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Health crisis now a major economic threat, experts warn

Health crisis now a major economic threat, experts warn

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the rapid rise of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) across Africa has become not only a public health emergency but a major economic threat to the continent’s long-term development.

Questions for President Tinubu, by Ochereome Nnanna

Questions for President Tinubu, by Ochereome Nnanna

President Bola Tinubu’s spokesmen have been oddly quiet over two very grave accusations which portrayed their principal possibly as a part of our security problems.  When 25 students of Government Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga in Kebbi State were abducted about ten days ago, the state’s Governor, Mohammed Idris, made a shocking disclosure. He said his […]

Bound to television by failure, by Okoh Aihe

Bound to television by failure, by Okoh Aihe

Reality can be as cruel as the worst nightmare, leaving foreboding overhang that haunts you for an indeterminate period. One would always wish at this time to go back to sleep and wake up to a new world, the real truth. Reality. But it has been written in the sands as an incurable memorial in the […]

We prioritise building strong people over big church – Sam Adeyemi

We prioritise building strong people over big church – Sam Adeyemi

As Daystar Christian Centre celebrated its 30th anniversary with a global thanksgiving service,  the church’s leadership has declared that its core mission is focused on transforming lives and empowering citizens, rather than merely expanding its physical footprint.

NDDC and partners lighten the mood of sickle cell patients

NDDC and partners lighten the mood of sickle cell patients

By Jimitota Onoyume The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC in collaboration with its partners brought smiles to hundreds of sickle cell patients in Delta state with its medical outreach programme. Partners in the collaboration for the medical outreach programme held at the Central hospital , Warri were Ebiere Women Foundation, Sickle Cell Awareness InitiativeIreland–Nigeria (SCAIIN), […]

Nigeria’s problem comes from the North, by Rotimi Fasan

Nigeria’s problem comes from the North, by Rotimi Fasan

As I write this at exactly mid-day on Monday, it’s been hours since the abducted worshippers of the CAC Church in Eruku town of Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State were released by their Fulani captors. At this point, it is futile for anyone to continue to deny the evidence before us about the identity […]

Embarrassing presidential pardon

Embarrassing presidential pardon

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday, October 9, 2025, granted clemency to 175 convicts in the exercise of his discretionary power of Prerogative of Mercy, as contained in Section 175 (1) and (2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended). The decision was aimed at correcting what he saw as […]

2027: Youth group tasks NASS on establishment of electoral offences commission

2027: Youth group tasks NASS on establishment of electoral offences commission

By Emem Idio, Yenagoa As Nigeria gears up for the 2027 general elections, and as the national assembly prepares to vote on a set of constitutional and electoral reforms, a youth group known as Fringe Voices Development Foundation (Fringe Voices), the South-South Partner, Youth Political Participation (YPP) Electoral Reform Consortium, has a thrown its weight […]

Water Resources gets new Permanent Secretary, Umobong

Water Resources gets new Permanent Secretary, Umobong

By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA – THE Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation, Wednesday, got a new Permanent Secretary, Dr Emanso Umobong. The outgone Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation, Richard Pheewlangwah, officially handed over to Umobong marking the transition of leadership. Meanwhile, in her inaugural speech after taking over as the […]

Adar resumes as NEITI Executive Secretary, prioritises amendment of 2007 Act

Adar resumes as NEITI Executive Secretary, prioritises amendment of 2007 Act

The newly appointed Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Hon. Musa Sarkin Adar, on Tuesday resumed duties at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja, pledging to pursue a comprehensive amendment of the NEITI Act 2007 to strengthen the organisation’s powers and effectiveness.

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