By TAYO OGUNBIYI According to reports,  a police inspector and four others were killed in a multiple collision that occurred at the Kara Bridge area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The crash involved a mini truck laden with cartons of biscuits, a heavy-duty long truck, a 40-foot containerised trailer, another truck carrying sardines, and a tow truck. This […]

By Matilda Ikediobi Lagos State Safety Commission has urged safety practitioners, regulators and the private sector to improve safety culture and emergency response across the state, saying Lagos, as a rapidly expanding megacity, faces growing risks from urbanisation and industrialisation. The commission made this call at a one-day Stakeholders’ Forum on Safety and Emergency Response […]

By SUNNY IKHIOYA There is something we must all realise, no matter the punitive measures introduced by President Donald Trump and the United States government.   Things cannot be worse than the situation that we have found ourselves these past ten years. Indeed, as one of my Warri brothers told me: “the colonisation has eaten far deep […]

Designers are now elevating indigenous textiles, reviving ancestral techniques, and treating cultural knowledge as a form of design technology

By OLUSEGUN OLAOYE  The real estate and housing sector plays a vital role in the economic growth of any nation. Access to adequate financing is one of the key determinants of sustainable real estate development. In Nigeria and many developing countries, one of the most significant means of financing real estate acquisition is through mortgage loans provided […]

By AMINU JAHUN The realisation that a human being divested of basic rights could hardly effectively function in society led to the embedment of grund norms with grandiloquent terms and concepts, expressing the constitutional emphathy of  the ruling classes for the poorer classes. Like most democratic documents, Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution ( as amended) is studded with long- […]

Artificial Intelligence is reshaping how the world works, yet Africa’s transformation stands out for its purpose and creativity

By Osa Mbonu-Amadi  The recent spate of house demolitions across Lagos State, culminating most visibly in Oworonshoki, has stirred intense controversy, opposition, and public alarm. Lagos State Government insists these demolition exercises are imperative components of an urban renewal agenda focused on environmental safety, targeting illegal structures that obstruct waterways and impede drainage systems critical for flood […]

Algorithms significantly impact artistic autonomy by creating pressures for musicians to optimize their creative output for platform visibility and algorithmic discoverability

Mr. President, Nigerians have walked with you through a season of fire. They have endured subsidy removal, foreign exchange shocks, inflation