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The shameful and disgraceful treatment of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan during Thursday’s plenary session stands as a searing indictment of the toxic culture of bullying and gender discrimination that festers within Nigeria’s political institutions. Senate President Godswill Akpabio’s crude dismissal and rough handling of a female colleague’s rightful protest was not merely a breach of parliamentary […]

In a move that has raised eyebrows and sparked controversy, French President Emmanuel Macron is reportedly exerting significant pressure on President Bola Tinubu to expedite the construction permit for an oil refinery project in the Niger Delta, owned by Abdul Samad Rabiu, the Nigerian billionaire and head of the BUA Group. The contract, awarded to […]

For decades, oil theft and pipeline vandalism have plagued Nigeria’s petroleum industry, siphoning billions of dollars from government coffers, crippling production, and causing environmental devastation in the Niger Delta. However, under the resolute and exemplary leadership of Mr. Gbenga Komolafe, chief executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), the country has recorded its […]

There are some people who should not die, because of their goodness, their humanism, the great impact that they make within the community, family and sometimes, the nation at large. The death of good men or women diminishes us, a part of us leaves with them, but what endures ultimately is the lesson of their […]

The African Union (AU) has endorsed Nigeria as the Digital Trade Champion for the continent under the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA) Digital Trade protocol, following the impressive record of the Federal Government in promoting digital enterprise and innovation.   The 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government, which […]

This image released by the Department of Defense shows US Northern Command, US Transportation Command supporting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation flights by via military airlift, at Fort Bliss, Texas, February 7, 2025.(Photo by Spc. Le’Kalveon Pipkins / US Department of Defense / AFP.   Authorities in the United States (US) have listed 201 […]

The Chief of Defence Standards and Evaluations at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) Major General Adekunle Ariyibi says foreign collaborators are funding Boko Haram and other terrorists.    Ariyibi made the comment on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief saying Boko Haram and the Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP)’s foreign backing is one of the […]

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has called for a more liberal visa regime for Nigerian companies seeking to establish factories and businesses in foreign countries.   The Minister made the call in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Sunday when he represented President Bola Tinubu at a meeting with the executive members of […]

  The authorities of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, (NAU), have expelled a student, Goddy-Mbakwe Chimamaka Precious, for assaulting a lecturer from the Department of Theatre and Film Studies.   This was announced in a statement on Friday by the Acting Registrar, Victor Modebelu. Modebelu said the Acting Vice-Chancellor had received the report from the Student […]

The recent barrage of attacks and acerbic criticisms directed the way of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu by a section of northern elites is quite befuddling. Having ruled Nigeria and been in charge of her economy and other critical sectors for a majority of the part of her existence, one would have thought that these northern […]

It is a national disgrace that Nigeria ranks among the nations with the highest road traffic accident rates globally. According to the Nigerian Red Cross Society, 200,000 Nigerians die annually in road crashes—accounting for 10% of the global total of two million road traffic fatalities. Even more damning, experts estimate that these grim statistics may […]