Tragedy was averted over the weekend (Saturday, May 10, 2025) when a taxiing Air Peace flight from Lagos crushed an antelope on the tarmac of the Asaba Airport in Delta State. The incident damaged the aircraft and caused flight disruptions.

The ongoing concerns over students’ poor performances in this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, and the crisis of confidence within the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, have raised geopolitical tensions. The result released recently by JAMB showed that over 75 per cent of the candidates who sat for the examination scored below 200 […]

Fresh from his recent eighth trip to France where he has spent over 80 days cumulatively in the past two years of his ascent to power, President Bola Tinubu has given what he calls a “Nigeria First” directive to all Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs. Henceforth, procurements are to prioritise goods and services […]

Today is a special day to remember the importance of that solid foundation and building block of all societies – the family. The United Nations in 1993, set aside the May 15 every year to focus the world’s attention on the families and their roles in ensuring social progress. The theme for this year’s anniversary […]

Just a few years ago, Nigeria enjoyed the wisdom of four outstanding nonagenarians representing her four cardinal points. From the East came Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, a former Aviation Minister; from the West was Pa Ayo Adebanjo, leader of Yoruba Afenifere. From the North was Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, a Federal Parliamentarian in the 1950s and from […]