7+ hour, 28+ min ago   (388+ words) By Aisha Haruna Yakubu, Nigeria has endured a persistent electricity crisis for decades, despite being richly endowed with natural resources such as oil and gas. This contradiction continues to raise serious concerns about the country’s development and the effectiveness of…...

14+ hour, 42+ min ago   (1086+ words) Africa will gain immensely from the recent acquittal of a former Sierra Leonean leader, writes Monday Philips Ekpe Year 2023 did not end exactly the way former Sierra Leonean President, His Excellency, Dr Ernest Bai Koroma, had anticipated. Out of the…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (616+ words) The House of Representatives Committee on Federal Character has ordered the immediate suspension of all recruitment activities by the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), while threatening to invoke its constitutional powers to sanction the agency’s Executive Chairman, Zacch Adedeji, over his…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (55+ words) NBA Elections: Why Was I Disenfranchised? Politics Digest ‎NBA Elections: Why Was I Disenfranchised? ‎Listening to people comment on, and make all sorts of assertions about, the just-concluded NBA election saddens me. What is even more disturbing is…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1399+ words) On 9 June, 2026, the Presidency announced that “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the establishment of a Presidential Task Force on Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness and Emerging Public Health Threats and ordered the immediate release of ₦10 billion as emergency intervention funding....

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1736+ words) Did you listen to last week’s broadside from Senate President Godswill Akpabio against former Edo State governor, Senator Adams Oshiomhole? If you did, you must have caught a glimpse of how sex threatens the Nigerian state. Historically, libido has always…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (701+ words) Stakeholders in Nigeria’s legal education sector have begun concrete steps toward integrating anti-corruption studies into the country’s law curriculum, with plans to submit a draft framework for validation by key regulatory bodies before its eventual adoption. This was disclosed by…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (476+ words) The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has addressed flooding concerns surrounding the ongoing Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, insisting that it mitigates rather than worsens ocean surges. The Minister made the clarification during a press briefing on Thursday at the Ministry…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1050+ words) Shettima, Kwankwaso, Amaechi: Who Becomes Nigeria’s Next VP in 2027? The choice of a running mate in a presidential contest is rarely ceremonial, especially in the Nigerian context. More often than not, it is a strategic calculation designed to balance geography,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (518+ words) Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the call while declaring open the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Conference on Prisoner Classification and the Use of Technology in Prison Settings in Africa. “The approach to correctional…...