Rivers crisis: Governor Fubara dissolves state cabinet
In a sweeping executive move, Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has dissolved his entire cabinet, effective immediately, issuing directives for outgoing political appointees to hand over their responsibilities to senior civil service officials.
Tinubu hails BOI’s N636bn disbursement as reforms supercharge Nigeria’s economy
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has lauded the Bank of Industry (BOI) for disbursing a historic N636 billion to businesses in 2025, describing the feat as the institution’s highest annual lending performance and a clear indicator that ongoing economic reforms are strengthening Nigeria’s development finance architecture.
N600 million job scam as emblem of our corrupt nature, by Adekunle Adekoya
SOME readers of this column would be absolutely right if they conclude that writing on corruption in Nigeria is a waste of time. It might be, but what prompted a fresh interest in a national problem that has defied solutions forever are two developments earlier in the week. First one was a report by Transparency International, […]
We will stamp out quackery – Rev Afolabi
…Emerges new Chairman of Delta APBN By Jimitota Onoyume Reverend Lewis Afolabi , has assured that the Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria , APBN, would take steps to eliminate quacks from the jobs handled by professionals. Giving the assurance shortly after his decoration as the new Chairman of the Delta state chapter of APBN […]
Remembering Gen Murtala Muhammed’s governance benchmark, 50 years after
Five decades after the assassination of General Murtala Ramat Muhammed on February 13, 1976, his name still evokes a mixture of reverence, regret and unresolved longing despite his brief tenure as Nigeria’s Military Head of State. The late Gen Muhammed remains a benchmark for administrative forthrightness in a country where governance is often judged by […]
US-Nigeria: The partnership of the hawk and the hen, by Owei Lakemfa
Information filtered through a few weeks ago, that “a small team” of United States, US, soldiers were in Nigeria. On Tuesday, February 10, 2026 an additional information was that 200 American soldiers areA being deployed to provide security for the small team. I am sure that soon these 200 would need a thousand US soldiers to […]
