By Ayo Onikoyi The British Council has launched the second cohort of Film Lab Africa, a film accelerator programme aimed at supporting emerging filmmakers, screenwriters and episodic storytellers across Nigeria. The initiative, launched in Lagos on May 5, 2026, is being delivered in partnership with EbonyLife Creative Academy⁠ and Iconic Steps⁠. Film Lab Africa, first […]

There is a particular kind of silence that settles over a village when the rains fail and the yams come up stunted and grey.

For more than a decade, Nigeria’s power sector laboured under a burden that made reliable electricity commercially impossible. The problem was not merely infrastructure—though the gaps were severe. The fundamental challenge was financial. Years of unpaid obligations had accumulated across the value chain, eroding the credibility of market commitments and making it impossible to attract capital […]

By Prisca Sam-Duru In the quiet, dusty environment of Opi-Agu, Nsukka, Enugu State, the air on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, was thick with more than just the afternoon heat. It was laced with a brand of miracle that doesn’t come easy. This miracle lifted a very heavy burden from the shoulders of a weary widow. […]

Adewole Adebayo has emerged as the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party ahead of the 2027 general elections following his unanimous adoption at the party’s national convention held in Bauchi on Saturday