By Matthew Johnson The Executive Chairman of the Federal Character Commission, Mrs. Hulayat Omidiran, has called for stronger commitment to gender balancing and inclusive governance as critical drivers of national unity, sustainable development and democratic stability. Omidiran made the call while delivering a keynote address at a high level side event titled “Global Women Partnership […]

By Matthew Johnson President Bola Tinubu has lost one of his most devoted elderly supporters, Alhaja Shafaw Ayinla Alanamu, a 98-year-old woman whose unwavering faith in the President’s leadership earned national attention during the build-up to the 2023 general elections. Alhaja Shafaw Ayinla Alanamu, a native of Ilorin in Kwara State, passed away a few […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has welcomed the launch of Nigeria’s first Toumai Robotic Surgery platform at Nisa Hospital, Abuja.

I am gravely worried about the 2027 elections. Other well-meaning Nigerians, who want the best for the country, are worried too. And this is not about being an alarmist. No! It is realism. The augury is too stark that one needs not be endowed with the gift of clairvoyance to read the handwriting on the wall. […]

The strength of every genuine democracy is tested not only at the ballot box but by the vitality of opposition parties. Today in Nigeria, the troubling question is whether the visible disarray within opposition ranks signals something deeper — a slow drift towards one-party dominance under the All Progressives Congress, APC. Across the country, defections […]