ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesUbong King Foundation unveils youth empowerment plan, skill development programme By Emmanuel Ntekim The Ubong King Foundation, a non-profit organisation committed to youth development across Africa, has announced preparations for its 2026 Thinkation event, themed “Reinvent the Future!”, scheduled to hold in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The event, tagged “The Home Coming,” marks…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares Senate confirms Musa as defence minister Barely 24 hours after receiving the letter of his nomination as defence minister from President Bola Tinubu, the Nigerian Senate yesterday confirmed the immediate-past Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Christopher Musa (retd), as defence minister, a development that was only to be expected. The Senate subjected…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Concourse Our self-sabotage and the foreboding future By Soney Antai, a serial awards-winning columnist Whatever folks allow or relish in over a long time oftentimes become a culture that may define them and shape their future. At that point of ritualised usage, the utility of activities, practices, and observances may not count, but…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares ADC slams FG for allegedly aiding banditry by paying abductors African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the Nigerian federal government of encouraging banditry by striking deals with its perpetrators, rather than bringing them before the law. The party’s spokesman, Bolaji Abdullahi, speaking on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme, Wednesday, alleged that the federal…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesCoup in Guinea-Bissau: Election monitoring African leaders stranded Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan Jonathan is among African leaders currently trapped in Guinea-Bissau following yesterday’s coup d’état in that country. He is one of the 36 high-profile observers on the joint mission of the African Union (AU), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS),…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares2025 oil bid round: new vista for energy transformation, investor confidence By Akpandem James Nigeria appears set for another decisive round of oil field development, coming just a year after a successful bid cycle that delivered new oil wells and expanded the nation’s crude oil production capacity. Signalling a shift toward structured and predictable…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesI will stop terrorism in the North – Tinubu In what sounded like a tough death notice to terrorists running riot over the northern region of the country, President Bola Tinubu has pledged his government’s determination to stop the concerning situation. He vowed that no part of the country would be allowed “to bleed…
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ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesNigeria’s insecurity has never been this bad – Afenifere rues The pan-Yoruba organisation, Afenifere, has described the roiling insecurity crisis in the country as the worst since independence in 1960. The group’s leader, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, said this through Otunba Kole Omololu, the group’s National Organising Secretary, at the 25th anniversary of the Arewa…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesInsecurity escalation: Katsina shuts public schools As insecurity spreads across the country, particularly in the North, the Katsina State Government has, as preemptive measure, shut down all public schools. The State’s Commissioner of Basic and Secondary Education, Yusuf Sulaiman Jibia, disclosed this to journalists yesterday in Katsina. He explained that the measure became necessary…
