Jubilation in NSCDC as Tinubu extends Audi’s tenure
By Joseph Erunke, Abuja Joy and renewed optimism swept through the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ,NSCDC, on Wednesday following the extension of the tenure of its Commandant General, Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi, a move widely seen as an endorsement of his leadership and reform agenda. The decision sparked celebrations across commands nationwide, with […]
That blood, tears may reduce on our roads
By MOSHOOD ISAMOTU By the time the number of road crash fatalities that occurred across Nigeria during the 2025 year-end activities to date is finally computed, it will be gut-wrenching, eerie and blood-chilling. From Jigawa to Abakaliki, Omu-Ekiti, and Itu in Akwa Ibom State, and indeed across the country, it was as if the roads were […]
China, the Lagos Plan of Action, AU Agenda 2063 and AfCFTA: Resuscitating the Dream of African Industrialisation, by Usman Sarki
“Development is not a gift from the outside; it is the outcome of a people’s own efforts“— Julius K. Nyerere Africa’s quest for industrialisation did not begin recently with China, nor does it depend on China for its intellectual legitimacy. Even before Beijing emerged as a major development partner on the continent, African leaders had already […]
Anambra oil-rich host community protests degradation, negligence
Whereas Sterling Petroleum Energy Exploration Company, SPEECO, is still celebrating its 10th year Anniversary of oil exploration, indigenes of its host oil-rich Ogwu-Ikpelle, a riverine community located in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, are currently embarking on an angry protest against what they catalogued as hunger, oil spillage, poverty, negligence and environmental degradation.
Youth key to Sudan peace process — AAYC tells Sudan Embassy
The Afro-Arab Youth Council (AAYC) has stressed that meaningful youth participation remains critical to achieving lasting peace in Sudan, following a high-level engagement with the Embassy of the Republic of Sudan in London.
Mayor of Columbia gets African title as Okei celebrates birthday
Ehikwe gifts Ika’s version of the Lordsprayer to Americans By Jimitota Onoyume The Pan African People, a sociocultural pressure group comprising Africans residing in Columbia, Carolina, United States of America (USA), has bestowed a chieftaincy title – Adolor of the Pan African People – on Daniel J. Rickenmann, Mayor of Columbia, South Carolina, for his […]
