…As agric, finance, others attract fresh loans lForbearance withdrawal, FX stability reshape bank lending — Experts lIt reflects structural challenges — MAN By Babajide Komolafe Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) slashed lending to oil and gas, information and communication technology (ICT) and six other key sectors of the economy by N5.45 trillion or 14.8 per cent, year-on-year (YoY), […]

By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – AN Edo State House of Assembly candidate for Esan West constituency of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) and former students union president of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Rev Olu Martins on Monday called on the leadership of the party to ensure that the Edo Central Senatorial candidate, John Yakubu […]

By Henry Umoru ABUJA — Nigeria’s Ambassador to Germany, Senator Ita Enang, has described The Nigerian Legislature: Understanding Its Impact on Democratic Governance and National Development as a landmark scholarly work that provides a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of Nigeria’s legislature and its role in democratic governance. Speaking as the book reviewer at the […]

By Peter Egwuatu The Nigerian stock market recorded a strong rebound closing bullish last week’s trading with investors gaining N9.342 trillion. The Nigerian Exchange Limited, NGX, had recorded a loss of over N1.8 trillion previous week following a wave of selloffs that had hit the market since last week of June, 2026. Breakdown of trading last […]

By Henry Umoru ABUJA — Governorship candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in Zamfara State, Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa, has launched a ₦50 million scholarship fund for indigent students aspiring to study law in Nigerian universities. Marafa, who represented Zamfara Central Senatorial District in the Senate from 2011 to 2019, announced the initiative during […]

Leadership, in its truest essence, is not about the titles we hold or the executive seats we occupy; it is about the responsibility we assume for the future of our communities.

—-We’re now on strong footing – CMD, Prof Ojo By Dayo Johnson Akure The Federal Government has approved 1,200 staff for the take-off of the Federal University of Technology Akure Teaching Hospital, FUTATH, in Ondo State. FUTATH was established following the takeover of the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, UNIMEDTH, complex in Akure. The […]

By Adesina Wahab The Congress of University Academics, CONUA, has said all academic staff unions in the nation’s university system are entitled to benefit from the Consolidated Academic Tools Allowance, CATA, saying no union cannot appropriate is as its own exclusive preserve. CONUA, in a statement by the National President, Dr Niyi Sunmonu, said the […]

By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa YENAGOA — Stakeholders at the Bayelsa Infrastructure Rebirth 2.0 Breakfast Roundtable have endorsed Governor Douye Diri’s infrastructure development agenda and called for sustained investment in critical projects as well as stronger measures to protect public assets from vandalism. The position was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the […]

Onjeh maintained that the perpetrators of both the initial killing and subsequent reprisal attacks must face justice.

In the past decade, Nigeria’s name has become increasingly associated with crime, insecurity, and institutional decay, at home and abroad. Official corruption, weak institutions, terrorism, banditry, and the routine kidnapping of schoolchildren for ransom have normalised a national crisis that has eroded public trust and damaged the country’s global standing. The crimes not only persist; […]

By Elizabeth Osayande Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Coalition, NDC, in the forthcoming general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has described the Federal Government’s suspension of the newly introduced ₦50,000 examination fees for the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, and the National Examinations Council, NECO, as “a victory for the Nigerian people”. Obi stated this […]

I did not expect my column ‘When uneducated minds change the education system’ to attract so much reaction. A parent said that in my review of the new education curriculum imposed in September 2025, I did not draw sufficient attention to some facts. The most fundamental, she said, is that government imposed new trade subjects on the […]

Just 18 minutes after it was posted online by a national paper last Friday, I saw a breaking news story saying that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had officially renominated Vice President Kashim Shettima as his running mate for the 2027 election. The story was a pleasant surprise for me because I had earlier decided I was going […]

One relative, Fausat Akindele, said the incident had permanently changed many parents’ perception of the schools’ safety.