“We stand with the president today, and as long as he’s willing to be our president and even come in 2027, we will still be standing with him.”

Nigeria cannot afford to sleepwalk into the European Union’s new deforestation regime. The warning that the country could put more than $1bn, or about N1.4tn, in annual agro-export earnings at risk should be treated as an economic emergency requiring urgent response. The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) takes effect on December 30, 2026, for large […]

There is no shortage of advice about listening. Every leadership book includes a chapter on it. Every communication workshop dedicates time to it. The guidance is remarkably consistent: make eye contact, avoid interrupting, ask clarifying questions, paraphrase what you have heard. This is all sensible. It is also insufficient, because it treats listening as a […]

Former Rivers State governor Chibuike Amaechi buried his mother, Ezinne Mary Oruah, on May 5, 2026 in Ubima, his ancestral Ikwerre hometown. It was a celebration of life. At 89 years, she lived long and well. Her son was not only a two-term governor but also Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly for eight […]

The 29th and 30th convocation ceremonies of LASU turned out to be a glorious way to celebrate Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, the outgoing VC