The new Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Prof. Peter Olamakinde Olapegba, will be inaugurated on November 2, 2026, at the University’s famous Trenchard Hall, where Emeritus Prof. Akin Akande will preside, while the outgoing VC, Prof. K.O. Adebowale, will be the chief ...
A consultant surgeon and Chief Executive Officer of Wellington Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Abuja, Dr. Ugochukwu Charles Ugwuanyi, has raised alarm that over 9,000 new cases of end-stage kidney failure are diagnosed in Nigeria every month.
He died at 46 years. He left his 87 years old mama. His siblings. Wife. Children. Friends. And relatives. All of these are mourning the loss of a young man I knew some years back while in the trenches with his senior brother whose name I have chosen to omit. We had not seen each ...
On 25th September, while in New York for the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana was a guest at the Council on Foreign Relations. Asked how his country had been coping since Washington shut down the United States Agency for ...
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) budget has risen sharply from N320.3 billion in 2023 to N1.6 trillion in 2025, reflecting increased federal government investment in tertiary education.
Bende Forum–New Abia has endorsed Abia State Governor Alex Otti for a second term and Labour Party aspirant Chimaobi Desmond Anyaso for the Bende Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The Bishop of Ogoja Diocese, Anglican Communion, The Rt. Rev’d Ifeanyi Akunna, has commiserated with the family of one woman who was reportedly trampled to death on Thursday in a stampede triggered by a food distribution programme organised by the Cross River State government.In ...
Policy advocates and cultural leaders have called for greater representation of women in water governance and budgetary decisions in Nigeria.
Indeed, every battle has its casualties, every throne its intrigues, and every crusader his or her fair share of enemies. For the Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, the script appears to be ta...
Nigeria’s electricity generation plunged from about 3,840 megawatts (MW) in the morning of yesterday to around 476.70MW by 1pm, leaving the national grid with less than 500MW and triggering power outages in many parts of the country.
Chido Nwangwu writes that in a couple of days in November, 2026, the battle of the political leadership and grassroots battalion will begin to show the results of the American contentious politics.
Taja, a Pan-African fintech company, has surpassed 50,000 users since its inception in 2024, with monthly transaction volumes running into millions of dollars.
retirement of Victoria Uwadoka after 10 years with the company.
.Tasks citizens to harness diversity for developmentDeji Elumoye in Abuja
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has commenced the licensing of device dealers in Kano State as part of its implementation of the Device Checker platform, while assuring Nigerians that the initiative is not a surveillance tool.
After quitting the All Progressives Congress (APC), former Niger State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Jonathan Tsado Vatsa and 200 former supporters of the party have joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
Political economist and Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) chieftain, Prof. Pat Utomi, has said the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, will strengthen the naira to N500 per dollar if elected president in 2027.
Bandits numbering over 10 have kidnapped four family members at Abangbe Dilu community in Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State. The victims, it was learnt, were identified as Hajia Mansurat Musa, her son, Ramadan Musa, Semiu Ahmed, and Sofia Ahmed. Already, the reside...