By CHRISTIAN EKEIGWE Every time a major company collapses, society reaches reflexively for a familiar accusation: “Where were the auditors?” The question is asked with an air of certainty, as though auditors should have been omniscient, omnipresent, and infallible gatekeepers. But this expectation is not only unrealistic — it is corrosive. It punishes the profession for […]

By Esther Onyegbula Leaders of the Igbo-speaking community in Lagos have paid a condolence visit to the wife and family of the late Charles Nwachukwu, assuring them of support while calling for calm and a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death. The delegation, led by the President-General of the Igbo Speaking Community in […]

First of all, congratulations are in order. Although I am unapologetically and unrepentantly a principled critic of President Bola Tinubu, whose self-serving politics and indifference to moral leadership I find objectionable, I must admit that his recent state visit to the United Kingdom was a great honour to him. It was also an honour to Nigeria […]

By Esther Onyegbula Nigerian disc jockey and cultural curator, DJ Pretty Play, is currently receiving medical attention following a gruelling 300-hour non-stop DJ marathon in a bid to set a new Guinness World Record. The Akwa Ibom-born, Lagos-based entertainer undertook the endurance challenge at Bay Lounge, where she performed continuously for 12 days, from March […]

In a continuation of her bold mission to combat educational inequality in Nigeria, a philanthropist, Dr. Princess Ezinne Agwu has extended school fees intervention to an institution, Saint Maximus International School Abakaliki, in Ebonyi State. The intervention carried under her foundation, Dr. Princess Ezinne Agwu’s Charity Initiative is the second following the successful rollout of […]

In a renewed effort to improve personnel welfare, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, yesterday formally commissioned and handed over the keys to the newly built housing units at Marda Barracks in Yaba, Lagos.

Women leaders in Badagry, Lagos State, on Wednesday urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to zone its governorship ticket to the division. They made the appeal during a press briefing organised by Women in Badagry Federation, advocating equity, justice and political inclusion for the division. Mrs Rafeequat Onabamiro, former House of Representatives member, said Badagry […]

By Chioma Obinna The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, Nigeria has lauded the launch of the Generation Unlimited Nigeria, GenU 9JA, National Secretariat, describing it as a major step towards placing young people at the centre of governance and national development. The Secretariat, formally inaugurated on March 31, 2026, is domiciled within the Office of […]

… Autistic children are blessings, not burdens, says IFA Founder as he rallies Nigeria to end stigma, build inclusive system By Joseph Erunke, Abuja Stakeholders in Nigeria’s health and social development sectors have issued a strong call for urgent reforms to build inclusive systems for people living with autism, declaring that exclusion is no longer […]

By Ovie Edomi As the door opened and the Visitors came out in front of Asterix Ranch and Resort, one very conspicuous feature of the place is the presence of peace, security, senerity and tourists in very joyful moods. Indeed, the drive to Asterix Ranch and Resort located in Eku, by the bank of Ethiope […]