2026 Children’s Day: Which children is Nigeria celebrating?

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No election held in Idemili North/South Reps Primary, Ikokwu tells NDC appeal panel
An aspirant for the Idemili North/Idemili South Federal Constituency seat on the platform of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Dr. Chiogo Constance Ikokwu, has petitioned the party’s Election Appeal Panel, insisting that no valid primary election took place in the constituency on May 29.
Tinubu in Three Years: More public revenue, less impact on masses
“2025: Army gets 7% for security equipment. Presidential fleet takes priority over NAF’s aircraft maintenance”
Trump in excellent health, advised to lose weight — Presidential physician
US President Donald Trump is in “excellent health” but has been advised to lose weight, according to a medical memo released Friday following a routine health examination.
May 30: ‘We still bleed’ – Igbo women
Igbo women under the aegis of Igbo Women Assembly (IWA), have called for healing, justice and national reconciliation as Ndigbo across the world commemorate the May 30 Biafra Remembrance Day.
Champions League: PSG on the brink of greatness
For more than a decade, Paris St Germain’s pursuit of Champions League success ended in spring-time failure, with repeated late exits turning lofty ambition into familiar disappointment. There were costly collapses against Barcelona and Manchester United, big-spending recruitment drives and a familiar sense of turmoil that came each year as the knockout stages approached. Now, […]
Meet Aduke Odewumi, retired teacher behind ‘Biology Singspiration’ educational album
In the 2000s, when teaching was mostly done within the four walls of the classroom with chalk on a blackboard and videotapes were largely associated with the entertainment industry, a now-retired teacher, Mrs Aduke Odewumi, took an unusual path to make biology easier for students to understand. Driven by her passion to help students excel […]
Uba Sani at Three: Inside governance revolution reshaping Kaduna State
Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna has steadily built a model anchored on inclusion, compassion, infrastructure, economic revitalisation, and peace
Stakeholders divided over Airbus maintenance hangar project
Mixed reactions have trailed Tinubu’s announcement that Airbus has proposed establishing a maintenance hangar facility in Nigeria
2027: Gen Ijioma joins Abia guber race, vows to quell herdsmen attacks
Retired Major General Ijioma Nwokoro Ijioma , has formally entered the 2027 Abia governorship race, promising to build a secure, prosperous and people-oriented state anchored on the rule of law, transparency and economic empowerment.
Ogun monarch hails Abiodun at 66, commends development strides
By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta The Eselu of Iselu Kingdom, Oba Akintunde Akinyemi, has congratulated the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on his 66th birthday, commending his leadership style and developmental initiatives across the state. Abiodun clocked 66 on May 29, 2026. In a congratulatory message issued on Friday to mark the governor’s birthday, Oba Akinyemi […]
Anambra: Okeawele defeats political heavyweights, shatters gender barrier
History took a dramatic turn when Mrs Ifeoma Chukwuma, AKA Okeawele, emerged victorious in the APC House of Reps primary election
Nigeria Super League final set after thrilling elimination stage
The stage is now set for a thrilling conclusion to the Nigeria Super League at the Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos today, following two intense elimination-stage encounters at the same venue yesterday.
Ujiri challenges government, Nigerians on maintenance culture
The former D’Tigers player said more attention should be paid to keeping the facilities in good shape rather than building new ones and then leaving them poorly maintained.
A childish sermon on Children’s Day, by Ugoji Egbujo
With nursery school children languishing in the forest, tortured by bandits who snatched them from school, President Tinubu ought to be sleepless . Or at least speechless. But no. Tinubu is a god. He is a living encyclopedia of strategies. Beyond reproach and accountability. He removed fuel subsidies. So he rescued the country from the valley of […]
Tinubu’s daughter roars as his Lagos empire quakes, by Emmanuel Aziken
Just a week ago, your correspondent quietly and perhaps discreetly painted a picture of the emerging problems President Bola Tinubu is facing in his Lagos political base, using the drama around Nollywood actor and lawmaker, Desmond Elliot, as a window into the unfolding tension. The Desmond Elliot story helped to show how the President has, over time, […]

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