By Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin ILORIN — The Federal Government has commissioned a 581kWp interconnected solar mini-grid project to provide reliable electricity to Oke-Oyi community in Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State, ending decades of erratic power supply for an estimated 13,000 residents. The project was commissioned on Thursday through the Rural Electrification Agency, […]

By OPEYEMI ENIOLA  Lagos is a city that rewards builders. And in Lagos, the most credible leadership is the kind that carries the street’s lessons into government—leadership that understands the daily realities of commuters, traders, parents, workers, and youth. That is why Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat’s, the Lagos APC gubernatorial candidate, story matters. It is […]

The graduation of the first batch of 950 Forest Guards under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration is a welcome development in Nigeria’s prolonged struggle against terrorism, banditry and kidnapping. This was a promise the president made as insecurity continued to confront Nigerians despite the best efforts of the Armed Forces. But graduation ceremonies, uniforms and […]

By JOHN ONWE This essay is inspired by a cartoon by a journalist called “Sergo”, published in the Catholic Diocese of Abakaliki’s newspaper, called Advocate, on page 4. The cartoon has an image named “Obi” standing in the centre of a group of four men who were labelled variously as “Presidency”, “EFCC”, the “Police” and […]

Peter Obi is an enigma. A philosophy graduate, yet he is not a philosopher. A politician, yet he lacks the political skills to navigate the collegial world of politics. A presidential candidate, yet he hates the constraints of party politics, behaving as if he’s an independent candidate in a country that doesn’t permit independent candidacy. […]