The Naira yesterday depreciated to N1,405 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,389 per dollar on Tuesday.

Medical doctors have raised alarm that the country’s healthcare system is facing a dangerous manpower crisis, with only about 55,000 doctors left to serve a population of more than 220 million people.

Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has reacted to her acquittal by a London court after bribery charges brought against her were dismissed.

By Nnasom David The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) has moved to address the growing challenge of ethnic stereotyping and profiling in Nigeria with the development of new toolkits aimed at guiding media and security institutions on responsible communication. The Director General of IPCR, Joseph Ochogwu, said the Anti-Ethnic Stereotyping and Profiling Toolkits […]

The decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to name June 12 as Nigeria’s “Democracy Day” was motivated by self-serving politics, not principled conviction. Before he became president in 2015, Buhari never once publicly condemned the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election. However, in 2018, as he prepared to seek re-election the following year and faced […]

THE Ijaws and Urhobos of the Warri federal constituency, Delta State, have proposed the way forward in the implementation of the Supreme Court ordered delineation of Warri federal constituency by the  Independent National Electrical Commission, INEC. While they called on INEC, not to do any alteration to May 20, 2026 report on the Registration Areas/Electoral Wards […]

Barrister Hazeem Gbolarumi, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate for the 2027 Oyo State election, has unveiled a humanitarian and justice-focused agenda aimed at tackling poverty, prison congestion and human rights concerns across the state. The former Deputy Governor of Oyo State said his vision for the state is anchored on building a more […]

In Abejoye, set as it is in Yorubaland and abroad, language itself becomes a site of estrangement. When Dele asks whether Baba’s utterances are prayers or incantations, the question betrays a dislocation

By Elizabeth Osayande & Ifunanya Ndigwe Etiwa Tech, a technical training academy, has partnered with Alaro City, a multi-billion-dollar mixed-use city development firm, to equip a new cohort of vocational graduates with international trade certifications, aiming to combat youth unemployment in Nigeria. The graduation ceremony celebrated 44 young men and women who had successfully completed an […]

First HoldCo Plc (“FirstHoldCo” or “the Group”) hereby notifies the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), its shareholders, and the investing public that it has successfully completed the N45 billion second tranche of its ongoing N350 billion Private Placement programme, having secured all requisite approvals from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Securities and Exchange […]