WAFCON 2026: Super Falcons show their champions’ heart
10-Woman Nigeria defeats Zambia to shape its own destiny After a heartbreaking opening defeat to Malawi, Nigeria answered with courage, discipline, and resilience, proving that champions are often defined not by how they win, but by how they respond to adversity. By Paul Lucky Okoku The Super Falcons walked into their […]
Chidi Amuta’s ‘Abuja Gangster Chronicles’ and the mind of an incurable cynic
By Fredrick Nwabufo A principal ingredient of participatory governance is the robustness of views. No government is a monolith of knowledge; hence, a plurality of opinions, thoughts, and criticisms must be welcomed with avid and dispassionate interest. In fact, democracy by its very conception is a theorem of divergence—divergence of thoughts, beliefs, pursuits, […]
Tinubu mourns Lekan Alabi
commiserates with Olubadan, Makinde President Bola Tinubu has expressed sadness over the passing of Oloye Lekan Alabi, a veteran journalist and public relations icon, who died on Saturday in Lagos at the age of 76. Oloye Alabi was a prominent figure within Nigeria’s traditional institution, holding the esteemed title of Abese Olubadan of Ibadanland, […]
Africa and the imperatives of leadership
By Toyin Falola Africa has had good leaders throughout its history who have been empire builders, thinkers, traders, kings, diplomats, and freedom fighters, who have established civilizations and made their impact on World history. Certainly, before the rise of the modern nation-state, Africans already had elaborated political, trading, and intellectual networks, extending from Timbuktu to […]
Govt orders immediate dissolution of panel on properties
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the immediate dissolution of the Presidential Implementation Committee (PIC) on the Alienation of Federal Government Properties. A statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy said, henceforth, all matters relating to the activities of the Committee will be coordinated by the Attorney General […]
Africans gather in Lagos to examine South Africa’s changing relationship with the continent
Leading journalists, academics, policymakers, and public intellectuals from across Africa are to meet in Lagos on Thursday, August 6, 2026, for a high-level Pan-African roundtable to examine the relationship between South Africa and the rest of the continent. The event is organised by the League of Nigerian Columnists (LNC) in collaboration with the […]
Oyo raises Judicial Commission of Inquiry on Oriire abduction
The Oyo State Government has raised a Judicial Commission of Inquiry to investigate the abduction of students and teachers at Esinele and Yawota communities in Oriire Local Government Area on May 15, 2026. A statement by the Commissioner for Information, Prince Dotun Oyelade, said the Judicial Commission of Inquiry would be inaugurated on Friday […]
40-year-old docked for alleged attempted rape
A 40-year-old man, Musibau Falowo, on Thursday appeared before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos over an alleged attempted rape. He is standing trial on a one-count charge of attempted rape. The prosecutor, SP Josephine Ikhayere, told the court that the defendant allegedly committed the offence on July 5 at about 11:30 a.m. at […]
Expert says electricity subsidy benefits wealthier households than low-income
Mr Ewah Eleri, the Executive Director of International Centre for Energy, Environment and Development (ICEED), says the current electricity subsidy regime benefits wealthier households than low-income communities. He said this during in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Thursday in Abuja. He said Federal Government spent more than 10 billion dollars […]
Ebola outbreak has killed 1,521 in Congo
The Congolese Government on Thursday confirmed that 1,521 people have died from Ebola in the latest epidemic that hit the Democratic Republic of Congo. It also said that the number of laboratory-confirmed infections have risen to 3,442. According to official figures, the fatality rate currently stands at 44 per cent, meaning that almost half […]
