Former Labour leader and Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Interior, Senator Adams Oshiomhole, is not the first to tell Nigerians that our solid mineral fields have been hijacked by those he described as “retired Generals” in collaboration with foreign crooks. Oshiomhole addressed the media recently and disclosed how, as National Chairman of his […]

The recently concluded World Immunisation Week (24–30 April), was an opportunity to reflect on the benefits of vaccines and their vital roles in safeguarding the health and well-being of families and children in particular.  Vaccines are effective tools to prevent infectious diseases. They have been proven safe and effective. Vaccines have saved countless lives and […]

The death of Pa Ayo Adebanjo on February 14, 2025 at 96 has robbed the Yoruba nation and indeed Nigeria of one of the dogged fighters for an egalitarian society. The progressive politician, lawyer and elder statesman was born on April 10, 1928, in Isanya Ogbo-Ijebu, Ogun State. Until his death, he remained true to […]

Two-time undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua, deserves accolades for the shining example he continues to exhibit as a Nigerian super-patriot, despite the fact that Nigerian boxing administrators once frustrated him off his bid to represent the country at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Joshua, who has his ancestral […]

Despite concerns about the state of the economy and worsening insecurity in the country, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has continued to hugely benefit from unbroken stream of high profile defections into its ranks. Indeed, the former self-styled “largest party in Africa” which once boasted it would rule for 60 years – the Peoples […]

The wanton killings in the Middle Belt areas of the country have continued unchecked with the reported massacre of about 144 people in Plateau and Benue states in the last two weeks. Nothing can be more horrific than the extermination of a family of eight and the confirmed death of no fewer than 52 persons […]

The approval of N10 billion for the provision of a solar mini grid for the State House, Aso Villa, Abuja, has caused quite a stir. The project, with the budget code ERGP202502463 and titled: “Solarisation of the Villa with Solar Mini Grid”, has raised the State House’s capital budget for 2025 from N47bn to N57bn. […]

Unlocking Nigeria’s agriculture sector to promote industrialisation by developing value chains has been a major challenge despite the immense potential the industry holds in driving economic growth, creating jobs, and ensuring food security. Food insecurity remains a significant challenge in Nigeria, with millions of people facing hunger and malnutrition. The major causes can be traced […]

Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State recently displayed unnecessary and misplaced aggression towards the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, when the latter sought to visit some Internally Displaced People, IDPs, camps in his state. Following the renewed killings in Benue and Plateau states, Obi decided to […]

The Presidency’s reaction to the latest orgy of herdsmen massacres in the Bokkos areas of Plateau State was trite and routine. From his posh nest in France where he was visiting for the eighth time within two years, President Bola Tinubu directed his media aides to issue a condolence message overflowing with platitudes and empty […]