By Chinedu Adonu ENUGU — About 200 residents of Amufie autonomous community in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area, Enugu State, benefited from a free medical outreach organised by the non-governmental organisation Ultimate Club of Nigeria on Monday. The event, themed “That I May Be in Health, John 3:1-2,” provided essential drugs, treatment for ailments including […]

The year 2025 ended with the humbling of the Nigerian state by a foreign power. That humiliation began in November when Donald Trump, the US president, described Nigeria as “that now-disgraced country” and designated it as a “Country of Particular Concern” after alleging it harboured “Christian genocide”. Having tagged Nigeria with those derogatory labels, Trump threatened to […]

Today is January 1, 2026 and if you are reading this, it means only one thing: you are alive, one of those who survived 2025, a year that turned out, to borrow late Queen Elizabeth II’s Latin phrase, an “annus horribilis” (horrible year). Last year was dreadful for many Nigerians – a year of significant personal and […]

Seven leadership decisions that will distinguish institutions built to endure By Alim Abubakre The defining test of leadership in 2026 will not be whether executives recognise risk. Most serious organisations already do. Risk registers are full, dashboards are sophisticated, and committees meet regularly. The real test will be whether leaders have moved beyond recognition to institutional yet […]

By NICK DAZANG “Good wine”, the time-honoured saying goes, “needs no bush”. Translation: a good product needs no advertisement. To lend credence to this aphorism, Heineken, the crowned head of all lagers, once crowed in its iconic tag line that:”When you make a great beer, you don’t have to make a fuss”. When Aliko Dangote […]