By Esther Onyegbula Ikosi Senior High School has emerged winner of the Lagos Inter-School Debate Competition organised by The Elevation Church, Maryland Zone 5, in partnership with the Lagos State Ministry of Education, defeating 11 other public secondary schools from Lagos Education District II. The three-week intellectual contest, which culminated in a grand finale at […]

By Esther Onyegbula A documentary that has helped reshape conversations around mental health in French sports circles has made its way to Nigeria, with stakeholders calling for greater attention to psychological well-being among athletes and professionals. Têtes Plongeantes (Diving Headers), a documentary co-produced by Franco-Nigerian entrepreneur Wale Gbadamosi Oyekanmi for Booska-P, Génération 2018 and So […]

By Hamilton Odunze “Peter Obi is an off-ramp for a Nigerian train headed to disaster town.”  I made this argument in 2022, when Peter Obi ran for president against Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Looking back on 2022 now feels like a lifetime ago for many Nigerians. Unfortunately, the situation in Nigeria has only worsened since then. Nigeria still […]

— Approves N1bn intervention Hospital Fund By Dayo Johnson Akure Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State, has said that access to quality healthcare must not be determined by a citizen’s economic status. Aiyedatiwa spoke at the maiden National Summit of State Social Health Insurance Agencies held in Akure, the state capital. The summit drew policymakers, […]

The shock emergence of gridlock on the Apapa-Oworonshoki Expressway last week should worry every Nigerian who remembers the dark days when the nation’s busiest port corridor became a symbol of administrative failure. For more than two decades, the Apapa traffic nightmare inflicted untold hardship on residents, motorists, businesses and port users. Thousands of productive hours were wasted […]