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 […]