By Moshood Oshunfurewa Senator Oluremi Tinubu’s recent advocacy urging Nigerian youths to embrace the sale of akara, roasted corn and kuli-kuli as empowerment opportunities has triggered an intense national debate. While the initiative promotes entrepreneurship and self-reliance, many Nigerians view it as a troubling metaphor for the country’s economic direction. Across social media, citizens have appropriately […]

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Let’s begin with a few questions that I think we should all be asking about the federal government’s decision to comprehensively reform the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Should the existing NYSC scheme be fundamentally overhauled? How should we understand the government’s proposed reform? And what is the proper purpose of a national service scheme in […]

By CHIDO ONUMAH On July 2, 2026, Nigeria’s defence, intelligence, law enforcement, anti-corruption, emergency response, and public safety agencies took an extraordinary step by jointly addressing the nation on the state of national security. The initiative emerged from consultations among the leadership of these institutions under the coordination of the National Security Adviser (NSA). The Joint […]

Students of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) have appealed to Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, to facilitate a review of the ongoing Students’ Union Government (SUG) electoral process ahead of the election scheduled for Tuesday, July 7, 2026. In a statement made available to journalists, the students requested an independent […]

Leadership experts, government officials and development professionals have urged young Nigerians to embrace purpose-driven leadership, strategic career planning and active civic engagement as pathways to personal growth and national development. The call was made at the 2026 edition of The Clarity Experience, an annual leadership and purpose conference organised by leadership and management consultant, Shalom […]

The Federal Government is right to reopen the minimum-wage question, because no wage can be called fair if it is continually outrun by inflation and the rising cost of survival. The N70,000 minimum wage was agreed in 2024 at the outset of President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms. Nigerians were asked to absorb painful shocks in […]

By Godwin Oritse As the governorship election in Osun state draws nearer, the aspiration of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji (AMBO) on Sunday garnered a momentum as the leadership and members of the Ansar-Ud-Deen Society of Nigeria, ADS, Osun State Chapter, unanimously declared support for his candidature and […]

By OPEYEMI BAMIDELE Nigeria, the country of our collective heritage, is again at a point of inflection. This is a reality that viciously confronts this federation of six geo-political zones, 36 states and 774 local government areas with a population of 242.46 million. We all have the duty to confront this reality with facts and not […]

The Federal Government has announced it is replacing the 6-3-3-4 education system with a linear 12-year one. This is without wide consultations with the citizenry or the major stakeholders like parents, intellectuals, teachers, students, employers and labour. Just nine months ago, government had, with immediate effect, imposed major changes in the education system. That was on […]

…Partners Lagos to grow Africa’s creative economyBy Nnamdi Ojiego and Cynthia Alo The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has warned that Nigeria is losing billions of naira in potential revenue by exporting raw hides and skins rather than processing them into finished leather products, urging the country to strengthen local value addition to unlock jobs, […]

By Godwin Oritse WACT-APM Terminals Nigeria has marked the graduation of the first cohort of its EngineerHer programme, a one-year initiative designed to equip female graduates with practical skills, industry exposure and clear pathways into employment. Launched in 2025, the programme was designed to increase female representation across WACT and strengthen Nigeria’s local talent pipeline. […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — A coalition of labour unions, civil-society groups, and human-rights organisations has urged the federal government and relevant agencies to bolster protections for vulnerable workers, defend democratic freedoms, and fully implement ILO Convention 190 on violence and harassment in the world of work. The public awareness campaign was jointly organised by […]

By Dayo Johnson Akure An All Progressive Congress, APC, Chieftain and aspirant in the last House of Assembly election, Adeola Taoheed Musa, has congratulated the Olowo of Owo, Oba Gbadegesin Ogunoye, on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Musa, popularly known as ATM, joined other prominent indigenes of Owo to celebrate the first-class monarch and […]

By Dennis Agbo ENUGU — The Chairman of the Community Project Management Committee (CPMC), Mr. Elias Emeka of Uhuegu in Ugwuleshi Autonomous Community, has appealed to the Enugu State Government to intervene in a dispute affecting the EN-G CARES/CSDA WASH VIP Toilet Project at Orie Awgu Market in Awgu Local Government Area. The sanitation facility, […]