By Omowumi Abraham | The residents of Omikunle, Yemetu, in the Ibadan North Local Government Area of Oyo State, have cried out over the government’s failure to deliver on a promised borehole after their only reliable source of water became…
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) will host a public symposium in honour of Professor Biodun Jeyifo, marking his 80th birthday and celebrating his enduring contributions to African scholarship, curriculum reform, and critical thought. The event, themed ‘Who…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has inaugurated a Committee on Strategy, Conflict Resolution and Mobilisation to address internal disagreements within the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the party prepares for the 2027 general elections. The inauguration took place on Wednesday in…
By Humphrey Ukeaja | Festive periods occupy a strategic place in the marketing calendars of Big Food corporations. National and religious holidays such as Christmas, New Year, Easter, Eid-el-Fitr and Eid-el-Kabir provide predictable moments of heightened consumption, social gathering and…
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has been named Nigeria’s Best Media Freedom and Digital Rights Organisation for 2025 by the United Kingdom–based Middle East and Africa (MEA) Markets Magazine at its annual MEA Business Awards. The recognition was announced in a…
Life After Abuse Foundation (LAAF), in partnership with Esther’s Company Fellowship (ECF), has donated relief packages to 2,000 male inmates at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre, Lagos, as part of its 4th annual Hope for Christmas Prison Outreach. The outreach, held…
Nigeria and the United States have signed a landmark technical Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening cooperation on the early detection, prevention, and control of infectious diseases, while repositioning Nigeria’s health system toward long-term self-reliance. The agreement covers critical…
If we were Christian in my family, Christmas would have been for us a mixture of joy, mourning and remembrance. But still, it is. When others celebrate Christmas, I mourn my mother. We call it celebration of life; it is…
During the Kiriji War of the nineteenth century, a grim parable of war came and became a subject of racial slur and morbid joke. An Oyo-Ibadan warrior, disarmed and cornered by an Ijesa fighter, collapsed to the earth and begged…
A new publication by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) has revealed the staggering scale of corruption in Nigeria, documenting alleged thefts amounting to ₦1.38 trillion, $53.84 billion, and £1 million across 100 high-profile corruption cases. The revelations were…
