World Cup 2026: Senegal sack Pape Thiaw after disappointing campaign
The Senegal Football Federation has dismissed head coach Pape Thiaw following the country's underwhelming performance at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Igbo leaders warns against suppression of opposition, says it destroys democracy
The Igbo Leaders of Thought (ILT), an elite assembly of Southeastern Nigerian intellectuals, traditional rulers and stakeholders, has condemned what it calls the systematic suppression of the opposition parties ahead of the 2027 general elections…
Celebrating the world’s robotics guru Barth Nnaji @70
By Chukwudi EnekweChi (JP) I recall with nostalgia my visit to Professor Barth Nnaji at the University of Pittsburg, United States of America sometimes in November of 2000. As I was transiting from Columbia Missouri to New York, I put a call across to him and without much protocol he invited me over to the university. […]
When Dead SIMs Died: How the NCC clean-up made Nigerian telecoms more honest
By Lanre Basamta There are moments in the life of an industry when progress does not look like growth. It looks like a subtraction. It looks like pain. It looks like a sudden fall in numbers that once gave comfort to executives, investors, regulators, advertisers and the public. That is what happened to Nigeria’s telecommunications sector […]
How idle tankers, inadequate parking bays keep Apapa, Kirikiri in constant gridlock
Lagos’ Apapa and Kirikiri industrial corridors continue to experience recurring traffic gridlock, with industry stakeholders attributing the problem to the indiscriminate parking of petroleum tankers…
Oriire schoolchildren: How arrest of kidnappers’ family members led to rescue of victims
FRESH details have emerged on the intelligence-led operation that culminated in the successful rescue of schoolchildren and teachers abducted from Ahoro-Esinle, Yawota and Alawusa communities in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State…
