World Cup, Super Eagles’ AFCON heartbreak, others dominate Google searches
“January belonged to AFCON, and to heartbreak,” Google said. "Nigeria vs Morocco" became one of the biggest individual queries of 2026.
How to reverse N-Delta’s wasted opportunities, by Osinbajo
The recent visit of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to Edo State, where he met with stakeholders in the oil producing communities in the state, has doused tension in the communities. The stakeholders meeting is one of the major national events to be hosted by Governor Godwin Obaseki. Stakeholders from the three oil producing local government areas of the state, Ikpoba Okhai, Ovia North East and Orhionmwon, were on hand to lament the plight of their people despite the oil in their domain. Youth organisations and civil society groups were equally not left out, as the Director of the African Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), Rev.David Ugolor, and the Chairman of Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth International, Nimo Bassey, said the people of the Niger Delta are still suffering pollution and neglect from the activities of oil companies operating in the region. Besides Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, other dignitaries at the occasion include King Alfred Diette-Spiff representing the Pan Niger Delta Area Petroleum Producing Forum (PANDEF), the Minister of State Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachukwu, and Minister of State Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani.
Afenifere: The Yoruba voice fighting a regional battle
IT is no longer news that the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere is in the vanguard of championing the cause of the South West. Majority of Yoruba people of the South-West see the Afenifere as a legitimate force to serve the region’s best interests and also maintain the waning influence of Yorubaland in Federalism.
The Ogbemudia presidency that never was
The Kaduna Mafia’s choice of Ogbemudia, according to observers, is best seen in how the Hausa Fulani had, at that time, used the minorities to balance and forge alliances at the expense of the Yoruba and Igbo in the South
How Obaseki battled to save Ogbemudia’s life
Despite the fact that he is still young in office, he was able to attract the world and even opposition leaders to the burial
Physicians rank high in suicide cases, experts lament
Committing suicide is not a new phenomenon, there was a recorded case in the Holy Scripture, the Bible of one of the disciples of Jesus Christ, Judas Iscariot who committed suicide. Down the ages and in all climes, suicide cases abound but it appears to be on the increase these days which is a disturbing trend. What could therefore prompt a man or a woman to take his /her own life?
