GMT | --:--:--

Latest posts

WED 2026: Chevron Nigeria, Mid-Africa Region’s Commitment To Environmental Stewardship

By Olusoga Oduselu JUNE 5 is observed globally as World Environment Day (WED/, an occasion that highlights the importance of environmental awareness and responsible action. This year’s theme, “A Global Call for Climate Action,” reflects the importance of coordinated efforts to address climate-related challenges affecting people, communities and ecosystems. Climate-related impacts, including rising temperatures, flooding,…

Heritage Energy appoints Adebawo as General Manager

Is Oil Still Nigeria’s Backbone Or Its Addiction?

By Sola Adebawo THERE are two conversations Nigerians have about oil. The first is nostalgic. Oil financed highways, universities, airports and decades of public spending. It positioned Nigeria as a continental heavyweight and underwrote the national budget for generations. The second conversation is more uncomfortable. Oil distorted incentives, centralized power, weakened tax discipline and made…

Urgent Appeal To Tunji-Ojo As NIS Portal Fails To Acknowledge N52,000 Passport Payment For Minor

AN urgent appeal has been made to the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, over the Nigerian Immigration Service’s (NIS) failure to acknowledge a N52,000 payment for the 32-page international passport of a minor, Sharon DideOluwa Adurokiya. According to the complaint, the passport application fee was paid on 29 August 2025 via Paystack, with a…

Treason Cases Sweep Across Africa’s Opposition

By Sheriff Bojang Jr FROM Tanzania and Uganda to Zambia, South Sudan and Lesotho, some of Africa’s biggest political figures are up against the gravest of charges. Are states confronting real threats or reaching for treason laws against their opponents? Across the continent, treason is pulling opposition politics, disputed elections and struggles for power into the…

Death of Opposition Politics in Africa

By Richard Ikiebe MANY people outside East Africa may not have heard of Tundu Lissu, the Tanzanian opposition politician who is today in prison facing a treason charge that could carry the death penalty. Lissu is not an obscure political activist in his native Tanzania. He is the leader of CHADEMA, Tanzania’s principal opposition party, a…

Latest posts

All

WED 2026: Chevron Nigeria, Mid-Africa Region’s Commitment To Environmental Stewardship

By Olusoga Oduselu JUNE 5 is observed globally as World Environment Day (WED/, an occasion that highlights the importance of environmental awareness and responsible action. This year’s theme, “A Global Call for Climate Action,” reflects the importance of coordinated efforts to address climate-related challenges affecting people, communities and ecosystems. Climate-related impacts, including rising temperatures, flooding,...
Heritage Energy appoints Adebawo as General Manager

Is Oil Still Nigeria’s Backbone Or Its Addiction?

By Sola Adebawo THERE are two conversations Nigerians have about oil. The first is nostalgic. Oil financed highways, universities, airports and decades of public spending. It positioned Nigeria as a continental heavyweight and underwrote the national budget for generations. The second conversation is more uncomfortable. Oil distorted incentives, centralized power, weakened tax discipline and made...

Urgent Appeal To Tunji-Ojo As NIS Portal Fails To Acknowledge N52,000 Passport Payment For Minor

AN urgent appeal has been made to the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, over the Nigerian Immigration Service’s (NIS) failure to acknowledge a N52,000 payment for the 32-page international passport of a minor, Sharon DideOluwa Adurokiya. According to the complaint, the passport application fee was paid on 29 August 2025 via Paystack, with a...

Treason Cases Sweep Across Africa’s Opposition

By Sheriff Bojang Jr FROM Tanzania and Uganda to Zambia, South Sudan and Lesotho, some of Africa’s biggest political figures are up against the gravest of charges. Are states confronting real threats or reaching for treason laws against their opponents? Across the continent, treason is pulling opposition politics, disputed elections and struggles for power into the...

Death of Opposition Politics in Africa

By Richard Ikiebe MANY people outside East Africa may not have heard of Tundu Lissu, the Tanzanian opposition politician who is today in prison facing a treason charge that could carry the death penalty. Lissu is not an obscure political activist in his native Tanzania. He is the leader of CHADEMA, Tanzania’s principal opposition party, a...
Awolowo: Legacies And Prophecies

Clerics, Politicians, And Election Money

By Lasisi Olagunju  CHIEF S. L. Akintola, post-independence Premier of the Western Region, knew that when money entered politics, trust could develop wings. There is a story of how he once sent two trusted associates to some people in the Ondo area. The message they carried was accompanied by money. The emissaries went and returned...

Trending News

WED 2026: Chevron Nigeria, Mid-Africa Region’s Commitment To Environmental Stewardship
Is Oil Still Nigeria’s Backbone Or Its Addiction?
Urgent Appeal To Tunji-Ojo As NIS Portal Fails To Acknowledge N52,000 Passport Payment For Minor
Treason Cases Sweep Across Africa’s Opposition
Death of Opposition Politics in Africa
Tribunal Set to Hear APC, PDP Petitions On Osun Election
Clerics, Politicians, And Election Money
NOUN Bursar Nasiru Marafa Shot Dead, University Confirms