2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (1150+ words) For more than a year, a conscientious, cosmopolitan retired senior military officer from the North has told me that his worst fear for Nigeria is the prospect of terrorists and bandits from the North extending their bloodstained tentacles into Yorubaland....

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (428+ words) By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu "Divine right is an old, established principle. It means that kings have the right " ordained by God " to act in any way they wish. Human-made laws are of no consequence beside the awesome power of God,…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (203+ words) Ebonyi State's Ezza North Local Government Area, where a headmaster was recently suspended for showing the dilapidated state of a community primary school, received at least N3. 2 billion from the Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) within six months, FIJ has gathered....

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (712+ words) President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Segun Aina, a 39-year-old Professor of Computer Engineering at Obafemi Awolowo University, as the new Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, placing one of Nigeria's youngest professors at the helm of the…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (313+ words) The Nigerian and Chinese governments have stressed on the importance of promoting cultural ties between both countries. The two countries made the pledge during the cultural event, titled "Maritime Silk Road Impressions: Immersive Salon of Intangible Cultural Heritage from Ancient…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (304+ words) Residents of Abuja have asked an FCT High Court to stop the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike from re-allocating the Jabi Lake Park to private estate developers. The suit was brought by Godey Iwebuke Daniel and Ahmad El Rufai Rilwan, on…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago  (1023+ words) Former President Goodluck Jonathan has issued one of his starkest warnings yet about the state of Nigeria's democracy, cautioning that the country risks sliding into a full-blown legitimacy crisis if judges " rather than voters " continue to determine the outcome of…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago  (446+ words) Former Military Governor and retired General, John Atom Kpera, has reflected on his years as Military Governor of East Central State in the early 1970s, recalling his personal connection with Ekulu Primary School, Enugu, as he commended alumni efforts to restore…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago  (280+ words) Human rights activist and community leader, Chief (Comrade) Austine Ikubese, has strongly criticized the 150 per cent increase in parking fees at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2 (MMA2), describing the hike as "ill-timed and irritating." Speaking with journalists in Lagos on Monday,…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (1165+ words) This troubling pattern emerging from the Imo State Judiciary is no longer enough to call this an isolated judicial overreach. It is rather beginning to look like a remand craze. And unless the heads of the Judiciary act urgently, the…...