African leaders and elder statesmen have warned about the impending collapse of democracy in the continent if urgent and strategic actions are not taken by all stakeholders. The leaders, including incumbent and former presidents, made the stark observation during the Read more…
Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has called on Nigeria to prioritise investment in education and the welfare of teachers as the nation seeks solutions to poverty, inequality, and unemployment. Obi made the call in solidarity with the “Let There Read more…
By Wole Olaoye Nature had gifted the coconut with water from birth; woe betide the mocker who thinks it was on account of the rain. Just like the coconut, Lagos, Nigeria’s bustling city of some 20 million souls, has always Read more…
In a videomessage for this year’s ALS ‘Walk for Life’, Pope Leo says that “the quality of human life is not dependent on achievement”, but “on love”. Pope Leo XIV has addressed participants in this year’s ALS ‘Walk for Life’, Read more…
The US president has been quite “emotional” about the status of Ukraine talks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said The “emotional” attitude of US President Donald Trump to the Ukraine peace process is “completely understandable,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. The US leader Read more…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rescheduled the proposed 2025 repeat Ward, Local Government and State Congress in Anambra and Ebonyi States. The party disclosed this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Read more…
•It’s disservice to Nigeria to be talking about 2027 election now The Chairman of Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna State, Rev. Joseph Hayab has asserted that killings, kidnapping and other crimes would persist in Nigeria until government makes a conscious Read more…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Prof. Awa U. Kalu, has formally written to the Inspector General of Police, IGP, distancing himself from allegations of forgery and impersonation against an Abuja-based lawyer, Victor Giwa. However, despite the letter, the police Read more…
The National leader of the All Progressives Congress (NNPP) Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has expressed willingness to return to the APC, but on the conditions that his political movement would be clearly recognised and the benefits for his movement would be Read more…
Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has called on the state to embrace the lifting of the state of emergency and the return of democratic governance in the state, as a moment of fresh beginning. Why I Didn’t Challenge Emergency Read more…
By now, discerning citizens should have got accustomed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s style of administration. Rightly or wrongly, his leadership approach has been likened to that of Lee Kuan Yew, the former Prime Minister of Singapore, regarding vision and Read more…
Whipped from the American ambassador’s residence in Regent’s Park, Donald Trump was flown to the greatest lock-in of all time at Windsor Castle – the palace, not the pub. Kept away from a British population that largely reviles the 47th president of the United States and leader Read more…