By Esther Onyegbula All On, Nigeria’s leading off-grid energy access investor, has launched the 2026 All On Off-Grid Energy Challenge, offering between $200,000 and $1 million in blended funding to support innovative Nigerian clean energy companies developing solutions to bridge the country’s energy access gap. Applications for the nationwide competition opened on July 2 and […]

For more than a decade, Nigerians have buried their loved ones, watched entire communities reduced to rubble, witnessed schools destroyed, churches and mosques attacked, soldiers ambushed, and millions displaced by the brutality of terrorism. Thousands of families are still searching for justice, while countless victims continue to live with physical and emotional scars that may never […]

A group called Grassroots Mobilisation Initiative, GMI, Monday, hailed President Bola Tinubu and security operatives over the rescue of the kidnapped Oyo schoolchildren and their teachers.

By Esther Onyegbula Jenik Freight Energy Logistics has strengthened its global partnerships and expanded its international industry presence following its participation in the Global Energy Show Canada 2026, with the company saying the event has opened new opportunities for collaboration in the global energy and logistics sectors. The three-day conference, held from June 9 to […]

By the time Nigerians enter polling units in 2027, the decisive battle for Nigeria’s democracy may already have been fought—and won or lost. Elections are democracy’s ceremony, the culmination of choices shaped before a ballot is cast. The deeper test lies in institutional independence, the conduct of political actors, the protection of dissent, the rule of […]

Chairman of Ikeja Local Government, Akeem Olalekan Dauda (AKOD), on Tuesday led the 2026 Lagos State Tree Planting Day exercise in Ikeja

Kano’s recent announcement that it spent N1.5bn to bankroll mass weddings should prompt national alarm rather than applause. Kano State remains rampant in the worrying roster of northern states – including Kaduna, Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina and Borno – that have for years organised and financed large-scale nuptial ceremonies. Authorities offer three common rationales: to reduce […]

By Hadiza Yusuf KANO — Amnesty International has called for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan and urged Nigeria to play a leading role in efforts to end the conflict and protect civilians affected by the war. The appeal was made on Monday in Kano during the presentation of a report titled City Under Siege, Children […]

A graduate of the Ananse Fashion Incubator, Evans Oghenekevwe, popularly known as Evans Moon, has called for the expansion of fashion and creative development programmes to Delta State, saying many talented young people remain excluded from opportunities that could transform their lives.

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — THE National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has expanded the Federal Government’s Renewed Hope Employment Initiative (RHEI) and will train 26,961 beneficiaries nationwide under a revamped programme. Acting Director-General Edmund Onwuliri announced the expansion at a meeting of the Directorate’s Executive Management, Zonal Directors and State Coordinators in Abuja, where preparations […]