Path to redoubled local government reform – Olaopa
The Chairman, Federal Civil Service Commission, Prof. Tunji Olaopa, has proposed various forms of reform that should be carried out in the country’s local government system in order to optimise its benefits for the citizens. Olaopa made the recommendations while delivering the ninth yearly lecture of the Binuyo Foundation titled “Strengthening Local Governance as Framework […]
As Akpabio turns to prayer, by Emmanuel Aziken
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has again stepped into the eye of the storm, not so much for what he said as for what his words now represent in a country increasingly impatient with the language of power. His latest assertion he is praying that insurgency in Nigeria will end in 2026 has reopened a familiar debate: the […]
Paradox of the modern world where more means less, by Muyiwa Adetiba
A young man and his partner came to see me for a possible interview a couple of weeks ago. They own a Public Relations outfit together. According to them, an encounter with some mass communication undergraduates made them realise ‘something’ was missing in the education of these young students. They decided to introduce some ‘doyens’ of the […]
Nissi delivers electrifying sold-out show at London’s Jazz Cafe
Nissi brought her bold, genre-defying vision to life last night, Thursday , April 23rd, 2026, with a landmark headline performance at the Jazz Cafe, London.
Mutfwang’s armoured vehicle, by Emeka Obasi
Leadership by example makes all the difference. Seeing Plateau State governor Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang address grieving families, from an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), after yet another blood bath, made me blink a tear. If he could commandeer such bullet proof machine from the police, what stopped the governor from using the same weapon to pursue the killers […]
South-West PDP distances itself from Ibadan Summit
The South-West chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has distanced itself from a political gathering held in Ibadan, Oyo State, and expressed concern over remarks attributed to the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde.
