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Full Text of President Bola Tinubu’s New Year Message 2025

By Sodiq Olaitan Fellow Nigerians, As we enter 2025, I wish everyone a happy and prosperous New Year. May you be rich in joy, success, and good health.The dawn of a new year brings many hopes, aspirations, and prospects for better days. By the grace of God, 2025 will be a year of great promise […]

PROFESSOR AISHA SANI MAIKUDI APPOINTED SEVENTH SUBSTANTIVE VICE-CHANCELLOR

The Governing Council of the University of Abuja, under the chairmanship of Air Vice-Marshal Saddiq Ismaila Kaita (Rtd), has approved the appointment of Professor Aisha Sani Maikudi as the 7th Substantive vice-chancellor of the University. The appointment was announced during the 77th Extraordinary Meeting of Council on Tuesday 31st December 2024. The appointment takes effect […]

I want to be a Vice Chancellor

By Professor Abdelghaffar Amoka All is not well with our universities, but everyone, including myself, wants to be a Vice-Chancellor. The VC of a broken system. The funding crisis is getting deeper, and there is no sight that it will get better, but we are fighting to head the underfunded universities with traumatized workers. The […]

Warri Refinery Back in Operation – NNPCL Boss

By Damilola Adeleke The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has announced that the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company (WRPC), with a capacity of 125,000 barrels per day, is now operational. NNPCL’s Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari, disclosed this during a tour of the Delta State facility on Monday. While noting that the project […]

Aisha Buhari Adds Glamour to 2024 Calabar Carnival

By Damilola Adeleke Former First Lady, Aisha Buhari, brought elegance and sophistication to the 2024 Calabar Carnival Street Party on Saturday.Mrs. Buhari, renowned for her impeccable fashion sense, graced the event in a striking pink outfit that showcased her refined style. Seated in the VIP section alongside other dignitaries, she enjoyed the colorful display of […]

FG’s Borrowings Push Money Supply to N108.96 Trillion

By Damilola Adeleke The Federal Government’s borrowing spree has significantly increased Nigeria’s Broad Money Supply (M2) by 51% year-on-year, rising to N108.96 trillion in November 2024 from N72.03 trillion in the same period of 2023.M2, which covers cash, demand deposits, savings deposits, money market deposits, and time deposits, grew mainly due to increased government borrowing […]

Ex-Queen Naomi and beheaded skulls in mògún shrine

By Festus Adedayo In my piece of last week, I made a tangential reference to the place of African magic in modern matters. It was in the discussion of the calamity that befell Nigeria a few days to Christmas. Ibadan, the capital city of the Yoruba, had taken a sizeable chunk of the tragedy. Thirty […]

Pastor Adeboye, owners of Nigeria and 2025

By Lasisi Olagunju If the elites of the North will not ‘give’ President Bola Tinubu a second term, who told them that the South will give power back to them in 2027? Leper losing his needle presents peculiar problems. It is not two years since power changed hands in Nigeria but the jungle is already […]

Hunger, Stampedes and Death

By Olusegun AdeniyiI commiserate with the families who lost loved ones to the stampedes of recent days in Ibadan, Oyo State, Okija, Anambra State and Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT). There can be no greater tragedy than for anybody to die while looking for something to eat, especially during a festive season like this. So, […]

Ekiti Knowledge Zone: How It Started

Former Commissioner and Governorship Candidate in Ekiti State, Southwest Nigeria, speaks about when and how Ekiti Knowledge Zone was conceptualised.