By Lans Gberie I first met Mr Reuben Eghobor in Freetown, Sierra Leone, in the 1990s. A native of Ekpoma in Edo State, he was visiting his son, Kingsley Lington. Kingsley and his friend, Tony Hesmart – both young Nigerians – had established the Concord Times newspaper a few years earlier. Beyond their expectations, the paper had […]

By Bolaji Ogundele There is a certain kind of man who enters a room and does not announce himself, and yet, somehow, the room knows. The air shifts. Conversations pause. Eyes follow. This is the quiet, authoritative gravity of Christopher Airemiokhai Iluobe, born on Christmas Day, 1964, in the small town of Ivue-Uromi, in Nigeria’s […]

By Kingsley Adegbite  In Nigeria’s already fragile information environment, numbers have enormous power. When a public official declares that N210 trillion has gone missing, the figure is large enough to shock citizens, dominate headlines and inflame public anger. That is precisely why such claims must be handled with care and responsibility. Unfortunately, Senator Ahmed Wadada’s allegation […]

By Bolade Olagunju Global technology markets are entering a new phase of strain as surging memory chip prices intensify the ongoing semiconductor shortage. For Nigeria, the ripple effects could translate into a 15 – 20 per cent increase in phone price levels if supply pressures persist into the next quarter While attention has largely focused on […]

By John Mayaki  When the governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, assured President Bola Tinubu that Edo would deliver 2.5 million votes in the next presidential election, many initially viewed the declaration as an ambitious political projection but a closer look at the unfolding development across the state suggests that the governor’s confidence may […]