Presidential media team inspects projects in Benue
*Residents hail Tinubu’s infrastructure drive The Presidential Media Team, in collaboration with the Renewed Hope Ambassadors on Thursday inspected key Federal and Benue State governments’ infrastructure projects across the state. During the inspection, residents lauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration for expanding connectivity through strategic road and bridge projects. The inspection covered the […]
20 Ilaje coastal communities hold protest against environmental, humanitarian crisis
The Coalition of Ilaje Ravaged Communities, with advocacy support from the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) will on Thursday, August 6, 2026, hold a peaceful protest to draw attention to the worsening environmental and humanitarian crisis threatening coastal communities in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State. The protest, tagged “Operation […]
Behind the Man: Toyin Falola and Family
By Majekodunmi Oseriemen Ebhohon The short film Behind the Man: Toyin Falola and Family offers a rare, heartwarming peek behind the academic curtain. While the world recognizes Professor Toyin Falola as a towering, highly prolific African historian, this fifteen-minute documentary shifts focus to ask what kind of environment makes a legendary life possible. In […]
Beyond the Scholar: Family, Intellectual Labour, and the making of an African Historian – A review of Behind the Man: Toyin Falola and Family (A Short Film)
Reviewer: Shul-Nom Yohanna Bako Film Reviewed: Behind the Man: Toyin Falola and Family (A Short Film) Runtime: 15:04 minutes Producer: Victor Angbah Director and Editor: Prince Adablah Music: K. Frimpong Featured: Olabisi Falola Bisi Toyin Sisi Toyin Dolapo Toyin Toyin Falola. Biographical documentaries often celebrate the public achievements of distinguished individuals while […]
How death silenced the Queen of provocative street music: Farewell, Saint Janet
By Bimbo Esho There are musicians who simply entertain, and there are those who create a movement around their music. Saint Janet belongs to the latter category. Love her or loathe her, she remains one of the most unconventional and fearless female entertainers Nigeria has produced. For decades, she has built a unique […]
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 […]
