The World Bank has given kudos to the operation of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s socio-economic stabilisation plans, even as it noted the effectiveness of the Additional Financing for the Nigeria Community Action for Resilience and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) programme. The…
Israel launched several strikes on southern and eastern Lebanon on Thursday, Lebanese state media reported, as the Israeli military said it targeted Hezbollah infrastructure including a military compound. Despite a November 2024 ceasefire that was supposed to end more than…
Comrade Adolphus Ude, a key ADC figure in Enugu, has criticised Minister of Works Dave Umahi for claiming Igbos are content with Tinubu’s governance. Ude called Umahi an ‘efulefu’ for shortchanging Ndigbo. Contradicting Umahi, Ude, a former APC deputy chairman…
Two and a half emotional outbursts are likely to erupt anytime Farouk Bello Bunza is hurt. First, his voice will rise in protest. Second, his facial expression will experience a contortion. Third, which is in half, because it hardly happens:…
By Henry Ojelu The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, has ordered all parties in the dispute over Plot 3619, Maitama District, Cadastral Zone A06, to maintain the res and preserve the status quo. The suit, No.…
Nigeria’s higher education system is teetering on the brink of systemic collapse, not due to the familiar threat of industrial strikes, but the quiet, irreversible haemorrhaging of its most vital asset: its intellectual capital. Thousands of academics, from promising lecturers…
Even after all these years, the memory that sticks out to me most was how I was told of the death of my mother, Mojisola Ajoke Adelakun. That moment became definitive for me, almost like the death of Jesus came…
By Victor Ahiuma-Young, Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Haruna Aliyu, Steve Oko, Bashir Bello, Shina Abubakar, Chinedu Adonu & Ochuko Akuopha ABUJA — The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday staged a nationwide protest over worsening insecurity in the country, insisting the federal government…
…. Consequences and what Nigerians need to knowBy any measure, the latest expansion of U.S. travel restrictions marks a significant turning point in America’s engagement with Africa, and Nigeria sits uncomfortably at its center. On December 16, 2025, President Donald…
A civil society group, Rights for All International (RAI), has sued President Bola Tinubu to force him to suspend Farouk Ahmed, the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), over allegations of corruption and…