Strom Foundation honours scholars to drive youth-led economic growth
The Strom Foundation, through its flagship academic initiative, the Strom Scholars Award, has honoured outstanding students as part of efforts to strengthen youth capacity and support Nigeria’s infrastructure and economic growth.
Electoral Act Amendment: Appraising real-time electronic transmission
By FEMI FALANA Nigeria stands at a defining electoral moment. The ongoing amendment to the Electoral Act presents not merely a technical legislative adjustment but a historic opportunity to consolidate democratic transparency and institutional credibility. At the heart of this debate lies the issue of the real-time electronic transmission of polling unit results, a matter that […]
Sharing power sector’s subsidy burdens
The recent decision by the Federal Government to share the cost of paying electricity subsidies with the States and Local Government Areas, LGAs, is a consequential adjustment to the current realities in our power sector environment. It is another determined effort to reduce the parasitic dependence of sub-national governments on the centre. At a recent […]
Rising Afro-fusion act Bunmi Rhymes sets stage for powerful EP release
Nigeria’s vibrant music scene continues to produce exceptional talents, and one name steadily gaining momentum is Bunmi Rhymes, born Oluwabunmi Joel Osoba
NLNG emerges overall champion at 20th Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Games
By Prisca Sam-DuruFollowing its resounding display of athletic excellence and team spirit, the NLNG has been crowned Overall Champion and Best Sports Company at the 20th edition of the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Games (NOGIG), which ended, Saturday, in Abuja. Team NLNG topped the medal table with an impressive 52 medals; comprising 20 gold, […]
Sachet alcohol reversal endangers public health, children — ACPN
By Esther Onyegbula The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, ACPN, has condemned the Federal Government’s decision to reverse the ban on the production and retail distribution of alcoholic beverages in sachets and containers below 200 millilitres, warning that the move poses grave risks to public health and child protection. National Chairman of ACPN, Pharm. […]
2027: Apapa-Iganmu aspirants rally grassroots for Tinubu, seek party inclusion
By Esther Onyegbula The 2027 re-election bid of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu received a boost in Lagos on Tuesday as a team of 2025 councillorship aspirants in Apapa-Iganmu Local Council Development Area, LCDA, launched a political movement to mobilise grassroots support for his second term. The group, tagged “The Renewed Hope Agenda ’27 Movement,” said […]
Regulator builds coalition for a new telecom policy, by Okoh Aihe
The telecommunications industry opened with a bang in early 2000 after a snail-walk in the previous years of political uncertainties and economic decisions that were at best tentative. The industry was not only deregulated but phone ownership was so democratised that the development mocked previous assertions that telephones were for the rich. It was the birth […]
El-Rufai wanted and begged to be arrested, by Rotimi Fasan
Well before he arrived Nigeria from Egypt, Nasir el-Rufai, a former governor of Kaduna State and frontline promoter of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, the new political home of the major opposition figures that have sworn to unseat President Bola Tinubu, had announced that he would be arrested upon arrival in the country. More than a […]
“I Remain Loyal”: Beyond the slogan and rethinking loyalty in Nigeria’s politics(3), by Usman Sarki
“All things are possible in politics”— Douglas Reed After two weeks of examining the language and practice of loyalty in Nigerian politics, one conclusion stands out with unsettling clarity: the phrase “I remain loyal” has become both a confession and an indictment. It confesses the fragility of conviction in our political culture and indictes a system […]
City Boy’s South-East invasion, by Ochereome Nnanna
Before now, not many people outside the South-West, especially inner Lagos circles knew, or bothered about the “City Boy” phenomenon. It was a byname invented for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu by his followers at the outset of the 2023 political season to emblematise his “street-smart” persona which has enabled him to streak from nowhere to President […]
