The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, has blamed the flooding of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway on non-implementation of a Lagos State master plan with regard to flooding. Umahi also blamed the flooding on indiscriminate dumping of refuse by Lagos State residents. Umahi made the blame during an inspection tour of the Section Three of […]

By Yan Yuqing July 1 marks the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. China hold the celebration of the 105th founding anniversary of the CPC in Beijing. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, addresses in celebration that the CPC possesses incomparable fine qualities: The dedication to the […]

By Moshood Oshunfurewa Senator Oluremi Tinubu’s recent advocacy urging Nigerian youths to embrace the sale of akara, roasted corn and kuli-kuli as empowerment opportunities has triggered an intense national debate. While the initiative promotes entrepreneurship and self-reliance, many Nigerians view it as a troubling metaphor for the country’s economic direction. Across social media, citizens have appropriately […]

By CHIDO ONUMAH On July 2, 2026, Nigeria’s defence, intelligence, law enforcement, anti-corruption, emergency response, and public safety agencies took an extraordinary step by jointly addressing the nation on the state of national security. The initiative emerged from consultations among the leadership of these institutions under the coordination of the National Security Adviser (NSA). The Joint […]

By OPEYEMI BAMIDELE Nigeria, the country of our collective heritage, is again at a point of inflection. This is a reality that viciously confronts this federation of six geo-political zones, 36 states and 774 local government areas with a population of 242.46 million. We all have the duty to confront this reality with facts and not […]

It has now become a national integrity test. The Presidency says the so-called Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council cum Presidential Economic Advisory Council is fictitious

A polycrisis implies that these conflicts, crises and challenges are connected in some terribly complicated and complex ways that spells serious headache

Anambra State covers approximately 4,844 square kilometres of land, making it the second-smallest state in Nigeria after Lagos

By Moruff Adenekan One of the most overlooked challenges confronting governance in Nigeria today is not the absence of policies, programmes, or public officials willing to speak. It is the absence of effective strategic communication. Across federal, state, and local government institutions, communication is too often treated as an afterthought rather than an essential component of […]

By Sunday A. Onyewonsa  When His Worship, Eshanekpe Israel Agimor speaks, the creeks listen. Popularly known as “Akpodoro,” the Head of the Association of Urhobo Mayoral Family Crown, AUMFC, and Mayor of Urhobo Land, carries the weight of two identities: an ex-militant leader who once knew the creeks as a theatre of conflict, and now a […]

By Toyin Akilo ‘’Every revolutionary ends up either a dictator or a corpse” –  ALBERT CAMUS The exploits of Sunday Adeniyi Adeyemo AKA ‘Igboho Oosa’  is the stuff legends are manufactured.  In one fell swoop and with an authoritative ultimatum – 2 hours – yes, you heard me right, he did what Napoleon could not do […]

By Ziakegha Peter  In the estimation of serious observers of legislative business worldwide, the benchmark for a great lawmaker is not access to power but the use of power to solve problems. By that standard, Rt. Hon. Dr. Julius Pondi deserves a seat in any conversation about the finest legislators of this generation.  Dr. Pondi, who […]

By Mukhtar Ya’u Madobi For decades, technology and healthcare have largely evolved as separate development priorities in Nigeria. Yet, the future of sustainable national development increasingly lies at the intersection of these two critical sectors. That vision came to life in Hadejia, Jigawa State, with the inauguration of two landmark institutions designed to advance digital […]

By TONY USIDAMEN   Every government has two responsibilities. The first is to govern. The second is to help citizens understand what it is doing and why it is doing it. Success in the first does not automatically guarantee success in the second. Examples abound of governments that implemented difficult reforms but failed to carry the public […]

By Godwin Anaughe Senator, your aide, Comrade Wilson Okorugbo, has put together a passionate defense of your record. I appreciate it — it shows that the original piece hit its target perfectly. However, a passionate defense doesn’t equate to a solid rebuttal, and what your camp has provided follows a familiar script: they talk extensively […]