For Jim Nwobodo, it’s about a good name
By Sunny Igboanugo For some time now, one Basil Ogbuanu, said to be a Lagos-based businessman, has been up and about dragging the name of Senator Jim Nwobodo and his wife, Patricia. At issue is a piece of land at an estate owned by the former governor of old Anambra State. I hear the matter […]
Appreciating NEDC’s intervention in North East educational struggle
By Alimi Mosco For several years, schools in the North-Eastern part of Nigeria, and indeed its entire educational system, were in ruins and rotting. They were visibly and intentionally targeted. Schools were burned, teachers and learners were killed, while thousands more were displaced or abducted, with entire communities left with an equal generation of children, […]
Understanding Tajudeen Abbas’ resounding APC Primary affirmation
By Paul Danko Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, PhD, occupies a conspicuous place in the national politics of Nigeria as the Speaker of the 10th Assembly. Beyond this prominent position, he remains an indelible part of the growth and development of democratic representation and sustainable legislature — not only in Nigeria but on the international stage […]
Court judgment raises concerns about civic freedoms in Nigeria
On May 5, a Nigerian high court ordered the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a prominent local human rights organization, to pay 100 million naira (about US$72,000) in damages to two Department of State Services officials.
2027: As tussle for who represents Idemili North/South intensifies
By Matilda Ikediobi Idemili North and South Federal Constituency is made up of two local government areas in Anambra State. Both local government areas are considered the most populous in terms of voter concentration in the entire state, and fall within Anambra Central Senatorial Zone, but bordering the popular commercial city, Onitsha which is in […]
Psycho-social stress in Lagos workplace
By OBI IGBOKWE There is a health crisis unfolding quietly inside Nigeria’s most productive organisations, and most HR leaders cannot see it. It does not announce itself the way a physical injury does. There is no accident form to fill, no insurance claim to process on day one. It arrives gradually — in the manager […]
