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Like a thunderbolt from outer space, the announcement by the People’s Democeratic Party’s National Executive Committee about its decision to zone its presidential candidacy to the southern part of Nigeria ahead of the 2027 presidential election has set the Nigerian political space alight with renewed conversations about the future of Continue Reading

Approval for the rehabilitation of Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Terminal One, at an estimated cost of N712 billion, symbolises the penchant of the federal government for awarding elitist contracts at a whopping cost but without a flinch on probity or public demand for one. The justification of the repairs Continue Reading

Land in Lagos is more than soil and buildings. It is the foundation of livelihoods, shelter, commerce, and cultural heritage. Yet, under Nigerian law, particularly the Land Use Act 1978 (as applicable in Lagos State), all land is vested in the governor to hold in trust for the people. One Continue Reading

Frank Caprio, the American judge and public servant, has passed to the great beyond. He was known as the “nicest judge in the world” for the compassion which he displayed in his courtroom. This earned him a celebrity status on social media where millions of people across the world subscribed Continue Reading

  Former Deputy Governor of Oyo state Engr. Rauf Aderemi Olaniyan has called on citizens of Oyo state to seize the opportunity provided by the ongoing continuous Voters Registration exercise to register for participation in future elections. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC have commenced online and physical voters registration Continue Reading

  Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State and 2027 gubernatorial aspirant, Barr. Akeem Agbaje, has joined voices to mark International Women’s Equality Day, calling for greater participation of women in leadership and governance across all levels. In a statement marking the day, the illustrious son of Continue Reading

Coming three years after their arrest, the commencement of prosecution of some suspected terrorists, who attacked the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, on June 5, 2022, and killed 40 worshippers, appears to have suffered a delay; but it nevertheless points to the intention of government to pursue Continue Reading

What are the odds that a dreadful maximum-security prison in Alcatraz and a notorious underground vault in Edinburgh would one day attract billions of dollars from tourists around the world? This remarkable transformation illustrates the saying: Only broken eggs make omelettes. The real question for Africa—and for us, educated, exposed Continue Reading

According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s latest report published on April 22, global defense spending surged to an unprecedented $2.443 trillion last year, representing a significant 6.8 per cent increase from the previous year, reflecting a world increasingly characterised by geopolitical tensions and security uncertainties. This surge, the Continue Reading

But for its assault in sensibilities of Nigerians, the assemblage of impenitent PDP governors with the likes of Osun’s Ademola Adeleke, the dancing governor and Bauchi’s Bala Mohammed of ‘Every West African Fulani is a Nigerian’ in Gusau, Zamfara, last week Saturday where the forum attributed PDP’s unimpressive outing during Continue Reading