By Pavel Ursu Each year on 31 May, World No Tobacco Day highlights the health, social, economic, and environmental consequences of tobacco use. This year’s theme, “Unmasking the appeal: Countering nicotine and tobacco addiction,” emphasizes the growing and troubling trend of the tobacco and nicotine industry targeting children and adolescents. Tobacco use remains a leading risk […]

By Femi Fani-Kayode Now that we know who all the presidential candidates are permit me to say the following.President Tinubu will not only win the 2027 presidential election fair and square but he will win it hands down. The following words come to mind when I consider the opposition and those that seek to challenge […]

By Wole Oni  In moments of national recalibration, certain commentators develop a dangerous habit. They mistake expansion for displacement. A new office emerges and the speculations begin. Someone powerful has fallen, some pundits say. Someone influential has lost favour, others conclude. Someone once central has now become peripheral, the theorists insist. That interpretation may satisfy the […]

By Deji Adesogan The month of May 2026 will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the bloodiest and most devastating periods for Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists operating in Nigeria’s North East region. Throughout the month, troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), supported by intensified air offensives, improved intelligence coordination, and enhanced international military cooperation, […]

By Babafemi Ogundare Some lives leave a mark on a family. Others leave a mark on a community. Then there are those rare lives whose influence stretches across nations, cultures and generations. Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua belonged firmly in the latter category. As June 5, 2026 approaches, millions around the world will pause to remember […]