ESG Management Services (ESGMS), a UK-headquartered sustainability, governance and investment advisory firm founded by Lagos-born ESG specialist Toju Francisco Da-Silva, has been selected to participate in the Financial Conduct Authority’s Sustainability Regulatory Reporting Pilot for ESG ratings providers.

Colonel Zakari Maimalari was to lead the northern group of officers to restore the dignity of the northern-led Federal Government

Troops of the Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have foiled an attempted abduction aling the troubled Damaturu-Buni Yadi-Buratai-Biu road with rescue of 31 passengers and motorists.

INEC has rejected former President Goodluck Jonathan’s presidential nomination submitted by the Kabiru Turaki-led faction of PDP

“Part of the arrogance and the audacity of APC leaders and President Tinubu is also the weakness of the opposition”

He accused the administration of institutionalised fiscal recklessness and what he called one of the greatest appropriation scandals in the country’s history.

By Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin Kwara State Government, under the leadership of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq is building a 220-bedroom world class hospital in Ilorin, the state capital. The multi-storey hospital building which is being built on the site of the demolished old Civil service Clinic, along Ofa road GRA Ilorin, is expected to be completed before […]

By Douglas Baye-Osagie   The Commonwealth Games 2026 are rounding up tomorrow in Glasgow, and the Games should have been about competitions, Personal Bests, Games Records, and national pride. For Nigeria’s authorities there’s more the Presidency may note.  Athletes are being paid “koro-koro” by officials — a Pidgin English term for face-to-face, cash-in-hand. The administrators failed […]

Donald Trump, the self-styled mighty overseer of world politics, has laid his hands on Gianni Infantino’s forehead. All we hear now is more money from commercials, a redefining of the rules of the game, the expansion of the World Cup, and more money to football federations for “the development of the game.”  

By Theodore Opara The Chairman of the Auto and Allied Sector Group of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Dr. Femi Eguaikhide, has called for stronger collaboration between the Federal Government and the private sector to overcome policy and operational bottlenecks slowing Nigeria’s transition to cleaner transportation through Compressed Natural Gas, CNG and […]

… as President General assures of victory at polls By Lawani Mikairu Our Will, a support group for the election of Hon Kingsley Chinda in the coming 2027 governorship election in Rivers State, has taken its mobilisation drive for votes and support for Hon Kingsley Chinda to the local government areas and wards in the […]

By Chioma Obinna The Federal Government on Friday announced plans to provide at least five million free pairs of spectacles and conduct 25,000 free cataract surgeries for Nigerians by the end of 2027 as part of efforts to expand access to eye care nationwide. The initiative, to be implemented under the Effective Spectacle Coverage Initiative […]

By Adesina Wahab The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has appealed to lecturers under the aegis of Academic Staff Union of Research Institutions, ASURI, in all Federal Colleges of Forestry and allied institutions across the country to reconsider going on industrial action that may disrupt the forthcoming examinations and academic activities in those colleges. […]

By Demola Akinyemi Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has approved the sponsorship of the 2026 Common Entrance Placement Examination for pupils seeking admission into Junior Secondary Schools across the state, noting that no registered pupil is required to pay any fee for the examination, as the state government has taken full responsibility for the […]

……seeks improved security in Oghara By Adesina WahabA group, the Oghara Study Group, OSG, has mourned the death of a youth in the community, Vincent Adojor, who died in the captivity of kidnappers, and has called for improved security in the community.Adojor was kidnapped among with his wife but while his wife regained freedom after […]