HEADLINE | Posted: Saturday, July 5, 2025

VANGUARD TOP HEADLINES TOP COMMENTARIES CHANGEUP TONIC Fanning into flames the dying embers GBENGA OWOTOKI, Florida, USA The danger is never in losing the fire-it is in allowing the embers to grow cold. Governor Fubara: A harrowing journey in the political tangle and wilderness YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA It’s encouraging to note that Fubara has endured the hard-earned lessons of political practice. Why Nigeria Does Not Have a National Security System? PRIYE S. TORULAGHA, Miami, Florida, USA Following the war between Israel and Iran, it is necessary to ask whether Nigeria has an effective national security system to guarantee its sovereignty. Chief Sir John Obide Akukwe: The privilege of our parents CHINUA AKUKWE, Washington, DC, USA I felt an incredible sense of sadness and loneliness [at his burial ceremony] that the most powerful and influential person in my life had gone on a life of no return to this sinful world. Fulanis, the bravado of guns, savagery of heinous violence and the idiocy of indigenous communities E O EKE, UK In official functions, he [Sultan of Sokoto] is sat in front, followed by Oni of Ife and the rest fall behind. This is the Nigeria the Fulanis want.