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2.2m Nigerian children face vaccine gap as UNICEF, Korea launch targeted intervention

… Agency says zero-dose crisis driven by inequality, not failure of vaccinesBy Chioma Obinna The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, on Thursday raised concern over Nigeria’s worsening immunisation gap, revealing that about 2.2 million children in the country have never received a single routine vaccine, as it partnered the Republic of Korea and Nigerian authorities […]

Lagos remains center of Nigeria’s economy – Obasa

By Ebunoluwa Sessou The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has reiterated that Lagos is the heartbeat of Nigeria’s economy, stressing that despite Abuja being the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos continues to drive the nation’s economic strength. Obasa made this declaration on Thursday, April 16, when he received the new leadership […]

INEC absence won’t invalidate party congresses, primaries — Ubani

…Says compliance with Electoral Act, not INEC’s presence, determines validity By Henry Ojelu As political activities gather momentum ahead of the 2027 general elections, a constitutional lawyer Dr Monday Ubani, SAN, has clarified that the absence of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, at party congresses, conventions, or primaries does not automatically invalidate such exercises. […]

Gbajabiamila lauds Wike over Hypercity–Carrefour partnership

The Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, has commended the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, for fostering an enabling environment that supports private sector growth, describing his role in facilitating the partnership between Hypercity and Carrefour as commendable.

ICML 2026: Aboyeji, Gbile charge ministers on divine anointing

By Ebunoluwa Sessou The need to prioritise the wellbeing of ministers and church leaders came into sharp focus at the ongoing International Conference for Ministers and Leaders (ICML) 2026, as stakeholders highlighted the importance of the Ministerial Comfort and Renewal (MCR) initiative. The General Overseer of the Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria, Dr Sam Aboyeji, […]

Olugbenga Agboola charges UniAbuja graduates to lead Africa’s Fintech future

In a stirring and forward-looking pre-convocation lecture that blended urgency with optimism, Olugbenga Agboola, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Flutterwave, delivered a powerful message to graduating students of University of Abuja: the future belongs not to the fearful, but to the bold, innovative, and ethically grounded.

FRSC reforms and the fight against tanker explosions

By LAWAL MAMMAN In every rigid bureaucratic organisation, there are two kinds of people. The first learns to live with the system’s irregularities regardless of consequence. They file every report, attend every required meeting, and quietly accept that this is simply how things are. The second encounters the same flaws, feels the same frustration, yet refuses […]

Confronting the nation’s housing crisis

Many major cities in Nigeria are today suffocating beneath the weight of their growth. With a population that is swelling every day,  cities like Lagos, Kano, Port Harcourt and Abuja are now confronted by major  housing deficits  — a situation that ought to spur every tier of government into urgent, coordinated action. This is no […]

LAGOS 2027: Coalition urges smart voting, throws weight behind Hamzat

By Dickson Omobola Grassroots coalition, KOHmmunity, has said there is a need to sustain Lagos State’s developmental trajectory and ensure experienced governance. The coalition, which said over 5,000 residents in Lagos had signed up on its membership registration website, urged the electorate to vote wisely because the policies of the next administration would directly affect […]

The Nigerian power sector reform journey and the Jonathan legacy

By BEKS DAGOGO-JACK In 2010 former President Goodluck Jonathan, instead of making himself the Minister of the most juicy Ministry of Petroleum, just as all others before and after him  did, rather chose to be the Minister of Power, knowing all the challenges waiting for him there. He chose to take full ownership. This is what […]

2027: INEC, the judiciary can cripple Nigeria’s wobbly democracy, by Olu Fasan

Hardly anyone should shed tears for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the African Democratic Congress, ADC. Both parties are guilty of what lawyers call contributory negligence, being part-architects of their own misfortune. Their internal contradictions, genetic predispositions and inherent inability to cohere are simply being exploited by their ruthless enemy, the ruling All Progressives Congress, […]

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