Ebonyi boundary killings: Nwifuru shuts schools, imposes curfew
GOVERNOR Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State, yesterday, announced the closure of all private and public schools in Amasiri, Afikpo Local Council, due to its role in the killings during a…
NGO condemns Makoko demolitions, alleges police repression of protesters
The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) has condemned the demolition of Makoko, Oworonshoki, Owode Onirin, Otumara and other low-income communities in Lagos, describing the exercise as unjust and…
Venezuela’s invasion: Time to diversify, end oil-dependent budgets
By GEB THE possibility of opening up the Venezuelan crude reserve, following the United States invasion of the commodity-rich country, has stirred anxiety and may deepen Nigeria’s revenue crisis. Already,…
Ondo community opposes Govt’s move to install rival monarch
Community leaders and residents of Irun-Akoko in Akoko North-West Local Council of Ondo State have rejected what they described as an attempt to forcibly install a rival monarch in the…
Falomo gave up at 87
Advertising icon and businessman, Chief Olu Falomo, is dead. The Ilesa, Osun State born Socialite died at the age of 87 years. He was one of the illustrious sons of…
Empty buildings and cost of abandonment to Nigeria’s development
By Aderonke Adegbite Idle buildings are more than architectural oddities; they are monuments to inefficiency, policy neglect, and wasted potential. When the Minister of Housing and Urban Development recently spoke…
Benue Killings: FG to arraign murder suspects Monday
The Federal Government has announced plans to arraign suspects arrested in connection with the recent killings in Yelwata, Benue State, on Monday. According to a press release issued on Sunday,…
Democracy without the people
By Alabi Williams DEMOCRACY as a concept used to be the most interesting to define in elementary studies. It sounded engaging and inclusive that one was not likely to forget…
America’s year of self-destruction
By Joschka Fischer U.S. President Donald Trump seems determined to reshape the North Atlantic region, and he is willing to destroy the transatlantic West in the process. Trump and his…
Nigeria and Türkiye: A new era of strategic partnership
By Kenan Toprak President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (left) and President of the Republic of Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, during Tinubu’s state visit to Ankara, Türkiye, yesterday. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu…