Why Moghalu’s Exit from ASG Matters for Africa
By Farooq A. Kperogi When former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) deputy governor Professor Kingsley Moghalu was appointed last year as the inaugural President and Vice Chancellor of the Kigali-based…
Month: September 2025
How Sujimoto CEO, Ogundele, defrauded Enugu gov’t of N5.7bn – official
ENUGU VS SUJIMOTO Enugu State Government has accused the CEO of Sujimoto Luxury Construction Limited, Olasijibomi Ogundele, of defrauding the state of nearly N6bn, noting that Ogundele vanished into thin…
Simon Ekpa’s loyalists to appeal six-year jail sentence
Isaac Samuel Loyalists of Finland-based pro-Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, under the auspices of Biafra Republic Government in Exile (BRGIE) has vowed to appeal the six-year jail sentence handed to Ekpa,…
Pregnant Woman’s Death: Akwa Ibom Assembly demands disciplinary action against on-duty medical personnel
Comfort Isaac Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly committee on health has called on the Ministry of Health and the Hospitals Management Board, to take immediate disciplinary action against medical…
Nigeria: Any Hope in Renewed Hope Economic Blueprint?
By Marcel Okeke Well over two years into its four-year tenure, the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) seems to be making moves to take the critical…
NCAA DG decries rise in aviation fraud, seeks EFCC’s intervention
Comfort Isaac The Director General, DG, of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Captain Chris Najomo has raised the alarm over the rising cases of fraudulent activities in the aviation…
We’ll not run Ibom Hotels at a loss again – Gov. Umo Eno
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has said hospitality facilities belonging to the state government would no longer be run at a loss, under his administration. Governor Eno gave…
PDP governors, Wike loyalists in showdown ahead of Nov. convention
Isaac Samuel Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have drawn a battle line with loyalists of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom…
CVR: INEC registers 2.5m in two weeks
Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission has disclosed that 2,532,062 Nigerians have pre-registered online in the first two weeks of the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise. According to…
Medical negligence and poor work attitude in public service
By ETIM ETIM The death of a pregnant woman at Ikot Ekpene General Hospital due to the absence of a doctor has once again proven that without a team of…
No mistake choosing you as VP, Tinubu tells Shettima at 59
Isaac Samuel President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has extolled Vice President Kashim Shettima on his 59th birthday, saying his choice of him as deputy was deliberate and has proven right. Tinubu…
Daunting challenges await new UniUyo VC
Comfort Isaac It was a chilly Wednesday evening early August at the University of Uyo Main Campus. As the rains attempted to give way for students and lecturers to go…
AfDB And Adesina, The Optimist-in-Chief
By Reuben Abati On Sunday, August 31, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, Nigeria’s former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (2011 – 2015), completed his maximum ten-year tenure (five years each per…
2027: I won’t contest against Tinubu
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has declared that that he will not be contesting in the 2027 presidential election. The former Governor of Rivers State also…
Ribadu: Federal Government not paying bandits
Press Statement Ribadu: Federal government not paying bandits The attention of the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has been drawn to comments made by the former Governor of…
El-Rufai alleges FG paying bandits to halt killings
Isaac Samuel Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has accused the Federal Government of making payments to bandits in a bid to stop them from killing Nigerians. The former governor…