From last week continues the narrative about creation of new states in Nigeria. While serving in Ikeja Garrison, his second in Command was Lt-Colonel Shehu Musa Yar’adua (5 March 1943 – 8 December 1997) who later became number 2 man in the country after General Murtala’s assassination in February 1976. Brigadier Ally’s ADC was Colonel […]

Nigeria stands at a precipice as 30,000 armed Fulani militants, according to a May 2026 US Commission on International Religious Freedom (UCIRF) report, operate across our nation with terrifying impunity, systematically overwhelming our territorial integrity through calculated violence, mass abductions for ransom and land-grabbing. This is in addition to Boko Haram/ISWAP militants who are active […]

By Juliet Ebirim For Foluke Oyeleye and Adebola Rayo Falade, 2026 Children’s Day offered an opportunity to focus attention on an issue they believe deserves greater urgency: the declining reading culture among Nigerian children. The co-founders of Karanta Kids Foundation on Thursday convened parents, teachers, authors and young readers in Lagos for conversations on storytelling, […]

…. as Wema Bank empowers children with 10-year old CEO By Emeka Anaeto, Business Editor Development across sectors and countries, thrives on reproduction and succession, each new generation, tasked with the responsibility of not only preserving the world and those in it, but also passing on knowledge, culture, systems, history and legacies to the next. […]

President of the Republic of Benin, Romuald Wadagni, arrived in Nigeria on Monday, for an official visit at the invitation of His Excellency President Bola  Tinubu. The trip marks President Wadagni’s first bilateral visit since his inauguration on May 24, 2026, underscoring the importance Benin places on its strategic partnership with Nigeria under the new […]