FLOWING WITH TINUBU'S 2024 NEW YEAR ADDRESS

By Bola Bolawole

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu must by now have addressed the nation on four solid occasions. The first was his inauguration address on May 29, 2023, which is best described as the “subsidy is gone” address. Democracy Day (June 12), Independence anniversary (October 1st) and now his New Year address were some of the other important occasions on which the President has addressed his “fellow compatriots” The opening paragraph of the President’s last address, what we journalists call the “intro” or introduction, almost put me off. Any professional journalist or speechwriter knows the importance of an “intro”. It makes or mars any speech.

Football: KONTAGORA MEMORIAL STADIUM TO HOST NIGER TORNADOES FC MATCHES NEXT SEASON

By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)

Chairman, Niger Tornadoes Management Commiittee, Engineer Ibrahim Dada has assured supporters and fans of the darling team that the Bako Kontagora memorial stadium, Minna will host the club's home matches as from next football season.

For Forgery, Party Malpractices: COURT SACKS LABOUR PARTY'S CHAIRMAN, SECRETARY, OTHERS

A Federal Capital Territory High Court has issued an order restraining the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Mr Julius Abure; National Secretary, Farouk Ibrahim and two others from parading themselves as national officers of the party.

FOR PMB, IT’S NIGERIA AND NOTHING ELSE

By Femi Adesina

In some other lands and climes, elections are held on weekdays, in which people cast their votes, and proceed to the office, or other places of endeavor.

FOR TUNDE DAVID MARK, IT'S DEATH SO CRUEL!

By Paul Mumeh

“... The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes” (Shakespeare Julius Caesar 1599). Tunde Jonathan Owoicho Mark’s death fits into the latter.

Arguably, the death of Tunde Mark, son of the 12th President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator David Bonaventure Mark, last week Friday, was akin to more than a thousand that fell down in a pogrom.

FORTNITE WAS BANNED FROM THE APP STORE BY APPLE AND HERE'S WHY:

By Chinua Okafor

It’s been just over a week since Fortnite developer Epic Games and Apple started an extraordinary legal fight concerning its App Store guidelines, following with a lawsuit exposing how and why the companies move toward into conflict.

FOUR STUDENTS OF FEDERAL VARSITY KIDNAPPED IN LAFIA

By David Odama

Unknown gunmen, on Thursday night, kidnapped four students of the Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa State.

FRANCA AFEGBUA, NIGERIA'S FIRST FEMALE SENATOR IN THE SECOND REPUBLIC, PASSES AT 81

Franca Afegbua, the first elected female Senator in Nigeria, has died at the age of 81.

Fraud: MAN BAGS SIX MONTHS IN MAIDUGURI

By Abubakar Goni (Maiduguri Correspondent)

Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, on Wednesday, committed one Bashir Ali to six months in prison for fraud.

From Decay To Direction: THE FUTURE OF UNN IS BEING REWRITTEN

By Jude Ogechi Eze

Once celebrated as Nigeria’s premier indigenous university, UNN had, over the years, become weighed down by deteriorating infrastructure, administrative inertia, weakened governance systems, and strained relations with its host communities, despite the efforts of over past fifteen Vice Chancellors. This was the reality which Professor Simon Uchenna Ortuanya inherited when he assumed office on August 11, 2025, as the 16th Vice Chancellor of his Alma mater.

FROM EKWUEME TO PESEIRO

By Emeka Obasi

Ejike Ekwueme abandoned active soccer to pursue a career in Law. He played the game to the highest level in the Nigerian league before relocating to the United Kingdom. I put him to task recently on what the Eagles manager must do to excel.

From Malta To Marriott: IPv6 COUNCIL NIGERIA INAUGURATION SOLIDIFIES 16-YEAR PATH TO DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY

By Charlotte Gemade (ICT/Info-Tech Reporter)

The formal inauguration of the IPv6 Council Nigeria by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) at the Marriott Hotel, Ikeja GRA, today, Thursday, April 23, 2026, marks the historic fulfillment of a 16-year advocacy journey.

Frontier Basins: BUHARI SUCCEEDS WHERE OTHERS FEARED TO EXPLORE......BMO

By Chinwendu Agoha (Governance Reporter)

History will remember President Muhammadu Buhari as one leader who dared to invest successfully in Frontier Basins exploration especially with the ongoing drilling of oil in Nasarawa State and Kolmani area bordering Bauchi and Gombe States.

FUBARA RESTATES SUPPORT TO TINUBU, COMMISSIONS NDONI PHC

• * Takes Swipe At LG Chairmen
• As Former Gov Peter Odili Endorses Fubara As Rivers Olitical Leader

By Adango Isokarari (Rivers State Correspondent, in Port Harcourt)

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has restated his Administration's firm support to President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government people-oriented policies aimed at improving the well-being of the people and providing critical social services to Nigerians.

FUDMA TO AWARD POSTHUMOUS DOCTORATE DEGREE TO LATE PRESIDENT UMARU YAR'ADUA, GOODLUCK JONATHAN, OTHERS

By Abubakar Ibrahim (Katsina Times Reporter)

Federal University Dutsin-Ma (FUDMA) has concluded arrangement to hold its 7th and 8th combined convocation ceremony in November 2023 where three distinguished personalities including late former President, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and his former vice and successor, ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, shall be honoured with special Doctorate Degrees.

FULL GIST OF WHAT PETER OBI TOLD CNN IN AN INTERVIEW WITH ZANE ASHER

Zane Asher: Mr. Obi thank you so much for being with us. You’re certainly the most popular presidential candidate among young people in Nigeria, there’s so much momentum behind you. But here’s the problem. Nigerians are used to being disappointed by their leaders, and what do you think about some of the problems that are facing the country right now, they are systemic. I’m talking about the corruption, I’m talking about oil theft, I’m talking about insecurity, I’m talking about the fiscal hole that Nigeria is in right now. Can all of that really be solved by one person?

FUT MINNA LECTURERS, STUDENTS STAGE PROTEST AGAINST ALLEGED ENCROACHMENT INTO THE UNIVERSITY'S LAND BY NIGER STATE GOVT

By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)

Lecturers and students of the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, Monday morning staged peaceful protest against encroachments into the university's land by the Niger state government.

FUT MINNA VICE CHANCELLOR CHARGES MATRICULATED STUDENTS TO STRIVE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)

The Vice Chancellor Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, Professor Farouk Adamu Kuta has cautioned the newly matriculated fresh students from across Nigeria and other countries to face what brought them to the school by avoiding acts capable of disrupting their academic pursuits.

FUT PROFESSOR MAKES CASE FOR NATIONAL POLICY ON BIO-PROCESSING OF FOOD TO ENHANCE NUTRITION

By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)

An expert on Food Science and Technology, Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, Professor Chiemela Enyinnaya Chinma has made a case for a policy to guarantee the unlocking, adaptation and promotion of potentials of plant-based foods through bioprocessing in Nigeria for inherent benefits not only for nutrition but as a national economic earner.

GAMBIAN MINISTER APPLAUDS NIGERIA'S STRIDES IN TELECOM REGULATION

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The Gambian Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Ousman Bah, at the weekend in Abuja, said Nigeria’s giant strides in telecom regulation are the reason that the nation’s telecoms development has become a reference point.