Commonwealth Games: Nigeria’s Enekwechi wins gold in Shot Put
Chukwuebuka Enekwechi has shocked the field to claim gold medal in the male Shot Put event at the ongoing 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The bulky athlete got his weight…
Commonwealth Games: Amusan suffers shock defeat, settles for Bronze
Nigeria’s dependable sprinter Tobi Amusan has surrendered her 100m Hurdles commonwealth Games crown following a third place finish at Glasgow 2026. The Ogun State indigene finished behind her major rival…
Gov Lawal, China’s energy giant meet to accelerate Zamfara economy
Governor Dauda Lawal has met with the leadership of a Chinese energy giant, GCL Group, regarding a solar power deal that would transform Zamfara State’s socio-economic potential. The meeting focused…
PHOTOS: Flood takes over homes, major roads in Ondo
A torrential rainfall that swept across several parts of Ondo State on Wednesday submerged a section of the Lagos–Ore–Benin Expressway in Odigbo Local Government Area, displaced residents, and destroyed properties…
Prosperity gospel driving youths from faith, priest warns
A Catholic priest, Fr Paulinus Odozor, has warned that the growing emphasis on prosperity preaching is driving many young people away from the Christian faith by presenting a distorted understanding…
Police extortion and need for reform
Last week, the Federal Capital Territory Police (FCT) Command announced the arrest of four police officers for allegedly extorting N53, 000 from the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and…
Time for North to own up and correct its ills
As a northerner, I sometimes feel piqued when I read articles and statements from writers and personalities from the southern part of the country on the many faceted challenges facing…
How Nigeria can benefit from the IMF’s institutional evolution
When a policy dissonance emerged in 2005 between my office as Economic Adviser to the President and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during its Article IV Consultation, it took President…
Bandits kill 11 in fresh Sokoto attacks
No fewer than 11 people have been killed in separate bandit attacks on communities in Rabah and Sabon Birni local government areas of Sokoto State. The latest attack occurred on…
The politics of exhaustion/republic of endurance
A generation ago, many of the realities that define ordinary Nigerian life today would have been treated as evidence of a national emergency. Prolonged blackouts would have provoked outrage. The…