The Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority (OGFZA) has said Special Economic Zones are playing a strategic role in driving Nigeria’s blue economy by boosting industrialisation, maritime logistics, energy exports and sustainable economic growth.

By Dennis Agbo The Enugu State Government has pledged to strengthen its partnership with the Chijioke Ugwueze Memorial Foundation (CUMEF) to expand humanitarian interventions, as the organisation marked its fifth anniversary with a renewed commitment to education, youth empowerment and community development. Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, who represented Governor Peter Mbah […]

By Chioma Okoye The fifth edition of the Oluyole Amateur Open will hold from August 14 to 16 at the Ibadan Golf Club, with organisers expecting over 150 amateur golfers, corporate executives, investors and golf enthusiasts from across Nigeria. Speaking at a media briefing in Ibadan on Tuesday, the Tournament Convener, Folarin Laosun, described the […]

There are one hundred and thirty active wars lit around the world today and three outstanding men can be linked to many of them. But President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine has emerged the best tactician and strategist of the threesome. Always playing the victim, he just pulled off a major tactical link between the two most […]

…says citizens prevented economic collapse, kept reforms alive through hardship By Joseph Erunke, Abuja A policy think tank, the Independent Media and Policy Initiative,IMPI, has declared that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s sweeping economic reforms would have collapsed without the resilience, sacrifice and patriotism of ordinary Nigerians who endured the painful consequences of the administration’s bold […]

South Africa is once again disgracing itself. The latest wave of xenophobic attacks against African migrants, including Nigerians, Zimbabweans, Mozambicans and Somalis, has reopened wounds that should have healed after the shameful outbreaks of 2008, 2015 and 2019. Shops have been looted, businesses destroyed, homes abandoned and livelihoods shattered simply because fellow Africans crossed borders […]

No fewer than 50 golfers will compete for a total prize of ₦1 million at a special golf tournament organised to commemorate the fifth coronation anniversary of the Olu of Warri, His Majesty Ogiame Atuwatse III. The tournament, tagged “Five Glorious Years on the Throne,” will hold on August 8, 2026, at the CanaanLand Golf […]

Thirty-nine Gombe State youths sponsored by the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant, Dr. Jamil Isyaku Gwamna, to study at Yamusa Science Academy, Birnin Kebbi, have declared their support for his 2027 governorship ambition. The beneficiaries, who are now undergraduates in various higher institutions, said they believe children, women and youths would benefit significantly if […]

The National Association of University Students has urged promoters and organisers to suspend concerts involving South African artistes in Nigeria, declaring that entertainment should not take precedence while Nigerians continue to face xenophobic attacks and killings in South Africa.

If the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) was sick when Professor Ishaq Oloyede was appointed registrar 10 years ago, it might have been said that even great institutions have their difficult times. That’s not unusual. But JAMB wasn’t sick. It was dying and becoming so irrelevant that those it was supposed to serve were wishing […]

NNPC’s evolving role as an energy development institution places it at the centre of Nigeria’s economic future.

Mary Habila, a young nurse on secondment from a federal teaching hospital named after him, was found unconscious on June 27th in a building owned by the Minister of Works, David Umahi. According to eyewitness accounts, she was naked, blood was oozing from her nose and mouth and she died en route to the hospital. The […]

The case itself reads less like an act of war and more like a case study in modern political sabotage.

Shares of Sterling Financial Holdings Company Plc (“Sterling Financial”) closed among the five best-performing stocks on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) on Thursday, gaining 7% even as the broader market extended a two-session sell-off that lowered total equities value by more than ₦1.65 trillion.

… As young doctors gain leadership, financial, career skills beyond medical school By Sola Ogundipe Mentorship could become one of Nigeria’s most effective tools for retaining young doctors, even as the country continues to lose medical professionals to opportunities abroad, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, has said. Speaking at […]