By YUSHAU SHUAIB Public debate in Nigeria is increasingly shaped not just by facts but also by emotion, identity, and organised outrage. My recent short Facebook post reacting to The New York Times, NYT, report on an Onitsha-based trader and activist triggered an avalanche of hostile responses — many from individuals identifying as Igbo and largely […]

The recent reaffirmation of the blanket ban on admission of students directly into Senior Secondary School Three, SSS3, the final class before the West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WAEC, and National Examination Council, NECO, by the Federal Government, has ignited concern across Nigeria’s education sector. Authorities insist the policy is designed to protect academic […]

According to Abdullahi, President Jonathan’s visit to Kwara for a PDP campaign coincided with Saraki’s defection, creating expectations that he would lead efforts against his former principal.

Imagine standing before a room of high-stakes stakeholders. You’ve memorized your data, your slides are polished, and your suit is tailored. Yet, before you speak a single word, the room has already decided whether to follow you or merely tolerate you. In our increasingly digital and distracted world, we often forget that communication is a physical […]

When President Bola Tinubu stumbled and fell on Tuesday as he walked alongside the President of the Republic of Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during a welcome ceremony in Ankara, his spin doctors went into overdrive in explaining away the incident. That was expected. But in doing so, they lied. His Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, […]

By Nnasom David, Abuja Reverso Business Services Limited has facilitated a high-level management training session for senior officials of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) at its Headquarters in Abuja, focusing on the Sensitization and Internalization of Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) Implementation and the Business Facilitation Act (BFA) 2022. The training brought together members of […]

By REMI LADIGBOLU  Ejo ki i se ti ara eni ki a ma mo da (One must be honest with oneself, even when judgement is uncomfortable). Any fair reflection on the present controversy surrounding the Alaafin’s place within contemporary governance must begin with that honesty. Oyo’s historical relegation did not arise from a single cause. It […]

Hardly anyone disagreed that Nigeria needed a new tax regime. The erstwhile tax rules were complex and cumbersome, their administration ridden with corruption and inefficiency. So, when, in August 2023, barely four months in office, President Bola Tinubu inaugurated the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, he was on to something truly transformative if […]

By Juliet Umeh The Aga Khan University, AKU, has met with senior officials of key United Nations health agencies to strengthen collaboration and advance preparations for the World Health Summit Regional Meeting, WHSRM, scheduled to hold in Nairobi, Kenya, in April 2026. The engagement focused on aligning institutional priorities and positioning the Summit as a […]

By Nnasom David Dr. Raymond Edoh, a governorship aspirant in Benue State, 2027, has intensified his campaign with a bold, people-focused agenda, promising to prioritise security, youth empowerment, women inclusion and grassroots development if elected governor. In a passionate address to the people of Benue State, Edoh said his ambition is driven by love for […]

By Gbenga Adeoti Every electricity market with structural deficits eventually attracts anger. Nigeria’s power sector, shaped by decades of under-investment, regulatory distortion, energy theft, tariff misalignment, and gas supply instability, is no exception. What is surprising is not public frustration, but how easily that frustration can be weaponised into prose that abandons evidence, proportionality, and […]

By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Hon Douglas Iyike, on Wednesday lauded the emergence of former Chief Whip of the Senate, Sir Rowland Owie as the leader of the party in Edo South Senatorial District saying it was a sign that the party was ready to win […]

The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mrs Kemi Nanna Nandap, on Tuesday led a high-level delegation of the Service on an inspection tour of facilities operated by EIB Group in Kuje and Idu, Abuja, as part of efforts to explore operational collaboration. Mrs Nandap was represented on the tour by a Deputy […]

For Mourinho, who coached Madrid between 2010 and 2013, it was a first victory at the second time of asking against his old club since departing them

An airplane carrying 15 people, including a lawmaker, crashed near Colombia’s border with Venezuela on Wednesday, killing all passengers and crew, Colombia’s civil aviation authority said.