By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo As the world celebrates disability day on Wednesday, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke will empower 250 persons with disabilities in the State. This is because he gave directions for the conduct of the enumeration for persons with disabilities across different clusters. Speaking with newsmen in Osogbo on Monday, the Executive Secretary, […]

By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo The Law Students’ Association of Nigeria, LAWSAN, has elected a new set of leaders to pilot its affairs, as Oladejo Bashiru of Osun State University emerging as its new president. A statement issued by LAWSAN Chairman and Secretary, Adughaji Oryima and Ikah Boston, which was made available to newsmen by the […]

By NICK DAZANG The  bad omens were there. And it did not require the gift of prescience or foretelling the future to appreciate that our heightened insecurity would come to a head and that it would result in the declaration of an emergency. For the one and half decades that insurgency, banditry and terrorism have held […]

By Olayinka Ajayi Rising living costs without a commensurate increase in income have become the daily reality for many Nigerians. One such significant burden is transportation – a challenge that Youth Province 1 of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, in partnership with other youth provinces across Lagos, is addressing by providing free transportation to […]

By Gift ChapiOdekina, Abuja A civil society organization (CSO), Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC) has lauded President Tinubu’s appointment of retired Gen.Christopher Musa as Minister of Defence. The National President of the CSO, Chief Ugochukwu Nnam gave the commendation in an interview with journalist in Abuja on Thursday. Nnam who described retired Gen. […]

By Nnasom David The All Africans Indie Film Festival (AAIFF) 2025 concluded on Saturday, November 22, at Nile Cinemas, Ikota, Lagos, with a full day of film screenings, practical workshops and cross-continental conversations that highlighted the growing strength of African independent cinema. The festival, held in partnership with the Brixton Film Festival in the United […]

By Ephraim Oseji The Connectors Code, an emerging leadership and strategic dialogue platform, has announced its Executive Roundtable Series beginning with the Lagos edition scheduled to take place at the Lagos Continental Hotel on December 18. The closed door gathering will convene senior executives across finance, technology, energy, healthcare, payments and consumer markets to examine […]

By Juliet Umeh A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Sunday Okoro, has hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for what he described as the President’s firm handling of insecurity and the stabilisation of the nation’s economy. Okoro, who stated this in a statement made available to newsmen, said no country is insulated from insecurity, […]

…seeks partnership in STEM, Space Education By Peter Duru, Makurdi The Executive Chairman of Benue State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr. Grace Adagba has hosted Africa’s first female astronaut and Founder/Chief Executive Officer of the Deep Space Initiative (DSI), Ms. Sarah Sabri, in Makurdi, as part of efforts to strengthen Science, Technology, Engineering and […]

CTNI said the criticisms were “opportunistic and stripped of the broader security realities” that existed when the video was first recorded.