, Lagos or any of its other campuses
4) University of Applied Sciences & Management, Port Novo, Lagos – Ibadan Expressway and its Annex at 41, Ikorodu Road, Republic of Benin or any of its other campuses in Nigeria.
5) Blacksmith University, Awka or any of its other campuses
6) Volta University College, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana or any of its other campuses in Nigeria.
7) Royal University Izhia, P.O. Box 800, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State or any of its other campuses
Atlanta University, Anyigba, Kogi State or any of its other campuses
9) United Christian University, Macotis Campus, Imo State or any of its other campuses
10) United Nigeria University College, Okija, Anambra State or any of its other campuses
11) Samuel Ahmadu University, Makurdi, Benue State or any of its other campuses
12) UNESCO University, Ndoni, Rivers State or any of its other campuses
13) Saint Augustine’s University of Technology, Jos, Plateau State or any of its other campuses.

See full list at: http://community.vanguardngr.com/profiles/blogs/official-list-of-illegal-universities-to-avoid-in-nigeria-2019

It is often disheartening and sad to see student spending quite a number of years in an illegal tertiary institutions, and end up wasting both human and financial resources on venture that isn't as a result of their ignorance about their choicest institutions during the registration process.

In most cases, some of these students have fallen victims of fake admission, which they never made adequate information about during their quest for admission.

It is against this reason among many others that we gathered the list of illegal universities to avoid in Nigeria especially for aspirants who would want to put in some of these universities as their preferred choice. The “Universities” are:

1) University of Accountancy and Management Studies, operating anywhere in Nigeria
2) Christians of Charity American University of Science & Technology, Nkpor, Anambra State or any of its other campuses
3) University of Industry, Yaba, Lagos or any of its other campuses
4) University of Applied Sciences & Management, Port Novo, Lagos – Ibadan Expressway and its Annex at 41, Ikorodu Road, Republic of Benin or any of its other campuses in Nigeria.
5) Blacksmith University, Awka or any of its other campuses
6) Volta University College, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana or any of its other campuses in Nigeria.
7) Royal University Izhia, P.O. Box 800, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State or any of its other campuses
Atlanta University, Anyigba, Kogi State or any of its other campuses
9) United Christian University, Macotis Campus, Imo State or any of its other campuses
10) United Nigeria University College, Okija, Anambra State or any of its other campuses
11) Samuel Ahmadu University, Makurdi, Benue State or any of its other campuses
12) UNESCO University, Ndoni, Rivers State or any of its other campuses
13) Saint Augustine’s University of Technology, Jos, Plateau State or any of its other campuses

See full list at: http://community.vanguardngr.com/profiles/blogs/official-list-of-illegal-universities-to-avoid-in-nigeria-2019

Some governorship aspirants seeking to fly the flag of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 16 governorship election in Kogi State have threatened to dump the party unless the National Working Committee (NWC) reverses its decision on the mode of governorship primary election.

The Adams Oshiomhole-led NWC had on July 5 adopted the indirect primary method for the selection of the party’s flagbearer for the election.

The approval was given after a meeting of the NWC where a formal request from the Kogi State executive and stakeholders in preference for the indirect primary was considered and deliberated on.

Read more at: http://community.vanguardngr.com/profiles/blogs/indirect-primary-aggrieved-kogi-apc-guber-aspirants-may-dump-part

Neymar’s return to Barcelona has moved a step closer as officials from Spain have travelled to France to discuss the transfer of the Brazilian, according to reports.

The 27-year-old left Barcelona in a stunning £200million deal back in 2017, but he looks set for a return to LaLiga after telling the French champions he wants to leave.

According to Sky Sports, Camp Nou chiefs are meeting with PSG on Tuesday to discuss a deal for the mercurial wide-man, and the Spanish giants are said to be willing to offer Philippe Coutinho as part of the transfer.

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez is a known admirer of Neymar and has has frequently attempted to sign the Brazil international in the past.

Read more at: http://community.vanguardngr.com/profiles/blogs/just-in-barcelona-officials-travel-to-france-for-talks-with-psg-a

Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has prophesied that Nigeria would come out great, marched forward and overcome present numerous challenges.

Adeboye also declared, “There will be an end to emptiness, materially, spiritually and economically in Nigeria.”

He made the prophetic declarations in his sermon at the 67 Holy Ghost Congress held at the Redemption Camp, KM 46, Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, however, urged Nigerians to return to God.

Read more at: http://community.vanguardngr.com/profiles/blogs/nigeria-ll-rise-again-overcome-present-challenges-adeboye

NURTW nabs 3 traffic robbers in Lagos

Three suspected members of a robbery gang that had been terrorising motorists and commuters at Mile-2, Lagos, have been arrested by members of the National Road Transport Workers, NURTW, operating on the platform of ECOMOG.

One of the suspects, arrested while removing chrome from a Venza car, led NURTW members to his gang’s hideout where two other suspects were arrested.

The suspects, according to the union’s chairman, Mile 2 branch, Ajele Abeyi, were arrested Friday night. He said: “For a year now, activities of traffic robbers from Ijesha to Mile 2 have been alarming, as several persons plying the expressway had fallen victims. I was also a victim.

“We decided to assist security agents to get these hoodlums, immediately we were brought into the committee charged with the responsibility of ensuring the free flow of traffic along the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway.

“The suspects were immediately handed over to the Police at Area E Command, Festac.”


Corruption kills more Nigerians than HIV/AIDS, malaria — ActionAids boss

Country Director, ActionAid Nigeria, Mrs. Ene Obi, has said corruption kills more people in Nigeria than HIV/Aids and malaria put together.

Malaria Obi, who led a delegation of ActionAid officials to the Abuja Bureau of Vanguard Newspaper said more needed to be done in the fight against corruption in every sphere of national life.

According to him, “ActionAid is an anti-poverty agency to eradicate corruption. We believe that corruption can be eradicated and we believe that if our resources can be distributed, the way it should, remove the looting and the misappropriation that is happening, no Nigerian needs to go to bed hungry.

"When we are growing up, in school, we were with children of governors in a public university but today that is not happening.

“Corruption is the major obstacle to eradicating poverty and we are looking at it as Nigerians who have said no. As Nigerians, if we do not reclaim our country, it will not even be the dust bin they will eat from, we don’t even know where they would eat.

“I think it is time to reclaim our land from the looters. Orientation is something that we seek. I think people have lost it. There are a lot of insanity in the atmosphere and that is the sanity that we need to bring back to people. People who have gone astray, we can also bring them back to the fold. And so, ActionAid is calling for collaboration in the fight against corruption.”

The name Jesus never existed, it was invented, Daddy Freeze tells Maraji

‘Jesus was invented about 400 years ago, just about the same time the truth about Yahushua, the real son of Yahweh was destroyed, to make room for a manipulative, monetized and politicized ‘Jesus’ doctrine’ Controversial on-air personality, Ifedayo Olarinde, popularly known as Daddy Freeze has told young Nigerian comedian, Gloria ‘Maraji’ Oloruntobi.

Maraji and Daday Freeze Maraji on her Instagram page said the only to haven was through Jesus and not Buddha, Krishna or evolution.

Daddy Freeze on his own Instagram page wrote Jesus was invented about 400 years ago…. just as he asked how can a name the disciples didn’t even know existed, be the way to Yahweh?

If you went back in time only 500 years ago, not a soul on earth would have the foggiest idea who ‘Jesus’ was.

How can a name the disciples didn’t even know existed, be the way to Yahweh?

◄ Acts 4:12 ►

New International Version Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”

Ask yourself this question, if there was no other name under heaven given to mankind for salvation 2000 years ago, where did ‘Jesus’ come from only 400 years ago, when both the Hebrew and English language didn’t have a ‘J’ sound?

Read more at: http://community.vanguardngr.com/profiles/blogs/five-important-stories-you-might-have-missed-this-week

Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky who is on a trip to India for medical treatment has made a stopover in Dubai.

The spokesperson of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) told Channels TV that Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife made a stopover at Dubai International Airport this early on Tuesday morning at about 4:00 am.

Read more at: http://community.vanguardngr.com/profiles/blogs/just-in-medical-trip-el-zakzaky-makes-stopover-in-dubai

Less than 24 hours after Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike placed a N30million bounty on notorious cultist, Bobrisky of Gokana, the Nigerian Army has captured him, with Governor Wike confirming that he will redeem the pledge.

Speaking during a security meeting with leaders of Rumuolumeni Community at the Government House Port Harcourt on Friday, Governor Wike thanked the Nigerian Army for capturing the suspected cultist.


“The Army has captured Bobrisky of Gokana. I will pay the bounty that I promised to the Nigerian Army.

Read more at: http://community.vanguardngr.com/profiles/blogs/just-in-wike-announces-capture-of-bobrisky-by-army

The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) has placed states on red alert asking them to expect more flooding during the rainy season.

Speaking during a press briefing in Abuja, Director- General of the agency, Engr. Clement Nze, said there is high probability that the 36 states of the federation including the FCT would witness different levels of flooding this year.

“River flooding as well as coastal flooding is expected to come into place as the nation approaches the peak of raining season,” he warned, adding that the agency had sustained the Annual Flood Outlook (AFO) to avoid the catastrophe experienced in 2012.

He said this is because flood from the upper reaches of the Niger Basin comprising Guinea, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivorie, Benin, Chad and Cameroon would be arriving Nigeria in about a month’s time.

The warning was directed to 15 states namely Niger, Lagos, Edo, Imo, Abia, Jigawa, Adamawa, Delta, Rivers, Cross Rivers...

Read more at: http://community.vanguardngr.com/profiles/blogs/flood-alert-15-states-at-risk

A 24-year-old man, Chimezie Solomon, has denied having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 16-year-old girl, whose identity the police protected, saying she was his girlfriend who enjoyed making love with him.

The police had yesterday dragged Solomon before an Ogba chief magistrate court, Lagos, for rape and abduction.

The police alleged that the accused person harboured the teenager in his house, located at Yusuf Street, Ejigbo, Lagos, without the knowledge of her parents and was having carnal knowledge of her for about a week.

Read more at: http://community.vanguardngr.com/profiles/blogs/i-did-not-rape-her-she-only-enjoyed-making-love-with-me

Following the move by Kogi State House of Assembly to remove the Deputy Governor, Elder Simon Achuba from office, the All Progressive Congress (APC) Kogi State chapter has also taken unfriendly step by suspending Achuba from the party for anti party activities before, during and after the 2019 general election.

The party also based the suspension on some actions the Deputy Governor took that constitute embarrassment to APC family in Kogi state.

Kogi State House of Assembly on Wednesday commenced the impeachment process of the state Deputy Governor Elder Simon Achuba over his action and utterances at the Channels and AIT televisions.

http://community.vanguardngr.com/profiles/blogs/just-in-kogi-apc-suspend-deputy-gov-from-the-party

A video of the Nigerian Military performing at an event in Edinburgh has gone viral all over social media stirring mostly lovely reactions, with some labeling it as a reminder clip of what Nigeria can achieve if her people dwell in peace and without bias.

The clip which was brought to the fore by Tolu Ogunlesi who is in charge of digital communications for @NGRPresident and @asorock, shows the Nigerian Military performing at the 2019 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo (REMT).

The parade beautifully fuses military drills and cultural displays highlighting some of Nigeria’s heritage.

Watch the video at: http://community.vanguardngr.com/profiles/blogs/this-might-be-the-best-video-you-will-see-about-nigeria-today

A Twitter user, @Kiiynah has taken to the platform to narrate how a plumber who was called to fix the kitchen sink stole meat from their pot of stew.

According to her, he was caught red-handed trying to collect meat but he claimed he was trying to stir the stew with a fork because it was burning.

See photo at: http://community.vanguardngr.com/forum/topics/plumber-caught-stealing-meat-from-a-pot-of-stew

Mrs Charity John, a businesswoman, on Wednesday, prayed a Customary Court sitting in Jikwoyi, to dissolve the marriage between her and her husband, Abel, ‘because he often rapes her.”

In a divorce petition, Charity said:” my husband is fond of raping me. I have endured this for a long time.”
She also alleged that Abel was a womaniser.

Responding, Abel, a businessman, who was present in court, in his defence, denied all the allegations.

Read more at: http://community.vanguardngr.com/profiles/blogs/just-in-my-husband-is-fond-of-raping-me-divorce-seeking-wife-tell

Nigeria is popularly known as the 'Giant of Africa' because of the esteem position the country holds among other countries in Africa.

A lot of questions have been asked overtime as regards the origin, culture, people among other factual information about Nigeria, which might not have been accurately answered in most cases.

It is against this backdrop that VANGUARD gathered these top seven amazing facts you would like to know about the country - Nigeria. Happy read!

1. Nigeria gets her name from River Niger, which is the largest River in West Africa. The name was coined by Lady Flora Shaw, the wife of the British General, Lord Fredrick Lugard. The River cover distance of 2600 miles.

2. Nigeria is also a very multi-cultural place with over 500 ethnic groups of which the three largest are Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo.

Read more at: http://community.vanguardngr.com/profiles/blogs/top-seven-facts-about-nigeria

Chief Mike Ahamba, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, and Muhammadu Buhari’s lawyer before he (Buhari) emerged president in 2015, has declared that the President has failed.

Ahamba, who was Buhari’s lawyer during his numerous attempts at the presidency before he eventually won in 2015, said nobody can count himself safe in this country anymore.

According to the elder statesman, it was quite unfortunate that after accusing former President Goodluck Jonathan of being weak in 2015, Buhari himself has failed to meet the expectations of Nigerians.

“I want to say this with all sincerity that the country has been overtaken by the state of insecurity,” he told newsmen.

“There is no safety anywhere and I believe that nobody can count himself as safe unless those who may have state apparatus with which they are protecting themselves.

“Ordinary citizens are no longer safe. When you cannot drive safely from Abuja to Kaduna, you can’t drive safely from Port Harcourt to Warri; you can’t drive safely from Enugu to Makurdi.

Read more at: http://community.vanguardngr.com/profiles/blogs/you-said-jonathan-was-weak-but-you-are-weaker-buhari-s-former-law

Kogi Deputy Governor, Simon Achuba, has blasted the state Governor, Yahaya Bello over bad governance, calling for tight security in the state due to the spread of violence in recent times.

Achuba in an interview on Channels Television breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily claimed that he is being victimised by the governor for ‘doing the right thing’.

“As a deputy governor, I have tried my best internally to ensure that the right things are done. For that sake, I am hated and denied my right.

"Anyone that has a different opinion from him (Yahaya Bello) becomes an enemy... A good leader learns from criticism."

He blasted the governor for not towing the path of good governance and not delivering good governance to the people of the state.

Watch video at: http://community.vanguardngr.com/profiles/blogs/video-governor-bello-s-deputy-blasts-him-calls-for-tight-security

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Minna has sentenced a 33-year-old Islamic teacher, Abubakar Abdullahi, to seven years imprisonment for having anal sex with 35 of his pupils.

Abdullahi, a resident of Sabon Gari, Kontagora, was charged with unnatural offence, contrary to section 284 of the penal code law.

The Police Prosecutor, ASP. Daniel Ikwoche, had told the court that one Murtala Abdullahi, a Hisbah Commander in Kontagora Local Government Area reported the matter at the ‘A’ Police Division in Kontagora on July 22.

Read more at: http://community.vanguardngr.com/profiles/blogs/islamic-teacher-jailed-seven-years-for-anal-sex-with-35-boys-in-n

The National Legal Adviser at African Action Congress, Mr. Inibehe Effiong, has said that human rights activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, was arrested because he was planning a protest.

Sowore was AAC’s presidential candidate in the February 2019 General Elections.

Men of the Department of State Services had stormed Sowore’s Lagos home in the early hours of Saturday, in what observers believe was an attempt to frustrate the revolutionary protests he had scheduled for Monday, August 5, across the nation.

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