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Reputation is one of the most misunderstood assets in public life. Leaders often treat it as something manufactured by communications teams: a slogan unveiled, a speech polished, a logo refreshed, a flattering interview secured. Yet reputation is not what an institution says about itself. It is what people conclude after watching how that institution behaves […]

Switzerland captain Granit Xhaka is facing an investigation by prosecutors in Lucerne over allegations that he obtained a fraudulent Covid-19 vaccination certificate in 2022. Swiss authorities confirmed that an investigation is ongoing to establish whether Xhaka committed a criminal offence by obtaining or using a certificate that was false or forged. Xhaka, 33, who was […]

Five of the largest U.S. television networks have suspended their shared coverage of President Donald Trump after the White House barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico from its grounds, escalating an already tense confrontation between the administration and the news media. ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox and NBC announced Monday that they would not participate in […]

The confrontation between the White House and major news organizations has reached a point that should concern Americans across the political spectrum. The issue is not whether journalists deserve immunity from criticism. They do not.The issue is whether government officials should be able to restrict press access because they disapprove of how those journalists report […]

Unless President Bola Tinubu changes his mind, he will address the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Thursday. If he does, Vice-President Shettima will deliver the national statement as he has done in the past two years. Both men will be coming off a tell-tale September with Nigeria on auto-pilot: Mr Tinubu, on […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has extended his working vacation by a few days and is expected to return to Nigeria at the weekend, the Presidency said on Monday. Tinubu departed Nigeria on August 30 for London, where he began the vacation before moving to Paris, France, after spending about a week in the United Kingdom. […]

The high- level meetings and debates of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) open today at the UN Headquarters in New York, United States, with about 300 heads of states and governments, Vice Presidents, Ministers, and at least a Crown Prince in attendance. This is the 81st UNGA, the UN having been established in June 1945. […]

Liquidity in Nigeria’s banking system fell sharply on Thursday following a fresh Open Market Operations (OMO) intervention by the Central Bank of Nigeria, with available cash declining by ₦3.86tn. Market data referenced by AIICO Capital Limited in an investor note showed that system liquidity dropped 65.53 per cent, from ₦5.89tn to ₦2.03tn. The decline followed […]Read More

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reduced its benchmark interest rate from 26.5 per cent to 23 per cent, marking a significant shift in its monetary policy direction. CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, announced the decision on Tuesday following the conclusion of the Monetary Policy Committee’s (MPC) 307th meeting in Abuja. According to Cardoso, the […]

The phenomenon of self-seeking morons angling for power for certain persons, ethnic groups or even regions is one scourge against, which Nigeria needs constant fumigation and the Nigerian people, repeated immunization. Nigeria neither needs nor deserves this tribe of opportunists, hence the IBB interview, and most notably his opposition to power rotation should be seen […]

After Deadly Rhode Island Stabbing. A night out turned deadly after a fight erupted outside a Providence lounge, leaving a University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth football player dead and another injured. Chukwunonso Uzoma Eze, 19, a Nigerian student at UMass Dartmouth, has been charged with murder in connection with the stabbing death of 18-year-old Marvins Antoine of […]

  President Donald Trump came before the United Nations this week with a message that has defined much of his second presidency: The United States is powerful, it intends to use that power, and it will not permit international institutions to place limits on American sovereignty. There was little ambiguity in the message. Trump celebrated […]