By Esther Onyegbula No fewer than 150 youths in Ojodu Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Lagos State, on Thursday graduated from a comprehensive digital skills training programme, as the council chairman, Hon. David Odunmbaku, intensified efforts to position the area for opportunities in the global digital economy. The graduates, trained both physically and virtually, received […]

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo The Caleb Danladi Foundation, in partnership with the Njoh Suzzane Foundation, has carried out a humanitarian outreach targeting adolescent girls, widows and orphans in Jaba Local Government Area of Kaduna State. At Samban Gida community, the foundations distributed sanitary pads to over 500 adolescent girls and provided menstrual hygiene education aimed at […]

By MATTHEW IBADIN This is an open letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. I will start by thanking him for appointing one of Nigeria’s finest police officers, Tunji Disu, as the new Inspector General of Police. In one respect, this open letter is to help the new IGP to carry out a radical transformation of the […]

Tributes have continued to pour in for elder statesman and political icon, Otunba Busura Adedeji Alebiosu, as he marks his 90th birthday, with Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and former Supreme Court Justice, George Adesola Oguntade, leading the commendations.

By now, everyone knows President Bola Tinubu’s approach to capturing power. In his own words, it is: “At all costs, fight for it, grab it, snatch it and run with it”. That was how he put it at a pre-election event in London in December 2022. Many would swear that he deployed this buccaneering strategy to […]

Dear readers, Let me tell you about Chidi. Chidi works for a logistics company in Lagos. Last month, his manager sent him a quick message: “We need those containers moved to the warehouse by Friday.” Simple enough, right? Chidi assumed his manager meant the company’s main warehouse in Apapa. He organized the trucks, coordinated with […]

By EBUKA UKOH A nation does not prove its strength in speeches. But the safety it guarantees to its children speaks volumes. As I struggled to come to terms with the news of the abduction of students travelling to sit the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination in Benue State, I watched interviews of survivors, […]

By Etop Ekanem, Lagos Baobab Microfinance Bank has reinforced its commitment to inclusive growth and social impact through a strategic partnership with the Compassionate Care Recovery Initiative, culminating in the launch of a dedicated female rehabilitation and reintegration wing, Deborah’s Haven. The initiative addresses the urgent need to support women affected by substance dependency, many […]

There is a preview of the environment that is likely to persist: one where macro shocks transmit rapidly across asset classes

By ALU AZEGE In Nigeria today, a woman’s uterus is both a site of life and a battleground of law. The recent debate in the Senate over a bill proposing harsher penalties for abortion re-ignited a familiar national anxiety. Yet, in the midst of the tension, something important happened: the Senate demonstrated courage by stepping back […]