Yesterday President Bola Tinubu began a two-day state visit to the United Kingdom. He was received with his wife, Oluremi, by King Charles III at the Windsor Castle. It’s been nearly four decades, precisely 37 years, since the last Nigerian leader made a state visit to our colonial lords. That was Ibrahim Babangida, a military dictator […]

…books, sanitary items to Lagos schools By Nnamdi Ojiego The Rotary Club of Lagos Festac Cosmopolitan has distributed birth delivery kits to pregnant women in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State, as part of efforts to support safer childbirth and reduce the burden on expectant mothers. The beneficiaries, who attended antenatal care at […]

Eghosa Asemota Agbonifo has called on stakeholders to nominate and support Imafidon Ize-Iyamu for the Oredo West constituency seat in the state House of Assembly. In a statement, Agbonifo described Ize-Iyamu as a practical leader who has spent years earning the trust of his peers. He noted that it is time to give young leaders […]

In every democracy, the strength of the system is measured not by the comfort of those in power but by the freedom allowed to those outside it. The opposition is not an inconvenience to democracy; it is its oxygen. When the space for opposition begins to shrink, democracy itself begins to suffocate. Recent legislative actions by […]

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta An Islamic cleric, Shuaeb Adegbite, has called on political office holders across the country, to embrace prophetic teachings as the bedrock for effective and people-oriented governance. Adegbite stressed that politics, when guided by ethical and spiritual values, could serve as a potent instrument for promoting peace, justice and sustainable development. He […]