2027: As tussle for who represents Idemili North/South intensifies
By Matilda Ikediobi Idemili North and South Federal Constituency is made up of two local government areas in Anambra State. Both local government areas are considered the most populous in terms of voter concentration in the entire state, and fall within Anambra Central Senatorial Zone, but bordering the popular commercial city, Onitsha which is in […]
Nigeria is not hungry because it has to be
There is a particular kind of national failure that is hardest to forgive, not the kind born of poverty or limited means, but the kind that occurs in the presence of abundance. Nigeria has 70 million hectares of arable land, one of the most productive young populations on the continent, and rainfall that most of […]
BACCIMA seeks stronger Customs, private sector partnership on trade
By Esther Onyegbula The Badagry Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, BACCIMA, has commended the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Dr Adewale Adeniyi, for what it described as the agency’s remarkable commitment to trade facilitation, innovation and modernisation of customs operations aimed at improving cross-border commerce and economic growth. BACCIMA President, Alhaji Yahaya […]
UK-based social critic, Mogbolu, commends appointment of John Nwabueze as Nigeria’s Tax Ombudsman
By Japhet Davidson A rising influential youth voice in Delta State and a United Kingdom-based social critic, Ifeanyi Samson Mogbolu has praised the appointment of Dr. John Nwabueze as Nigeria’s Tax Ombudsman, describing the development as a strategic and progressive step toward strengthening transparency, accountability, and good governance within Nigeria’s tax administration system. Speaking during […]
70% drug import dependency worrisome, must end through local manufacturing — Henrietta Ukwu
By Esther Onyegbula A leading global biopharmaceutical executive, Dr. Henrietta Ukwu, has called on the Federal Government to urgently reduce Nigeria’s heavy dependence on imported medicines, describing the country’s estimated 70 per cent reliance on foreign drugs as “worrisome and unfortunate.” Speaking at the 29th Annual National Conference of the Association of Industrial Pharmacists of […]
Aspirants reject C-River central APC senatorial primaries results
By Dapo Akinrefon Two All Progressives Congress, APC, aspirants for the Cross River Central Senatorial District, Senator Eteng Jones Williams and Ms. Mary Ekpere, on Tuesday, rejected the results currently circulating on social media, declaring that no primary election took place across any of the 66 wards in the district. The aspirants, in separate statements, […]
Ademokoya rallies support for Tinubu, Yayi ahead of Ogun 2027
By Esther Onyegbula The Director General of The Progressive Intellects (TPi), Wale Ademokoya, has intensified grassroots mobilisation and political engagement in support of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda and the governorship ambition of Senator Adeola Olamilekan Yayi ahead of the 2027 Ogun State governorship election. Ademokoya, a prominent political mobiliser and media entrepreneur, […]
Psycho-social stress in Lagos workplace
By OBI IGBOKWE There is a health crisis unfolding quietly inside Nigeria’s most productive organisations, and most HR leaders cannot see it. It does not announce itself the way a physical injury does. There is no accident form to fill, no insurance claim to process on day one. It arrives gradually — in the manager […]
Dr. Modupeade Adetunji becomes Trinity University’s first Professor
By Adesina Wahab Trinity University, Yaba, Lagos, has achieved a historic milestone with the promotion of Dr. Modupeade Christianah Adetunji to the rank of full Professor, making her the institution’s first professor since it commenced academic activities in 2019. The Governing Council of the university approved her promotion from Associate Professor to Professor of Food […]
Abia 2027: Okpara joins PDP guber race, promises 25,000 jobs yearly, housing revolution
….vows to abolish security vote, respect LG financial autonomyBy Steve Oko UMUAHIA – Former Commissioner for Housing, Abia State, Elder James Okpara, has formally declared for the 2027 governorship race under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Unveiling his blueprint in Umuahia, Okpara who also served as Commissioners for Legal Matters under ex-Governor […]
AAASME condemns xenophobic attacks in South Africa
…links violence to SME setbacks By Adeola Badru The All Africa Association for Small and Medium Enterprises (AAASME) has strongly condemned the reported xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks in South Africa, warning that such incidents represent a serious setback to the growth and stability of small and medium-scale enterprises across the African continent. The association also […]
