Thursday, 29 October, 2026

Category: Policy


President Bola Tinubu said yesterday that his administration is rewriting Nigeria’s decades-long story of economic under-performance through far-reaching reforms designed to dismantle structural barriers, unlock the nation’s enormous potential and deliver jobs, productivity and shared prosperity. He also said the Read more…


The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has warned judges against conflicting judicial decisions, forum shopping and the abuse of ex parte orders in politically sensitive cases, insisting that electoral disputes must be determined strictly in accordance with the Constitution Read more…


The development came after the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), on Sunday, said that the number of contacts linked to the index case of Ebola recorded in October 2026 had risen to 53. Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Anambra State Commissioner for Information and Value Reformation, Law Mefor, PhD, has declared that the presidential ambition of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Mr Peter Obi, is not an Igbo project. Mefor said questions about Read more…


The number of people being monitored following Nigeria’s first confirmed Ebola case in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has risen from 44 to 53, as the Federal Government intensifies contact tracing, strengthens hospital preparedness and introduces emergency financial support for Read more…


The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has appointed its National Leader, Senator Henry Seriake Dickson, as chairman of its National Campaign Council ahead of the 2027 general elections, with its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, named as co-chairman. The party announced the Read more…


Professor Pat Utomi has criticised the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the distribution of luxury sport utility vehicles (SUVs) to selected youth leaders, contrasting the expenditure with what he described as poor salaries paid to Nigerian soldiers. In a post Read more…


… Civil Rights groups condemn police action By Chukwudi Ebele The crisis rocking Ozomagana Building materials market, Onitsha, Anambra State, has deepened following the alleged arrest of the market chairman, Obiora Okoro, at the market for the seventh time by Read more…


 Elon Musk said on Saturday that his company SpaceX had throttled the Starlink satellite internet service in Ukraine, disrupting operations that the country relies on to defend itself against Russia. Musk’s admission on social media came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Read more…


Former presidential aide, Laolu Akande, has attributed President Bola Tinubu’s decision to bring Hakeem Muri-Okunola into the Presidency to what he described as the failure of Chief of Staff Femi Gbajabiamila to perform his duties effectively. Akande said the president’s Read more…


Pope Leo XIV has authorised decrees recognising the heroic virtues of two missionary bishops, Friedrich Kaiser Depel and Oreste Marengo; Margarita Bavosi, a consecrated laywoman of the Focolare Movement; diocesan priests Domenico Pogliani and Alessandro Vitetti; and Capuchin friar Daniele Read more…


THE GATHERING STORM OVER ALA-IGBO: THE NYSC KIDNAP MYSTERY, FULANI TERROR SUSPECTS AND THE DANGERS LURKING IN OUR FORESTS I do not intend to dabble in the raging controversy surrounding the circumstances of the rescue of the abducted NYSC corps Read more…