By Favour Ulebor, Abuja At least 200 women and girls are set to receive certified training in Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) installation and maintenance as part of a new initiative aimed at empowering women and promoting cleaner, cheaper fuel in Nigeria. The announcement was made by the MD/CEO of Automotive Gas Nigeria Services Limited, Maryam […]

Do the terms ‘revise’ and ‘edit’ mean the same? What do you think? Well, they are sometimes used interchangeably even though they are really two distinct activities writers engage in to improve their writing. What do the terms mean?  On one hand, revising is rewriting, that is, changing words, phrases, sentences, even whole paragraphs in a […]

The House of Representatives is about to embark on a seemingly quixotic venture of recovering about 12,000 abandoned federal building projects scattered throughout the federation, particularly Abuja and Lagos which have served as our Federal Capitals. In May 2024, the Senate had kicked off the effort with a six-member committee led by Senator Lola Ashiru. […]

By Chimaobi Nwaiwu NNEWI—Property, goods, worth billions of naira were, yesterday, destroyed at a factory in Abubor Nnewichi, Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State. Some of the property production machines, office equipment and other factory valuables. The mystery fire was said to have started at 5.50 am., destroying both finished goods and those […]

By Theodore Opara Coscharis Motors, the exclusive representative of Renault auto brand in Nigeria has unveiled the all-new Renault Koleos and Renault Kardian at the just concluded 25th edition of the Abuja International Motor Fair co-organized by BKG Exhibitions and the National Automotive Design and Development Council, NADDC. The event took place at the Eagle […]

By Theodore Opara Carloha, the exclusive distributor of Chery vehicles in Nigeria, has announced that the Chery Tiggo 8 has earned five-star safety ratings from both ANCAP (Australasian New Car Assessment Programme) and Euro NCAP (European New Car Assessment Programme), reinforcing its position as a leader in family safety and automotive innovation. This dual five-star […]

By KALU OKORONKWO To understand Nigeria’s leadership dilemma, one must peel back the layers between power and authority, two concepts often conflated but fundamentally different. Nigeria’s governance crisis persists largely because leaders continue to believe that possessing power is the same as possessing authority. Power is the ability to compel action. It is loud, immediate, and […]

By Ebunoluwa Sessou Senior Pastor of Shepherdhill Baptist Church, Dr. Israel Kristilere has insisted that, the ongoing attacks on Christian communities in the Northern Nigeria are nothing but “Christian genocide,” describing it as a systematic pattern of killings to wipe out Christians. Speaking on the rising insecurity and recent international reactions to the crisis, the […]

By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – The Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC) has raised fresh concerns over Nigeria’s heavy dependence on federal allocations, saying the habit is holding many regions back from meaningful progress. The group believes President Bola Tinubu has already provided a pathway out of this dependence through the creation of regional […]

By Daniel Abia P/Harcourt—In an effort to clear his name of any wrong doing, former Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, has written to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, demanding to have a date with the anti-graft agency. Sylva in the letter addressed to the Chairman of the commission particularly frowned at […]

“We have talent and ambition. What we need is leadership structure, development platforms, mentorship pipelines, institutional excellence”

Hundreds of residents, primarily women, have benefited from a week-long free medical care initiative in Edo State, which provided treatment for various surgical conditions including fibroids and hernias.

A youth based organization, UYOTA, Uplifting Youths Through Agriculture, a non-governmental initiative that is focused on empowering young people through agriculture, holds a two day African Youths Agri-Business Summit, in Abuja. The group aims to increase youth participation in agriculture and broaden agricultural value chain that brings people from across Africa to explore critical issues […]

By Chioma Obinna As Nigeria grapples with declining educational engagement and growing youth disillusionment, the 2025 Dr. Osahon Enabulele Foundation (DOEF) Debate Competition for secondary schools has emerged as a beacon of hope, challenging students to think critically, engage civically and reclaim the narrative around education. Meanwhile, Eghosa Grammar School has won the N1m star prize […]

By Paul Olayemi The Niger Delta Peoples Movement, NDPM, has condemned the rising abductions of schoolgirls across the country, calling the attacks “a direct assault on childhood, education, and the nation’s moral fabric.” In a statement signed by its Executive Director, Comr. Ejiro Ineneji, the group said Nigeria is sliding into a dangerous security collapse. […]