…Emerges new Chairman of Delta APBN By Jimitota Onoyume Reverend Lewis Afolabi , has assured that the Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria , APBN, would take steps to eliminate quacks from the jobs handled by professionals. Giving the assurance shortly after his decoration as the new Chairman of the Delta state chapter of APBN […]

Five decades after the assassination of General Murtala Ramat Muhammed on February 13, 1976, his name still evokes a mixture of reverence, regret and unresolved longing despite his brief tenure as Nigeria’s Military Head of State. The late Gen Muhammed remains a benchmark for administrative forthrightness in a country where governance is often judged by […]

Information filtered through a few weeks ago, that “a small team” of  United States, US, soldiers were in Nigeria. On Tuesday, February 10, 2026 an additional information was that 200 American soldiers areA being deployed to provide security for the small team. I am sure that soon these 200 would need a thousand US soldiers to […]

By Osa Mbonu-Amadi, Arts Editor Olubunmi Elizabeth Ebisemiju, the Nigerian-born, UK-based visual artist behind Elinth Arts, has made a name for herself in contemporary art by weaving her real life experiences of abuse, motherhood, relocation, and emotional trauma into stunning abstract and digital drawings. Born in June 1995, Ebisemiju’s journey from unisex fashion designer, under […]

President Donald Trump regularly insults and     discriminates against black people; and I don’t understand why African heads of state are not giving him much – or any in some cases – serious pushback. When racists closely linked to Trump depicted Barack and Michelle Obama as apes on his social media account, he refused to apologise […]

No fewer than 573 new and emerging nicotine products, many designed and marketed to attract young Nigerians have flooded the country’s retail and digital spaces in just three months, exposing what health advocates described as dangerous loopholes in Nigeria’s tobacco control laws.

It was a moment of pride, promise and pointed warnings on Thursday as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Abuja, now Yakubu Gowon University, Prof. Hakeem Babatunde Fawehinmi, formally admitted over 8,000 new students into the institution , out of more than 30,000 applicants who sought entry for the 2025/2026 academic session.

By Joseph Erunke Niger State’s centuries-old cultural pride, the Bida Bariki festival, is set for major global spotlight as the Federal Government and the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) signal readiness to partner the state in transforming the iconic durbar into an international tourism brand. The push gained momentum following high-level engagements led […]

By Joseph Erunke, Abuja Nigeria’s push to reduce maternal mortality and expand access to modern contraceptive services received a major boost yesterday as stakeholders gathered in Abuja to review gains of the Hormonal Intrauterine Device (HIUD) Scale-Up Project, Phase III, with participating states significantly increasing budgetary commitments to family planning. At the National Dissemination Meeting, […]

By Joseph Erunke In a sweeping move to transform Rivers State’s creative energy into structured economic power, no fewer than 319 entrepreneurs are set to undergo empowerment training under the COLE2Crea8 initiative. The programme, spearheaded by the founder of COLE’ctive and 2023 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Patrick Tonye […]

By Omeiza Ajayi The Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation OSGF has clarified that no new directive has been issued to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control NAFDAC regarding the enforcement of the ban on sachet alcohol and 200ml PET bottles. The clarification followed the widespread circulation […]

The award, an initiative of Muslim News Nigeria—Nigeria’s most authoritative Islamic newspaper—was established to honour Muslim leaders.

By Babajide Komolafe The National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) and the Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM Bank) have commenced a strategic partnership to mobilise long-term financing for the large-scale transformation of Nigeria’s sugar industry. The collaboration, agreed at a meeting in Abuja, will adopt the Engineering, Procurement, Construction plus Financing (EPC+F) model to fund viable sugar projects. […]

By EBUKA UKOH  Valentine’s Day arrives each year, wrapped in red. Roses. Chocolates. Candlelit dinners. Carefully curated photos. Public displays of affection. The scripts are familiar. This year, however, many Nigerians are too tired for scripts.  By Valentine’s Day, many are already emotionally exhausted from simply trying to survive January. You see it in the faces […]

By Esther Onyegbula Amid rising insecurity and ethnic tension across the country, the National Alliance for Peace, NAP, has announced plans to inaugurate a Lagos Peace Committee in March as part of efforts to restore peace and strengthen collaboration between communities and security agencies in the state. President of NAP, Nze Dr. Okolie Amaechi Sadiq, […]