Youths on Wednesday staged a massive protest in Akwa Ibom State, demanding the release of social activist Princess Godsown Udoito after 8 months in detention.

…as recyclers get N500,000 grants By Esther Onyegbula Polysmart Packaging Limited has called for the establishment of a national recycling policy and intensified public awareness campaigns to unlock economic opportunities in Nigeria’s recycling sector, particularly for young people, as the company rewarded four recyclers with N500,000 each to support their businesses. The call was made […]

By Adeola Badru A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abayomi Nurain Mumuni, has described Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Mohammed Sani Musa, as one of Nigeria’s most dependable and influential political figures, citing his contributions to national policy debates, legislative reforms and economic development. Mumuni made the remarks in a […]

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo The Northern Christian Association of Nigeria (NCA) has called on Nigerians to remain calm, peaceful and united despite the country’s growing economic and security challenges, warning against actions that could worsen the nation’s situation. In a statement issued on Friday and signed by its Chairman, Rev. Joseph John Hayab, the association acknowledged […]

The Managing Director of the Enugu State Investment Development Authority (ENSIDA), Dr. Kenechukwu Nnamani, has linked ongoing investment engagements between Enugu State and Chinese business interests to plans for the commencement of direct cargo flights between China and the South-East region through Enugu. The development follows recent remarks by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace […]

By Oziourva Aliu, BENIN CITY THE Edo State government has revealed that a partnership with the World Bank has led to the revitalisation of not less than 61 Primary Health Centres (PHCs) in the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Cyril Oshiomhole who disclosed this said it was achieved through World Bank-supported Immunization Plus and […]

By Ediri Ejoh & Precious Enaike The California Secretary of Transportation, Toks Omishakin, yesterday commended efforts to expand Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) infrastructure in Nigeria, describing it as a practical and timely solution to rising fuel costs and global energy challenges. This came as the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Portland Gas Limited, Folajimi […]

Fatalism is the belief that all events are predetermined and therefore inevitable. Fatalists assume that mere mortals are powerless to influence the future and that all events are decided by fate and outside human control. This type of thinking is common amongst religious people – and most Nigerians are religious or at least superstitious; and I […]

Journalists like to think that the world would be finished without them. Nothing illustrates this vanity more than the joke by my old school journalism teacher that even when the world ends, reporters will be there to tell those in paradise what is happening on the other side. This illusion deprives the profession of its sanity. […]

LAST week, I asked fellow Nigerians, readers of this column what else we can do about insecurity that we haven’t done. It was a rhetorical question. Truth is there’re lots we can do that we haven’t done. Are we no longer Nigerians? The most resilient group of peoples in the world? Are we not the ones that […]

Former Senator representing Ekiti North senatorial District, Senator Ayo Arise has refuted an allegation spreading around that he has instructed his followers to go against the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC. Arise in a press release he personally signed on Friday restated his commitment and loyalty to the APC and disclosed that the issue on […]

The xenophobic attacks and anti-foreigner sentiments in South Africa is not new, but its persistence makes it an increasingly explosive issue. Each cycle of violence against foreign nationals chips away at the country’s moral authority and threatens the very ideals upon which post-apartheid South Africa was built. Since the end of Apartheid, South Africa has […]

By Kunle Odusola-Stevenson There is an old, uncompromising axiom in institutional finance: capital is a coward. It does not move on emotion, it does not capitulate to political applause, and it flees at the very first whisper of instability or regulatory unpredictability. The recent high-profile engagement between the President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, […]

By Chioma Obinna Nigeria has received 91 medical scholarships for healthcare workers in critical specialties and educational support for 71 underprivileged schoolgirls under programmes implemented by the Merck Foundation, First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu has disclosed. Tinubu made the disclosure during the inauguration of the 13th Edition of the Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary 2026, […]

The World Cup 2026 opened on Thursday, June 11, with Mexico playing South Africa. It appeared the entire Africa turned out against our sister African country. In the 1990s, this would have been the reverse. That was when South Africa held a lot of promise for the human race as it busted Apartheid and announced the […]