Dangote vs NUPENG: Union insists on strike, meets FG, others today
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers on Sunday declared that it would still embark on strike beginning from today (Monday), despite the intervention of the Federal Government…
Spotlight: Tinubu’s 2027 Re-election at Crossroads in Seven Battleground States
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Nigeria’s consummate political tactician, has strengthened the All-Progressives Congress (APC) across much of the federation. The party now commands two-thirds of state assemblies and holds majorities…
Mixed metaphors: The EFCC’s burden
Days after his return from an official trip to Japan and Brazil, President Bola Tinubu last Thursday jetted out on “vacation” to France, his perpetual personal home. “The vacation will…
Firstbank Launches Firstmonie Merchant Solution
Lagos, 3 September 2025 – FirstBank, the leading financial institution and provider of financial inclusion services in West Africa, has officially launched its FirstMonie Merchant Solution. This innovative platform is…
Exclusive: Tinubu’s 2027 Headache – Seven States Hold His Political Survival
President Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s seasoned political strategist, appears to have sealed the nomination of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for 2027 yet his journey to re-election remains anything but…
Editorial: Nigeria’s Female Inmates on Death Row – A National Shame
In the darkness of Nigeria’s death-row cells, the nation’s conscience lies shackled. Here, 73 women – our mothers, daughters, sisters, wives – await the hangman’s noose, while society wraps itself…
UK to foreign students: ‘If you overstay your visa, we’ll deport you’
Tens of thousands of foreign students are being contacted directly by the UK government and warned they will be removed if they overstay their visas. The Home Office said the…
NAF Don’t Support Payment Of Money To Criminal Groups — Defence HQ
The Chief of Defence Operations, Major General Emeka Onumajuru, has said that the Nigerian Armed Forces do not support financial payment to bandits terrorising different states across the country. Onumajuru…
AfDB And Adesina, The Optimist-in-Chief – By Reuben Abati
On Sunday, August 31, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, Nigeria’s former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (2011 – 2015), completed his maximum ten-year tenure (five years each per election) as President…
‘Justice Is Served’, FG Hails Finnish Court For Jailing Simon Ekpa
The Federal Government has welcomed the judgment of the Päijät-Häme District Court in Finland, which on Monday sentenced Simon Ekpa, a self-styled pro-Biafra agitator, to six years’ imprisonment for terrorism…