Vice President Kashim Shettima has called for urgent and sustained investments in education, healthcare, nutrition, and skills development to reverse the decline in human capital outcomes across Northern Nigeria and unlock the region’s immense potential.

The United States, US Vice President JD Vance, returned home from Switzerland this Monday, June 22, 2026, announcing that the foundations of peace with Iran have been laid. But in reality, there are many obstacles to the peace deal. These include President Donald Trump threatening to level Iran if it again shuts the Strait of Hormuz. […]

While complaining about knee-jerk Nigerian defeatism on this page last week, I pointed out that it’s ridiculous for Nigerians to throw their hands up in despair or resignation and assume that domineering leaders are omnipotent, invincible and in complete control. I said that whenever people assure me that Tinubu will definitely win next year’s election by a […]

By Favour Ulebor, Abuja The Amahoro Coalition has called on businesses and investors to stop viewing internally displaced persons, IDPs, and refugees as a humanitarian burden and instead see them as a viable workforce capable of driving economic growth, particularly in agriculture and other productive sectors. The call was made on Thursday in Abuja during […]

MIDWEEK, the Senate passed a constitutional amendment bill that will now establish state police in our country. The bill, an executive initiative transmitted to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu, officially sets the stage to dismantle the decades-old unitary structure of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, and replace it with a dual model. That new, dual […]

The Federal Government has officially handed over the Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA), Enugu, to the concessionaires, Aero Alliance Limited, under a public-private partnership arrangement. Following the execution of the handover certificates, assets register, and other relevant documentation, Aero Alliance will now undertake the financing, rehabilitation, expansion, operation, and management of the airport, ensuring that […]

By VICTOR-BANDELE DADA The central paradox of the modern nation-state has reached a point of systemic tension: governments are increasingly attempting to extract higher revenues from economies that are themselves structurally weakened. Across many developing societies, taxation has become one of the most visible points of friction between the state and its citizens. Governments introduce new […]

The Chairman, Federal Civil Service Commission ( FCSC), Prof. Tunji Olaopa, has proffered a path to attaining viable mentorship in the civil service. Olaopa spoke at the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF) Sensitization Mentoring Market Place held in Abuja on Thursday. He said that the event was yet […]

Why John Obi Mikel’s television analysis matters beyond the studio By Paul Lucky Okoku Football intelligence is not measured only by how much you know, it is measured by how clearly you can explain what you know. The modern game needs more than former players. It needs interpreters who can teach the game. The highest level […]

By Peter Egwuatu The Association of Securities Dealing Houses of Nigeria (ASHON) has issued a strong warning to its members following a recent public notice by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) concerning the purported securities offering of Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals Free Zone Establishment (FZE). According to the SEC, no application for an […]