By Chioma Obinna The Lagos State Government and the 57 Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Areas, yesterday, signed a landmark 10-year Primary Health Care, PHC, Financing Compact aimed at transforming healthcare delivery at the grassroots, reducing maternal deaths and expanding access to quality healthcare services across the state. The agreement, signed at the […]

By Moshood Oshunfurewa The Nigeria Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) (Amendment) Act 2024, signed into law on February 28, 2024, was introduced as a necessary response to the evolving landscape of digital crime, ranging from financial fraud to cyber terrorism. On the surface, it reflects a government attempting to modernize its legal framework in line with technological […]

Here’s something I’ve been noticing: some of my undergraduate students can’t tell me who the Minister of Communications is, but they can quote three different podcast hosts on media literacy. They skip assigned textbook chapters, but they’ve listened to eight hours of podcast content on the same topic. When I ask them where they learned about […]

By Innocent Anaba The legal battle over the regulation of airtime lending services took a dramatic turn, yesterday, as a contempt warning was issued against the leadership of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, even as the Federal High Court in Lagos fixed May 15, 2026, for hearing in the substantive suit. In […]

By EJIRO OFOYE  In recent times, Nigeria’s political space  has increasingly taken on the character of a staged performance—one where outcomes appear predetermined long before the curtain rises. Across party lines, endorsements—often loud, orchestrated, and strategically choreographed—have begun to replace what should be the very soul of democracy: competitive, transparent, and credible primaries. What is […]