The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) on Thursday honoured the outgoing 13th President and Chairman of Council of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS), Oluropo Dada, for his contributions to the development of Nigeria’s capital market.

As the world edges closer to a decisive moment in global health diplomacy, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Nigeria has issued a stark warning to WHO Member States: deliver a binding and equitable pandemic agreement now, or risk repeating the deadly inequalities exposed during COVID-19.

….Opens application portal, targets 18–40 age bracket By Adesina Wahab The Abuja Investments Company Limited has launched the second edition of the Abuja Young Entrepreneurs Hunt Competition in partnership with the Abuja Enterprise Agency, targeting innovators aged 18 to 40 years across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Speaking at the unveiling in Abuja, AEA’s Managing […]

By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri Apparently perturbed by the renewed killings and abduction of innocent civilians by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists, member representing Askira-Uba/Hawul Federal Constituency in Borno State, Hon Dr. Usman Midala Balami has moved a motion at Thursday plenary to immediately halt the ugly trend. Rising in pursuant to Order 8, Rule 5 of the […]

The Health & Psychological Trust Centre has called on the federal government, state governments, hospital managements, and major stakeholders in cancer care to urgently deploy patient navigation services across all cancer centres in Nigeria.

By Esther Onyegbula In a renewed push to strengthen security coordination and professionalism, the Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF) on Tuesday commenced the second batch of its statewide multi-agency training programme for security operatives, as part of efforts to build a more responsive and intelligence-driven security architecture. The two-day training, holding April 22 and […]

By Jimoh Babatunde LAGOS — A Lagos-based public health physician, Dr. Blossom Maduafokwa, has combined her medical career with elite fitness performance, earning a Guinness World Record while promoting physical activity as a tool for public health improvement. Dr. Maduafokwa, who works at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, achieved the record for the most participants […]

By Chioma Okoye Not long ago, Ani-Victor Elisha popularly known as Comedian Bazzy and the “Ah swear” trendsetter was simply a young dreamer with a phone, a vision, and the courage to begin. With no clear path, just determination, he set out to build his craft. From the streets of Ikpoba Hills, he grew with […]

As the world marked Earth Day 2026, the Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) coalition has called for urgent global action to halt environmental degradation across the continent, demanding that major oil corporations be held accountable for their role in worsening Africa’s climate crisis.

Federation revenue in the month of March 2026 stood at N2. 364 trillion, the Federal Ministry of Finance has revealed.

By Esther Onyegbula No fewer than 150 youths in Ojodu Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Lagos State, on Thursday graduated from a comprehensive digital skills training programme, as the council chairman, Hon. David Odunmbaku, intensified efforts to position the area for opportunities in the global digital economy. The graduates, trained both physically and virtually, received […]

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo The Caleb Danladi Foundation, in partnership with the Njoh Suzzane Foundation, has carried out a humanitarian outreach targeting adolescent girls, widows and orphans in Jaba Local Government Area of Kaduna State. At Samban Gida community, the foundations distributed sanitary pads to over 500 adolescent girls and provided menstrual hygiene education aimed at […]

By MATTHEW IBADIN This is an open letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. I will start by thanking him for appointing one of Nigeria’s finest police officers, Tunji Disu, as the new Inspector General of Police. In one respect, this open letter is to help the new IGP to carry out a radical transformation of the […]

Tributes have continued to pour in for elder statesman and political icon, Otunba Busura Adedeji Alebiosu, as he marks his 90th birthday, with Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and former Supreme Court Justice, George Adesola Oguntade, leading the commendations.

By now, everyone knows President Bola Tinubu’s approach to capturing power. In his own words, it is: “At all costs, fight for it, grab it, snatch it and run with it”. That was how he put it at a pre-election event in London in December 2022. Many would swear that he deployed this buccaneering strategy to […]