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When former FIFA President, Joseph S. Blatter, launched the FIFA Goal Project in 1999, the initiative was envisioned as a catalyst for global football development; one that would help countries build modern training grounds, nurture grassroots talents and strengthen the structures of football administration. For many nations, the project has been nothing short of transformative. […]

President Bola Tinubu is over the moon right now, for whatever it is worth. Last week was horrible for his administration and the man-in-charge image he is trying desperately to project. In less than seven days, terrorists deflated his elephantine ego by ambushing, penultimate Friday, a military team led by Musa Uba, a Brigadier General and […]

Too often, one hears that it is not Nigeria that needs restructuring, but the minds of Nigerians and their leaders. Those who hold that view try to shift the emphasis away from structure to culture. They are wrong! Of course, culture matters, and leadership matters too. But empirical studies around the world show that it is […]

By Elizabeth Adegbesan with agency report Revenue generated through Value Added Tax (VAT) rose by 37.7 percent year-on-year to N4.12 trillion in the first half of 2025 (H1’25), up from N2.99 trillion in H1’24, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The figure, contained in the Q2’25 VAT report released in Abuja, also showed […]Read More

By Henry Obetta As the 16 Days of Activism campaign against Gender-Based Violence began, Inner Wheel District 911, Nigeria on Wednesday urged teenagers to speak up when they experience violence, sexual abuse, or any form of discrimination.The organisation made the call at the opening of its 16 Days of Activism campaign against Gender-Based Violence, which […]

By Henry Ojelu The decade-long trial of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu finally reached a dramatic climax last week when the Federal High Court, Abuja, convicted and sentenced him to life imprisonment on terrorism charges—closing one of the most contentious criminal proceedings in Nigeria’s recent history. For 10 years, the […]

President Bola Tinubu’s spokesmen have been oddly quiet over two very grave accusations which portrayed their principal possibly as a part of our security problems.  When 25 students of Government Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga in Kebbi State were abducted about ten days ago, the state’s Governor, Mohammed Idris, made a shocking disclosure. He said his […]

Reality can be as cruel as the worst nightmare, leaving foreboding overhang that haunts you for an indeterminate period. One would always wish at this time to go back to sleep and wake up to a new world, the real truth. Reality. But it has been written in the sands as an incurable memorial in the […]

As I write this at exactly mid-day on Monday, it’s been hours since the abducted worshippers of the CAC Church in Eruku town of Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State were released by their Fulani captors. At this point, it is futile for anyone to continue to deny the evidence before us about the identity […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday, October 9, 2025, granted clemency to 175 convicts in the exercise of his discretionary power of Prerogative of Mercy, as contained in Section 175 (1) and (2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended). The decision was aimed at correcting what he saw as […]

By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja The newly appointed Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Hon. Musa Sarkin Adar, on Tuesday resumed duties at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja, pledging to pursue a comprehensive amendment of the NEITI Act 2007 to strengthen the organisation’s powers and effectiveness. In his maiden address to management […]

… As SORA Tech targets mosquito breeding sites By Chioma Obinna As malaria-carrying mosquitoes change their behaviour and weaken traditional prevention tools, Japanese health-tech startup SORA Technology said it is set to launch drone-guided malaria control in Nigeria, following years of work across West and East Africa. In a virtual interview with Vanguard, SORA’s Chief […]