By Lateef Omoyemi Akangbe The Legal Practitioners Bill, 2025, is presented as a bold effort to modernise the regulation of Nigeria’s legal profession. Reform is necessary. Standards must improve, accountability must be strengthened, and professional development must be structured. But reform must expand opportunity, not constrict it. In its current form, this Bill risks imposing […]

…donates millions to party Dr. Chetachi Ecton Nwoga, Owerri Zone Senatorial Hopeful, continues to demonstrate strong leadership, grassroots connection, and unwavering commitment to the unity and growth of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo State. During a courtesy visit to the APC Secretariat in Ahiazu Mbaise, Dr. Nwoga was warmly received by the party […]

NAFDAC’s decision to ban the production and sale of alcohol in sachets and small bottles (below 200 ml) is not an act of regulatory overreach

By Enewaridideke Ekanpou The day of Pentecost is not a prerogative of Christians.Dr. Julius Gbabojor Pondi has just had his day of political Pentecost. No one knew there would be a Pentecost for Dr. Pondi, not even Pondi’s accredited Campaign Organisation headed by Togo Oruebi, the indefatigable digital Director-General. Rather historically, on 20 April 2026, […]

In this piece, I will be taking seriously the wisdom of Pericles and Aristotle; one was one of the founding statesmen of Athenian democracy

By ENEWARIDIDEKE EKANPOU  April is a special month in the life of Ijaw people in any part of the world. It is special because April is the herald of the famous Amaseikumor Masquerade Festival in Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State. The heraldic designation of April is occasioned by the yearly […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu deserves full credit for taking on some of the hardest economic reforms Nigeria has seen in a generation.

In Nasarawa federal constituency, Kano, the representation of MHR Shehu Hassan Hussain in the green chamber calls for re-election

By Philip Obazee “Public debt is incurred in the name of the people. Public debt is serviced from resources that belong to the people. Public debt constrains future policy choices available to the people. Therefore, public debt must be explained to the people.” The Demand for Intelligibility Perhaps the most useful thing the Nigerian government […]

In a bold push to rewrite Nigeria’s tourism story, Governor Caleb Mutfwang has teamed up with Minister of Tourism, Hannatu Musa Musawa to project Plateau State as the undeniable face of Nigeria’s beauty on the global stage.The renewed drive followed the signing of a high-impact Memorandum of Understanding between the Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, […]

By MATTHEW IBADIN This is an open letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. I will start by thanking him for appointing one of Nigeria’s finest police officers, Tunji Disu, as the new Inspector General of Police. In one respect, this open letter is to help the new IGP to carry out a radical transformation of the […]

By EBUKA UKOH A nation does not prove its strength in speeches. But the safety it guarantees to its children speaks volumes. As I struggled to come to terms with the news of the abduction of students travelling to sit the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination in Benue State, I watched interviews of survivors, […]

By ALU AZEGE In Nigeria today, a woman’s uterus is both a site of life and a battleground of law. The recent debate in the Senate over a bill proposing harsher penalties for abortion re-ignited a familiar national anxiety. Yet, in the midst of the tension, something important happened: the Senate demonstrated courage by stepping back […]

Reading lists have become mere rituals on the course outline. Students now buy books only when there is an implication. People’s libraries are now on their computers

He is particularly renowned for his rare ability to bridge institutional objectives with grassroots expectations