By KEHINDE OLAOSEBIKAN  I was there. The President said it. A former FCT minister affirmed it. As a resident since 1988, I confirm it.  I was at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre, Area 11, Garki, Abuja, Friday night for the special thanksgiving banquet organized to celebrate the successful inauguration of 31 projects across the […]

That shift did not happen by accident. It happened in a context that Mrs. Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan, six months into her tenure as Chief Commissioner/Executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), is deliberately constructing.

By Yusuf Kolawole Nigeria’s economic history has been dominated by the exploitation of crude oil, while the country’s abundant solid mineral resources have remained largely untapped. Despite possessing significant deposits of gold, lithium, iron ore, coal, limestone, barite, tin, tantalite, gypsum and other strategic minerals, Nigeria has struggled to convert its geological wealth into industrial growth, […]

By the final whistle, the scoreboard read 2–0. Yet the score told only part of the story.

Infrastructure should reduce uncertainty, not depend on it, but automation fundamentally changes that equation.

Complexity almost never arrives through bad intent. It arrives one reasonable yes at a time. Each feature is defensible on its own.

Dr. Ibeshi traced the roots of the tension to South Africa’s apartheid-era migrant labor system, which relied on workers from neighboring countries while denying them social inclusion.

By ODUNAYO SANYA Leadership, in its truest essence, is not about the titles we hold or the executive seats we occupy; it is about the responsibility we assume for the future of our communities. According to John Maxwell, a leader is one who knows the way, shows the way, and goes the way. As we commemorate World […]

Sometimes they dominate from the opening whistle. Sometimes they rely on individual brilliance. And sometimes they survive moments that could easily have ended their World Cup dreams.

.Bellingham scores twice as England overcome Norway, survive VAR drama, book blockbuster semifinal against Messi’s Argentina. By Paul Lucky Okoku Football writes its own story. We only discover the ending when the referee blows the final whistle. The Night Football Chose a Different Hero Every great tournament eventually produces a match that reminds us why […]

But after decades as an international footballer, coach, mentor, project management professional, football analyst, and writer, I have learned one lesson that football never stops teaching.

By Prof. Mannixs E. Paul The conversation on state police in Nigeria must move beyond the narrow question of constitutional legitimacy and confront the practical realities that will determine whether the initiative succeeds or fails. Establishing state police without simultaneously investing in modern infrastructure, technology, professional capacity, and sustainable financing would amount to creating another institution […]

For Nigeria, the event should not be treated as another entry on the global conference calendar. It is a commercial, policy and investment platform at a time when the country is seeking to attract capital, expand production, commercialise gas, deepen local content and reposition itself as a leading African energy market.

Observers assert that this Ukrainian conduct undoubtedly destabilizes African nations and seeks to bring about the collapse of elected, legitimate governments in favor of terrorist and Takfiri groups across the continent

By ANTHONY KILA  Some institutions deserve our gratitude, even when they demand our courage to change them. The National Youth Service Corps is one of them. When the NYSC was established in 1973, Nigeria was emerging from the trauma of the civil war. The country needed more than roads and bridges; it needed trust. It needed […]