By Gift ChapiOdekina, Abuja Gatefield has highlighted the growing dangers Nigerian children face online, calling attention to the need for stronger safeguards as the Child Online Access Protection Bill advances through the National Assembly. Speaking at a stakeholders’ roundtable in Abuja, the organisation’s Campaigns Lead, Christina Akintoye, described child online harm as an emerging crisis […]

After 56 harrowing days, the 44 abductees in the Oriire community of Ogbomoso LGA are now out of the forest. These are schoolchildren and their teachers. Two of the teachers had been killed after the abduction while another was killed on their school ground. A commercial bike rider was also killed as the abduction unfolded. But […]

The appeal was made at the 19th Session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) in Geneva, Switzerland.

President Bola Tinubu’s ribbon-cutting for a gleaming new ECOWAS headquarters in Abuja offered a flattering image of ambition — but brick and glass do not heal the fractures that threaten the community’s very purpose. Fifty-one years after its founding in 1975 in Lagos to promote economic integration, collective security, free movement and democratic stability across […]

“The price of greatness is responsibility” – Winston Churchill The paradox of ministries and public institutions becomes even more striking when we compare the lethargy of official bureaucracy with the audacity of private initiative. Without any ministry, department, agency or security outfit under his direct control or tutelage, AlhajiAlikoDangote conceived and constructed one of the most […]

For nearly two months, our amiable Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima (GCON), held his breath. His principal, President Bola Tinubu, had emerged as the sole candidate for the presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on 25th May, 2026, scoring 10.9 million votes during the party’s nationwide direct primaries. Tinubu chose to keep his […]

According to the communiqué, “The Coalition considers such resistance to be contrary to the spirit of intergovernmental cooperation required to promote national economic growth, secure interstate commerce, and eliminate illegal practices on federal highways.”

Pastor Daysman Oyakhilome has delivered a compelling message on the biblical account of the fruitless fig tree, urging believers to embrace a lifestyle of consistent fruitfulness and accountability before God.

An Abuja-based business consultant, Mr. John Oke, has argued that protecting Nigeria’s critical oil infrastructure should be regarded as a key driver of economic development. In

…Library unveils mobile app By Gift Chapi Odekina, Abuja Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, and the Executive Director of the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC), Clement Nwankwo, on Tuesday called for greater transparency, stronger legislative oversight and increased citizen participation as the 2026 National Assembly Open Week commenced in Abuja. The […]

By Gift Chapi Odekina, Abuja President Bola Tinubu has transmitted the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Alteration) (State Police) Bill, 2026, to the House of Representatives for consideration, seeking to establish a constitutional framework for the creation of state police services across the country. In a letter dated June 15, 2026, and addressed […]

By Chioma Obinna The Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, AMLSN, on Wednesday hailed the Senate’s passage of the bill establishing the Federal University of Medical Laboratory Science and Technology, Jos, describing it as a landmark decision that could transform healthcare education, strengthen Nigeria’s diagnostic capacity and expand opportunities for thousands of aspiring health […]

A couple of years ago, a flight mix-up at the airport in Benin City, Edo State, occasioned the unplanned punishing journey from Benin to Abuja by road. The roads were bad, very bad. It was the time of COVID-19, and flights were scarce and very unpredictable. There was no doubt that our seats were sold; money […]

Ogun State government has reaffirmed its commitment to institutionalizing key employment, enterprise development and technical education programmes to ensure they remain sustainable beyond the tenure of the current administration.

Oladele said the increasing wave of defections from the PDP and other opposition parties into the APC was a reflection of an ongoing political realignment across the state, driven by Adeola’s sustained consultations and cross-party engagements.