By Joseph Erunke The Founder and Creative Director of Towbee Stitches, Miss Oluwatobi Ojo, has identified mentorship and entrepreneurial capacity building as critical to unlocking the immense potential of Nigeria’s fashion industry, saying the sector must move beyond creativity to deliberately nurture the next generation of successful business owners. Ojo, a graduate of English Education […]

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo The Action Democratic Congress (ADC) governorship candidate in Delta State for the 2027 election, Emmanuel Usiwoghene Unuafe, has called for development initiatives in the state to be driven by long-term planning and equitable distribution of projects ahead of the next governorship election. In a statement titled “When Democracy Awakens the Sleeping Government: […]

…as EU prepares 89 scholars for study in Europe By Joseph Erunke Nigeria has once again emerged as Africa’s leading beneficiary of the European Union’s Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s scholarship programme, with 163 Nigerian students admitted this year and 89 securing fully funded Erasmus Mundus scholarships. The milestone was announced by the European Union Ambassador […]

…Asagunla lauds President, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda-led NWC, urges members to sustain grassroots mobilisation The Asiwaju Mandate Group (AMG), the foremost political support groups of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Ondo State, on Thursday staged a grand thank-you rally in the Ondo North Senatorial District to appreciate President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the National Working Committee […]

As conversations around African music continue to expand globally, New Skool Ogene (NSO) is taking a different approach by positioning itself not as another music genre but as a cultural sound system rooted in Ogene and Igbo identity. Rather than competing within existing genres, NSO says its focus is on creating a long-term cultural framework […]

By Professor Mondy Selle Gold ABUJA — A photograph of Professor Mondy Selle Gold in a firm handshake with Honorable Professor Steve Azaiki, OON, PhD, DSC, has drawn attention to what observers are calling a moment of statesmanship and a broader conversation about leadership and nation-building in Nigeria. Professor Gold, a governance expert and recipient […]

Pharaohs did not simply survive Australia, they announced that African football has entered another era. By Paul Lucky Okoku History rarely arrives with a trumpet. Sometimes it walks quietly through 120 exhausting minutes before revealing itself from twelve yards. There are victories that make headlines. There are victories that win trophies. And then there are […]

By Olumuyiwa Asagunla  The primary election to pick the national assembly candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2027 general election may have come and gone, but the dust generated may take a little while to settle. Signs that all may not be well with the process began to manifest long before the election. […]

.When one of football’s smallest nations took the defending champions to the edge By Paul Lucky Okoku Not every football match is remembered because of who won. Some matches are remembered because they changed how the world viewed a team. This was one of those matches. Argentina advanced to the next round. Cape Verde advanced […]

Renard had been appointed by the federation on June 16 to succeed Lamouchi, who was sacked after Tunisia’s 5–1 thrashing by Sweden in their opening match.