By 2029, Nigeria would have launched two communications satellites into space. According to the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT), Jane Egerton-Idehen, one will go up in 2028 and the other in 2029.

OGOJA- THREE prominent political figures are battling for the Senate position of Cross River North otherwise known as Ogoja Senatorial District and the ensuing war is causing tension in the area. Since November last year, there has been no letup in the political cannon fire as the three titans: Senator Ben Ayade , immediate past governor […]

Former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, has declared that he would serve a single four-year term if elected Governor of Enugu State in the 2027 general elections.

Some leaders in the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Esa Oke in the Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State have defected to Accord Party, declaring their support for Governor Ademola Adeleke’s re-election later in August. Leading the defection on Thursday are Oni Olayinka, former Ward 07 councillor; Ogunsakin […]

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta The Convener of The Alternative Movement, Otunba Segun Showunmi, has faulted growing criticisms of businessman, Gilbert Chagoury, describing them as misleading, divisive and lacking factual basis. Showunmi, in a statement issued on Thursday, took a swipe at commentator Kio Amachree over what he termed a “misguided and factually weak” attack on […]

Six months after his appointment as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Joash Amupitan appears determined to beat the record of Professor Maurice Iwu as the most mistrusted electoral administrator yet. Iwu, a professor of Pharmacognosy (the study of medicinal plants), also had the distinction of managing Nigeria’s worst elections in 2007. […]

By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA – THE Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and Korea-Africa Food and Agriculture Cooperation Initiative, KAFACI, have moved to upscale farmers’ access and adoption of simple Climate Smart Agriculture, CSA, technologies to boost food production. This was on the heels of a 3-day stakeholders’ sensitization workshop on the development of […]

By Victor Ahiuma-Young Workers in Africa, under the aegis of the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation, ITUC-Africa, have called for an immediate end to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, warning that the crisis is not only deepening humanitarian suffering in the region but also worsening economic conditions across Africa. […]

By Femi Fani-Kayode “I will not respond to Kashim Shettima because he is disrespectful. I am older than him and I have more experience in governance than he does, so I will not respond to him. It is not part of our tradition in the North to disrespect elders. You cannot look at someone who […]

A support group, the Gen. CG Musa Support Initiative, has called for sustained national backing for the Minister of Defence, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, cautioning that persistent criticism could affect ongoing efforts to stabilise the country’s security architecture.