Cash transfers: Why retirees earning below national minimum wage must not be left behind
By IVO TAKOR The Federal Government’s announcement of the commencement of a N50,000 monthly cash transfer programme for vulnerable Nigerians under the National Emergency Relief and Stabilisation Intervention (NERSI) is a welcome recognition of the economic hardship confronting millions of citizens. The initiative, announced on October 30, 2026, by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and […]
Unseen and Unheard: Championing women’s voices through storytelling
There are myriad of stories waiting to be told, yet many of them remain in the shadows. Among these are the struggles women face due to gender inequality.
Has our celebration of Christmas lost its true essence?
By CHIEDU UCHE OKOYE In Nigeria, the onset of harmattan, a period of cold weather, precedes Christmas. It is that period of the year when we muffle ourselves in layers of clothes to protect ourselves from the biting cold at night. And when we hang our clothes on the line, they will dry quickly. Christmas announces its […]
Leemon Ikpea of Lee Engineering
By Sunny Ikhioya Chief Leemon Ikpea and his Lee Engineering Group are already well-known in the Nigerian business circle, especially in the oil and gas sector. Most are familiar with his thatch house to Castle story, but what many do not know, are the inate qualities that have enabled him to survive the shark infested […]
That the Sun may shine Again
By Sola Ebiseni It’s no gainsaying that for the greater part of the second term of Rotimi Akeredolu which began on 21st February 2021, as Governor of Ondo State, things have not been at ease. The centre has not held for the state having been dogged by the state of health of the governor and the […]
The Senate’s ‘Most Dependable, Distinctive’ Presiding Officer
BY YUSUPH OLANIYONU The phrase with the inverted comma in the headline was borrowed from the statement issued by former US President, George W. Bush, in his statement on the death of former US Secretary of State and National Security Adviser, Prof. Henry Kissinger, at the age of 100 late last month. The phrase aptly describes the […]
