Vice President Kashim Shettima cannot be blamed for having doubts about whether President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would renominate him as his running mate for a second term. As governor of Lagos State for eight years, Tinubu used three deputies: KofoworolaBucknor-Akerele, Femi Pedro, and AbiodunOgunleye. Only Senate President GodswillAkpabio (as AkwaIbom governor) matched this record in the […]

By Victor-Bandele Dada For more than six decades, Nigeria has debated its problems without ever adequately identifying the problem beneath the problems. Economists have diagnosed fiscal instability. Political scientists have examined institutional weakness. Sociologists have studied ethnic and religious fragmentation. Development specialists have focused on poverty, unemployment, food insecurity and human capital. Security analysts have examined […]

I do not support the call by Oyo State Governor SeyiMakinde that international bodies like the United Nations (UN) should participate in probing the 56-day abduction of 39 pupils and six teachers in the state. In receiving the freed victims, he called “on the appropriate international human rights and accountability mechanisms, including those within the United […]

IN the last two weeks or thereabouts, I have been one very angry Nigerian. I don’t know whether there are others like me who are angry. If there are, I do not know how many of us are angry. I also don’t know where the other angry Nigerians are, apart from those who vent their anger […]

Nigeria and the world are bleeding biodiversity at an alarming rate. Globally, the United Nations (UN) reports that 420 million hectares of forest, which is roughly the size of the European Union, have been lost since 1990, with mangroves vanishing even faster at 35 per cent of their original extent. In Nigeria, the Niger Delta’s mangrove […]

The bad news for President Tinubu is that while other nations are harvesting the goodwill, unity and good vibes from the World Cup, Nigerians continue to grumble in anger, tearing at each other because the singular, most unifying thing that brings Nigerians of all creed together (football) is not getting the necessary attention

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former Governor Ibikunle Amosun, Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu and other prominent Nigerians on Friday paid glowing tributes to the late Princess Sabaina Ibironke Opawole , the mother-in-law of former Ogun State Governor and Senator representing Ogun East, Otunba Gbenga Daniel.

The Wadada Movement has endorsed Senator Ahmed Wadada Aliyu as its preferred candidate for the Nasarawa State governorship, describing him as a leader with the vision, experience and capacity to drive sustainable development and improve the welfare of residents across the state.

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo The Federal Government, in partnership with the Bank of Agriculture (BOA), has launched a new agricultural financing programme aimed at more than doubling Nigeria’s annual grain production from about 11 million tonnes to 25 million tonnes as part of efforts to strengthen food security and reduce rising food prices. The initiative, known […]

By Adetutu Audu BlueDutch has unveiled Edo Vidia Homes and Park, a premium luxury serviced mixed-use estate development in the heart of Benin City, Edo State, marking another milestone in the company’s expansion within Nigeria’s residential real estate sector. The project, which is being developed in association with NNPC/NEPL Staff Multipurpose Cooperative Society, was completed […]

In a bid to decongest correctional facilities in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), 68 magistrates have undergone capacity building training on strengthening alternatives to custodial sentencing.

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo The Northern States Christian Elders Forum (NOSCEF) has urged President Bola Tinubu to withhold assent to the proposed Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2026, over a provision the group said prescribes a ₦50,000 fine for preaching in commercial buses. The forum described the provision as unconstitutional, warning that it […]

By Emmanuel Elebeke A member of the Gombe State House of Assembly, Hon. Mustapha Usman Hassan, has called for a comprehensive and independent investigation into the collapse of a section of the entrance canopy at the New Gombe State House of Assembly Complex. Hassan described the incident as a tragedy that requires accountability, following the […]

By Adesina Wahab Nigeria’s 2027 general election will be the first in the country’s history to take place with generative AI tools in wide circulation. The information environment around it has already been transformed, according to Navigating Nigeria 2027, a new strategic communications and reputation report from Bloomwit Africa. Fabricated audio, video, and images of […]

By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – AS a way of checking insecurity in his locality, the Chairman of Egor Local Government Area of Edo State, Hon. Osaro Eribo, has donated 12 motorcycles for the Edo State Security Corps (ESSC) and sienna buses for the Ugbowo Divisional Police Office where he said security remains the foundation […]