.Urges Ogun indigenes to shun money politics, protect their heritage The Ogun State Muslim Council has installed the Peoples Democratic Party’s deputy governorship candidate for the 2027 election, Hajia Lateefat ‘Yemi Sowunmi-Kolapo, as its Grand Matron (Egba Zone). Sowunmi-Kolapo, who is the Iya Sunnah of Egbaland and Ameerah of Ogun State, was installed and decorated […]

By Dayo Johnson Akure Nigerian agribusiness company, Johnvents Group, is in talks with the International Finance Corporation, IFC, to scale up local processing and drive sustainable growth across Nigeria’s agricultural sector. The discussions, which held recently, centred on how to boost domestic value addition, strengthen supply chains, deploy technology, improve infrastructure and expand access for […]

The appeal by rehabilitated female ex-inmates for society to reject stigma is a timely reminder that punishment should not become a life sentence after release. The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) itself now has a statutory mandate to reform, rehabilitate and reintegrate offenders, while its programmes include education, vocational training and income generation through farms and […]

Twenty-five years ago, we bade farewell to an icon, Chief John Egwuonwu Ozegbe. Born on the 27th of December, 1946, to the family of Ogbuiji Akwanaka and Oteofe Ukpor Ozegbe at Owa Alidinma, his early life bore the marks of greatness. He was a shining light among his peers – brilliant in academics and outstanding […]

Canadian-based Nigerian cleric and development expert, Pastor Amos Dada, has urged the Federal Government to take practical steps to reduce the economic and social pressures facing Nigerians, saying responsive governance could help strengthen social stability. Dada, who made the call in a statement titled “Nigeria at 66: From Promise to Pains” to mark Nigeria’s 66th […]