By Jacob Ajom All is set for the flag-off of the maiden edition of the Nnewi Afia Olu (New Yam) Festival Marathon which will be staged across the length and breadth of Nnewi North and Nnewi South Local Government Areas of Anambra State, South-East Nigeria.  The one-day event which is scheduled to take place on […]

Nigeria’s influence in Africa’s energy sector will receive major attention at the African Energy Week, AEW 2026, as Wale Tinubu, Group Chief Executive Officer of Oando PLC, and Dr. Nosa Omorodion, Country Director for Nigeria at SLB, take centre stage at the continental energy gathering. AEW 2026 is scheduled to take place from October 12 […]

*As Gbenga Daniel, SANs, monarchs join conversation on national discuss By Matthew Johnson Former Kogi West Senator and lawyer, Senator Dino Melaye, is set to deliver the keynote address at the three-in-one celebration of a prospective legal practitioner and public policy professional, Uthman Tayo Rufai, in Abuja on Thursday, July 9. The event, with Distinguished […]

•As FG clears liabilities of over 24,000 retirees  By Victor Ahiuma-Young Thousands of pensioners under the Federal Government’s Defined Benefit Scheme, DBS, have received a major financial boost as the Federal Government has  cleared more than N39 billion in long-standing pension liabilities, bringing relief to retirees of the defunct NITEL/MTEL, PHCN and other federal parastatals. The payments, […]

By Moses Obe Since its establishment in 1973 in the aftermath of the Nigerian Civil War, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme has remained one of the most enduring and symbolic institutions designed to promote national unity in Nigeria. Conceived primarily as a tool for healing deep ethnoreligious and regional divisions, the scheme has […]