By Peter Oyedele, Abuja ABUJA — The Data Analytic Group for Asiwaju (DAFGA) has defended the performance of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, saying the economic and structural reforms introduced under the Renewed Hope Agenda are beginning to produce positive results. Speaking at a media briefing in Abuja, the group’s spokesperson, Mr. Niyi Sodipo, said policies […]

…target 10,000 free home clean-up for vulnerable families By Joseph Erunke, Abuja A major private sector campaign to improve environmental hygiene and empower young entrepreneurs was unveiled in Abuja on Friday as Mamuda Group and Yas Laundry and Cleaning Services announced a nationwide partnership aimed at promoting what they described as “A Cleaner Nigeria.” The […]

By ADETUNJI ROGERS The latest scrutiny of N7.13 trillion recorded by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) as an energy-security expense in 2024 has reignited familiar questions about the national oil company’s financial accountability. According to NNPC Ltd’s 2024 audited financial statements, the expenditure arose from a mechanism linked to the difference between the […]

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo A medical practitioner and good governance advocate, Dr. Hibiscus Onugwu, has expressed sympathy with passengers involved in Thursday’s Enugu Air incident and called for a review of the state’s airline project. In a statement made available to journalists, Onugwu said he was saddened by reports of the incident involving an Enugu Air […]

IT is no longer news that terrorism is live in our country, Nigeria. As we speak, we have home-grown terrorists, mostly radicalized, unemployed youths in cahoots with foreign terrorists with international affiliations like ISWAP and Al Qaeda plying their nefarious trade in our country. The last terror attack that dominated the news headlines for more than […]

Electric Motor Vehicle Company (EMVC), a Nigerian indigenous electric vehicle manufacturer, has signed a landmark partnership agreement with Federal Polytechnic Offa, Kwara State, to advance local electric vehicle development and build technical capacity for Nigeria’s emerging clean mobility sector.

Reforms introduced at the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, have earned its Director General and Chief Executive Officer, Prof. Charles Anosike, Life Membership of the Institute of Strategic Management of Nigeria, Chartered.

By Mariam Olayode It often starts with something that feels manageable. A dull ache in the jaw. A tooth that sends a sharp signal whenever something cold touches it. A swelling that appears overnight and seems, at first, like it might go away on its own. Paracetamol first.Then ibuprofen. Then amoxicillin bought from a nearby […]

In commemoration of World Youth Skills Day 2026, Lagos Ikoyi Elite Lions Club, under Lions International District 404A3, organised a Basic Art of Bead Making training programme for pupils of Premier Day Nursery and Primary School and Raufu Williams Primary School, Surulere, Lagos. The programme was organised in line with the Lions International Global Cause […]

By BEN OGU Nigeria is a country of those who neither understand their problem nor the root cause. Otherwise, it is nauseating that a country of learned and intelligent citizens of over two hundred million, blessed with a superfluity of natural resources and yet held in bondage of penury by a minute percentage of politicians, are, […]

It was painful to watch him outside No. 10 on Monday. Despite his immaculate suit and well-groomed hair, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer looked like he was facing a public execution. The bespoke podium, which had been in use since David Cameron’s tenure, looked more like a stake, and Starmer’s valedictory like a miserere before […]

Hundreds of vulnerable residents of Gbarantoru Community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have benefited from a free medical outreach and distribution of food and clothing organised by Rotary District 9141.

Uncollected waste has become a permanent fixture along highways, markets, and residential streets of Lagos. Hardly any other Nigerian city wears its refuse crisis quite so visibly. Heaps of decomposing waste do more than disfigure a city that stands as the nation’s commercial capital. They breed rodents, flies, and mosquitoes, and with them the diseases […]

The Imole Campaign Council has expressed confidence that voters in Osun State will reject the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the August 15 governorship election and return Governor Ademola Adeleke for another term. The campaign council, which is backing Adeleke, the Accord Party governorship candidate, said residents had embraced the governor’s performance in office and […]

Nigerian Afro-fusion artist Temmy Dreddz has released a new single titled “Jeje”, a captivating record that encourages listeners to embrace life’s journey, avoid unnecessary pressure and move at their own pace.