Emmanuel Okogba

Lagos, Nigeria

Senior Online Correspondent at Vanguard

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Breaking: Pope Francis dies at 88 - Vatican

3 days ago | vanguardngr.com | Emmanuel Okogba

Pope Francis died on Monday aged 88, a day after making a much hoped-for appearance at Saint Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday, the Vatican said in a statement. “Dearest brothers and sisters, it is with deep sorrow that I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis,” said Cardinal Kevin Farrell in the statement published by the Vatican on its Telegram channel. “This morning at 7:35 am (0535 GMT) the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the home of the Father.
Addressing our water crisis

3 days ago | vanguardngr.com | Emmanuel Okogba

It is a common sight in major cities of Nigeria to see young men pushing wheel barrows stocked with gallons in search of water as access to potable water remains a major challenge for majority of city dwellers. Most city dwellers today rely on private water vendors and boreholes to meet their domestic needs. Those in the rural areas where 70 percent of Nigeria’s population live rely mainly on streams and rivers.
Nigerians served peculiar mess, a la carte, by Owei Lakemfa

3 days ago | vanguardngr.com | Emmanuel Okogba

Adelabu Adegoke was one of the most flamboyant and charismatic politicians in pre-independence Nigeria. When one day, the press asked him about deliberations in the Western Region House of Assembly, he replied that it was a “peculiar mess”. He pronounced the words with a Yoruba intonation making the two words sound like “Penkelemesi”. So, his sobriquet became Penkelemesi.
Okpebholo’s steady strides: Practical governance, Uromi and other matters

3 days ago | vanguardngr.com | Emmanuel Okogba

By JOHN OSAKUEAmidst the sounds of revelry and thanksgiving over the verdict of the Edo State Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja, which affirmed the victory of Senator Monday Okpebholo at the gubernatorial election held on 21st September 21, 2024, an Edo aphorism flashed to my mind and it states this: “You can tell a child that is ready to work hard in the farm by his preparations at home and his attitude on the way to the farm”.
Food: Agric firm empowers smallholder farmers with knowledge, tools

4 days ago | vanguardngr.com | Emmanuel Okogba

By Gabriel EwepuABUJA – AN agricultural firm, DeBranch Farmers, weekend, went down to empower smallholder farmers in Kwassam community in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State with knowledge and tools in order to boost productivity and food availability.
Democracy dead, dictators duel, destruction destined, by Dele Sobowale

4 days ago | vanguardngr.com | Emmanuel Okogba

“Traditional democracies will end up on the garbage heap of history” – Alberto Fujimori, 1938-2024, Peruvian President, 1998, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 37. I started the VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS in 1965 and got it published in 2007 – 42 years after. The first quote which caught my attention was by Dr Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, “Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.” It upended everything Nigeria had taught me about being a loyal citizen. I was launched on an adventure.
Is every Nigerian judge corrupt? By Tonnie Iredia

4 days ago | vanguardngr.com | Emmanuel Okogba

At a recent symposium in Lagos on ‘Corruption in the Nigerian Judiciary’ the speakers persuasivelypresented facts and figures to amplify the popularly held opinion that Nigerian judges are probably the most corrupt group in the country. In truth, none of the speakers said anything new.
Coaches debts: NFF should come clean, by Patrick Omorodion

5 days ago | vanguardngr.com | Emmanuel Okogba

Penultimate Saturday, Vanguard Media broke the news of the passing of football legend ‘Chairman’ Christian Chukwu. Minutes later, the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF through its Secretary General, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, issued a condolence message commiserating with the family and the football fraternity over his death.
Fubara and Supreme Court judgement: What is unfair is bad - Aristotle

5 days ago | vanguardngr.com | Emmanuel Okogba

By Gboyega Amoboye Let me start by saying that I am not a lawyer, but with all humility, it may not always be right to say that a ‘non-lawyer’ is a layman, because the “ founding fathers of the legal profession, Socrates, and his protege, Aristotle, were sculptors turned philosophers. According to legal history, they were in the family business as sculptors until persuaded by the Oracle of Memphis to take to Philosophy as a career.
The shock of reading about the ‘other woman’ claiming to be the wife!

5 days ago | vanguardngr.com | Emmanuel Okogba

By Bunmi SofolaNikky made her way to her office that fateful Monday morning, she saw a group of some female members of staff clustering round the photo copiers and chattering excitedly. When they saw her, the silence was eerie, and instead of scurrying off to their seats, they looked at her with defiance. “I simply ignored them”, Nikky recalled. “Ordinarily, I would have read the riot act to them, but I was in no mood for any petty accusations.