Three Nigerian nationals denied entry at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport have been cleared and returned to Lagos following diplomatic intervention, authorities in both countries confirmed today. The incident occurred yesterday when one of the travellers, a media personality identified as Yemi (@YemiFirstson or Just_Yemi), posted ...
•Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen Denmark’s political parties began the thorny process of forming a government today, with the centrist Moderates as kingmaker after the prime minister’s Social Democrats scraped through a general election without a majority. Danes were braced for a weeks-long process as Prime Minister Mette Frederikse...
•Wike, Umahi, Atiku and Obasanjo As the 2027 elections draw nearer, a familiar pattern is re-emerging. Children of the powerful are beginning to walk in their parents’ paths and signal interest in contesting political positions. Whether through party activities, appointments, or quiet positioning ahead of future contests, these moves have reig...
Conflicting reports have emerged over the true death toll from last week’s catastrophic flood in Mokwa, Niger State, raising concerns that government figures may significantly understate the scale of the disaster. Official figures released by the Niger State Emergency Management Agency and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) report...
Akwa Ibom State governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has appreciated members of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, (PFN), for their contributions to his administration and support for good governance through unceasing prayers and advocacy for morality, probity and social welfare. The governor made the remark while addressing participants at the PFN&#...
•Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State A coalition of Tiv community leaders in Nasarawa State has protested what it alleged as a “systematic land grab and ethnic cleansing campaign” disguised as agricultural development initiative in Nasarawa State. Addressing a press conference in Abuja, Jerry Aondo (SAN), claimed that the state governmen...
•Tinubu As I write this, the hunger crisis in Nigeria has continued to escalate, and it’s deeply concerning that people who choose to voice out about it are allegedly being targeted and silenced. An example is the recent controversy surrounding Ushie Uguamaye, a Lagos-based NYSC member. Uguamaye’s viral TikTok video aimed at criticising Presid...
•Prof Niniola Akinwande Professor Niniola Ife Oluwa Akinwande of the Department of Mathematics Federal University of Technology, Minna, is a Fellow of the Nigerian Mathematical Society. The father of three children speaks in this interview on the advocacy he has engaged by organising international conferences to propose mathematical modelling ...
•Prof Adenike Grange Being Welcome Address by Prof Adenike Grange, at the NUC Day Webinar by Nigeria Universal Healthcare Advocacy Network (NUHCAN) held on December 17, 2024 All our dignitaries and distinguished guests, colleagues and friends! You are respectfully recognized and warmly welcomed to this Webinar. Please, forgive me if individual...
•President of the CNSP (National Committee for the Salvation of the People) Assimi Goita (C) Mali’s junta chief yesterday sacked civilian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga and the government, days after Maiga issued a rare criticism of the military rulers. “The duties of the prime minister and the members of the government are terminated,”...

