A group, Justice & Equity Forum, has expressed displeasure with the composition of membership of the South West Development Commission, SWDC, saying that it doesn’t reflect the principle of federal character. According to the group in a statement by its coordinator, Kehinde Adebayo, the composition doesn’t only throw equity away, it shows that the many […]

By Emem Idio, Yenagoa A former member of the Bayelsa state House of Assembly Wilson Ayakpo Dauyegha has responded to reports going the rounds that he betrayed Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, the incumbent Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), during the 2019 Governorship Election in Bayelsa State. Dauyegha, in a statement in Yenagoa said It […]

By Dapo Akinrefon Chairman of the Amalgamation of Container Truck Owners and association of Nigeria, ACTOAN, Mr Bello Ridwan, on Friday, faulted the decision of the Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government-Owned Companies, SSASCGOC, Maritime Branch and the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, who threatened to shut down port operations in protest […]

By Elizabeth Adegbesan Nigeria’s Money  Supply (M2) increased by 4.2 percent month-on-month, MoM, to N119.1 trillion in April 2025 from N114.2 trillion in March 2025. This is coming on the back of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Monetary Policy Committee, MPC, decision to retain the Monetary Policy Rate, MPR, at 27.5 percent for the […]

By Godwin Oritse A professor of Mathematics at the Manhattan College in the United States, Lawrence Udeigwe, who is also a music artiste, has urged Nigeria to take advantage of the immense opportunities that are available in bridging music and science in education. Speaking via a zoom chat on Thursday, Udeigwe noted that since Nigerian […]

No fewer than 21 corpses were recovered, yesterday, and scores of people were declared missing, after a severe midnight flood caused by torrential rainfall wreaked havoc in Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State.

By ABDUL RABIU As Nigeria marks two years under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, I believe it is important to reflect, not from the lens of politics, but from the perspective of business, of industry, and of the economy. I speak not only as the Chairman of BUA Group – one of Africa’s largest […]

Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Gtext Holdings, Mr Rana Ijaz Ahmad, has shared key insights into the company’s future direction after succeeding Dr Stephen Akintayo…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has criticised the recent incident where Nigerian students were forced to sit for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, in dark and unfit conditions, calling it a ‘national disgrace.’

The world has never been short of demagogues and fools, but the remedies have often matched the supply. In 1990, during President Nelson Mandela’s thank-you tour of the world, he was asked at the City College of New York, Harlem, NY., why he remained friends with Muammar Gaddafi, Yasser Arafat, and Fidel Castro. He replied that […]