Nigeria must begin to confront boat mishaps as a national public-safety crisis. The latest tragedy at Gorau village in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State, where 65 people reportedly died, is too grim a reminder of the price Nigerians pay for regulatory failure and government neglect. The tragedy is particularly disturbing because it was […]

By BANJI OJEWALE  When the train of the nondenominational Global Crusade with Kumuyi (GCK) stopped over in Ota, Ogun State, for a five-day programme in late August 2026, it was more than a historic homecoming for its convener, Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi. He recalled old ties with Ogun: he had his primary and secondary education […]

The United Nations Security Council, UNSC meets end October, 2026  on the  future of Western Sahara.  The emerging consensus in the 15-Member body is not to renew the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) which expires on October 31, 2026. Since the main objective of MINURSO is to organize a referendum […]

Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN), in partnership with Prudential Zenith Life Insurance and Prudence Foundation, has launched the 2026 edition of the Cha- Ching Financial Literacy Program, an initiative designed to equip children aged 8 to 12 years with practical money management skills and build a generation of financially responsible and future-ready young Nigerians. The event […]

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kayode Oladele, has cautioned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against making the ancestry of Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, the focus of its campaign, ahead of the 2027 Ogun State governorship election.