By Evelyn Usman The Nigerian Navy yesterday received a major boost in its maritime security operations with the addition of three new warships to its fleet and the launch of a Combined Maritime Task Force aimed at tackling emerging threats in the Gulf of Guinea. The development came as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu reaffirmed his […]

‎‎Proton Security Services Limited has been named Best Security Company of the Year 2026 at the West Africa Innovation Awards, a prestigious platform that celebrates outstanding brands and visionary leaders across the region. ‎The awards, designed to honour excellence, innovation, resilience and transformative leadership, saw Proton Security outperform strong competitors, including Ashaka Security Limited and […]

Nigeria may have lost over $600 million in customs duties, VAT and other applicable levies over 30 years due to the illegal sale of empty shipping containers by foreign shipping lines operating in its ports, a trade expert has alleged. Speaking while addressing journalists covering maritime industry in Lagos on Monday, Mr. Okey Ibeke, Principal […]

The Enugu State chapter of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has congratulated former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, on his emergence as the party’s presidential flag bearer for the 2027 general election.

The 2027 general elections will not be just another democratic ritual. It will be a defining test of whether Nigerians still believe the ballot can change power, renew leadership and hold government accountable. For the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the election will be more than an administrative assignment; it will be a historic burden. […]

From last week continues the narrative about creation of new states in Nigeria. While serving in Ikeja Garrison, his second in Command was Lt-Colonel Shehu Musa Yar’adua (5 March 1943 – 8 December 1997) who later became number 2 man in the country after General Murtala’s assassination in February 1976. Brigadier Ally’s ADC was Colonel […]

Nigeria stands at a precipice as 30,000 armed Fulani militants, according to a May 2026 US Commission on International Religious Freedom (UCIRF) report, operate across our nation with terrifying impunity, systematically overwhelming our territorial integrity through calculated violence, mass abductions for ransom and land-grabbing. This is in addition to Boko Haram/ISWAP militants who are active […]

By Juliet Ebirim For Foluke Oyeleye and Adebola Rayo Falade, 2026 Children’s Day offered an opportunity to focus attention on an issue they believe deserves greater urgency: the declining reading culture among Nigerian children. The co-founders of Karanta Kids Foundation on Thursday convened parents, teachers, authors and young readers in Lagos for conversations on storytelling, […]

…. as Wema Bank empowers children with 10-year old CEO By Emeka Anaeto, Business Editor Development across sectors and countries, thrives on reproduction and succession, each new generation, tasked with the responsibility of not only preserving the world and those in it, but also passing on knowledge, culture, systems, history and legacies to the next. […]

President of the Republic of Benin, Romuald Wadagni, arrived in Nigeria on Monday, for an official visit at the invitation of His Excellency President Bola  Tinubu. The trip marks President Wadagni’s first bilateral visit since his inauguration on May 24, 2026, underscoring the importance Benin places on its strategic partnership with Nigeria under the new […]

Nigeria’s democratic journey has entered a dangerous phase ahead of the 2027 general elections. Across the political landscape, especially within opposition parties, troubling signs are emerging that suggest that ideology, competence, integrity and political conviction are gradually being replaced by the influence of money and elite manipulation. What ought to be institutions built on ideas […]

By Esther Onyegbula The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, ACPN, has called on the Federal Government to adopt stricter tobacco control measures, including policies that could eliminate nicotine from tobacco products or impose an outright ban on tobacco, warning that Nigeria can no longer sustain the growing health and economic burden linked to tobacco […]

As geopolitical tensions continue to reshape global energy flows and fragment supply chains, oil and gas producers are under increasing pressure to secure and scale operations, optimise output and deliver energy more efficiently. For the energy industry in Africa, the question is no longer about resource potential, but how quickly systems can scale and adapt […]

By Ike Uchechukwu For residents of Shikpeche community in Obanliku Local Government Area of Cross River State, the ground tells a story of desperation. Not of fertile soil yielding harvests, but of parched earth that residents claw open with bare hands and rusty hoes, chasing elusive drops of water. Mama Grace Eteng’s fingers are raw, […]

The Chairman of Odigbo council area, Ondo State, Otunba Taiwo Adegoroye, has ordered the immediate closure of all public and private schools in the council area due to rising security concerns.