Every year, Nigeria celebrates the Armed Forces Remembrance Day on January 15. But that date represents two epochs in Nigeria’s history. The first, January 15, 1966, was when junior officers of the armed forces executed a coup, which, though aborted, triggered a chain of events that led to the civil war. The second, January 15, 1970, […]

CITING rising tensions, petitions and security concerns, the Ogun State government, yesterday, ordered the immediate suspension of the ongoing selection process for the new Awujale of Ijebuland.

By Henry Obetta The Lions International, Lagos Ultimate Lions Club, District 404B2 Nigeria, has reinstated its commitment to supporting the needy through humanitarian projects. The club, as parts of its intervention for the 2026 Lions year, stated that they were going to carry out projects at the Onilekere Primary school, Ikeja. They stated this, Sunday, […]

Pensioners of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, have appealed to the Federal Government to intervene in their long-standing pension dispute, urging authorities to replicate the conciliatory approach recently adopted in resolving the crisis with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.

Professionals in filmmaking, healthcare and the creative industries have demanded that more attention be paid to maternal mortality, medical ethics, safe and unsafe abortion, consent and the social pressures that often limit women’s agency in healthcare settings. The experts spoke at a film and dialogue event held in Lagos to foster more informed and nuanced […]