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…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr. Oluwatosin Ajayi, on his recognition by the Nigerian National Committee of the International Press Institute (IPI) as a champion of press freedom. Ajayi received…
The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has announced the restoration of normal traffic flow on the Abuja–Lokoja Expressway following a weekend gridlock caused by a standoff between truck drivers and military personnel. The disruption reportedly began after a truck’s…
Africa’s public health leadership has issued a strong political call for accelerated digital transformation of primary health care (PHC), warning that rising disease threats and shrinking external funding demand urgent, sovereign solutions. At a meeting held on November 26–27, 2025,…
The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has called on the governments of the United States and France to accelerate the restitution of about $150 million in recovered assets to Nigeria, as global anti-corruption leaders meet at the…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the reconstitution of the Board of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) following the Senate’s confirmation of its members on December 16. The reconstituted board is headed by Dr. Mulisiu Olalekan Oseni as Chairman,…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has forwarded the names of two nominees to the Senate for confirmation as chief executives of Nigeria’s key petroleum regulatory agencies, following the resignation of the incumbent heads. In separate letters to the upper chamber, the…
