By Adesina Wahab When Oluwaferanmi Ogunleye walked across the graduation stage at Anchor University Lagos in 2021, few could have predicted how quickly her name would become synonymous with cutting-edge cancer research. Graduating with First Class Honours and ranking as the second-best student in her department, she embodied the university’s vision of “holistic human transformation […]

“No longer anything but a decoration which is useful for nothing”—  Paul Cambon  The withering description of a once-revered political figure in France by the diplomat Paul Cambon, applies with equal or perhaps greater force, to the state of politics in Nigeria today. Even objects of decoration, no matter how worthless, may still retain some redeeming […]

A leading governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, has reaffirmed his intention to contest the 2027 governorship election in Oyo State, pledging to build on the achievements of Governor Seyi Makinde.

It is not always that a fairly obscure Nigerian traditional ruler of an even more obscure kingdom grabs the trends in the media, for the right reasons. His Royal Highness, Eze Lawrence Agubuzu, last week, did just that in Abuja before the august presence of President Bola Tinubu and other traditional rulers and dignitaries at an […]

Ahead of the 2027 general elections, stakeholders have raised concerns over the integrity of Nigeria’s leadership selection process, warning that failure to rigorously vet political aspirants could jeopardize the nation’s democracy.