Tom Iseghohi, economic and transformation expert is one of the people running to succeed Governor Godwin Obaseki at the election scheduled for September this year. You may not have heard his name in any of the political parties prior to…
The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, Wednesday, February 14, lamented the increasing poverty and insecurity in the Northern Region of Nigeria. He warned that traditional and political leaders must urgently find solutions to the twin…
The National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is worried about the worsening insecurity in the country. So, the Senate summoned security managers, including the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and the Chief of Defense…
The UN Women Nigeria’s campaign against gender-based violence, GBV, was further intensified on Monday, December 4, 2023, at the 2023 Media Partners Conference at the UN House, Abuja, to increase media action for women’s empowerment and…
Oil theft in Nigeria can be stopped if the government, security operatives, oil companies and the host communities play their roles sincerely. Artisanal Refining Oil theft is evolving and developing a lucrative value chain. Artisanal…
On Thursday, December 7, all roads will lead to Airport Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos State as Lagos State council of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, under the leadership of Adeleye Ajayi holds its 2nd edition of the Nigeria Union of Journalists’…
A Game of the Jackals Government after government, Nigeria has unsuccessfully made repeated efforts to fight and rein in illegal oil theft. Yet the illicit business continues to blossom. Our findings show that this is the case because of…
(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 4 December 2023) “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been…
How Oil Theft Began in Nigeria From just a whisper at the beginning in 1975, oil theft has ballooned to a mega organised crime in Nigeria, involving various stakeholders and grossing about 1.5 million barrels daily with no hope of an end…
“There is no way you will talk about him without reference to his deep love for God, his immeasurable humility, simplicity and meekness.” – Biodun Ladokun On November 30, 2023, he would be 72 years. Family, friends and well-wishers would…
A defiant Phillip Shaibu, the embattled deputy governor of Edo State, has finally thrown his hat into the ring to succeed his boss, Governor Godwin Obaseki as he declared his governorship ambition on Monday in Benin City, the state capital…
The euphoria and aroma welcoming people to Ogbomosho Recreation Club is second to none. It is not just like a party. For one week, it was a non-stop carnival. Students, old and young people flooded the venue of the exercise, not just to…
By the time he walks out of the kitchen this Friday, Temitope Adebayo, aka Tope Maggie, the Ogbomoso-born chef would have set a new Guiness World Record in marathon cooking. He had beaten the record of Alan Fisher, the Irish chef who with…
Clement Nwankwo, Constitutional lawyer, Executive Director, Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre, and Convener of the Civil Society Situation Room, Monday night on Arise Television programme, Prime Time, raised the alarm that Nigeria’s…
President Weah deserves credit for not intimidating opponents – Onor In what is unarguably a vote of no confidence on the Nigerian judiciary, a former Diplomat, Ambassador Joe Keshi, has dismissed the nation’s courts as “courts of favours”…
(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 13 November 2023) Everyone has a history; how you act and tell your story defines you. Ace comedian and celebrity, Helen Paul, trended wildly last week. Men and women with very difficult…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has retained the governorship seat in Bayelsa State, after failing to upstage APC in Imo and Kogi States. Incumbent governor, Douye Diri, was formally declared winner of the keenly contested election…
According to reports, gunmen posing as kidnappers broke into the Gandu village area of the Federal University of Lafia in the Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, where they shot and abducted a 300-level sociology department…
Eleven students of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Sound State are currently standing trial over charges of cyber fraud. The students were arraigned by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,…
Osa Director, a lawyer, has sued the Lagos State Transport Management Agency, LASTMA for damages, claiming a sum of ₦100 million. He is also demanding that his properties, which include a sum of $1,700 (One Thousand And Seven Hundred…
Attempts by candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and that of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ibrahim Obanikoro, and Bankole Wellington, popularly known as Banky W, respectively, to unseat Labour Party’s Thaddeus Attah as…
There are now sections of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State closed by the Federal Government. This implies that for the next two weeks, drivers won’t be able to use the ramps that go to Adekunle and Ebute Meta. On Monday, around 9am…
Another attack by Boko Haram in one of the towns in Borno state has left families and the authorities mourning. The attack, which was carried out last Sunday November 5, left no less than 11 farmers dead. In fact, there are claims, though…
(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 6 November 2023) “We sit here stranded, though we’re all doin’ our best to deny it.” I do not know under what condition Bob Dylan wrote that song line. All I know is that it serves my purpose…
Former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party Presidential candidate in last election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, unraveled on Monday at a press conference in Abuja where he finally found his voice after more than 96 hours to respond to…
…state of emergency looming The seeming peace in the political family of former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has been shattered and is erupting into a crisis that could lead to a state of emergency. Within a few hours, two factions…
Being text of a World Press Conference on the Presidential Election Petition Judgement by Atiku Abubakar, GCON, Waziri Adamawa, former Vice President of Nigeria (1999-2007) and Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the…
…. “Opposition Fought a Good Fight”- Buhari The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Thursday, October 26, affirmed the victory of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the February 25, 2023, Presidential elections…