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8 Division Garrison wins 2026 combat proficiency contest
…GOC charges junior commanders to remain battle-ready By Musa Ubandawaki, Sokoto The 8 Division Garrison of the Nigerian Army has emerged overall winner of the 2026 8 Division Inter-Brigade Combat
NIGCOMSAT-2A, 2B: $2bn satellites may trigger broadcast, broadband boom in 2028
By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech EditorIf the timeline set by the Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited, NIGCOMSAT, for the deployment of its two new communications satellites remains on course, Nigeria’s broadcast and
Roads, Promises and South-South: Has Umahi Failed Tinubu?
For a government that has made infrastructure one of the defining pillars of President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, the condition of some of the most important highways in South-South
Guild of Sports Editors’ President tells NFF President to go
Foremost sports journalist and President of the Guild of Sports Editors, Tony Ubani, has called for a comprehensive overhaul of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) leadership, citing a persistent decline
Why I resigned as NFF fact-finding C’ttee boss – Fanny Amun:
Fanny Amun has given reasons he quit as chairman of the NFF fact-finding committee set up to probe the Super Falcons dismal performance at the recent WAFCON soon after he
2027: APC chairman Nentawe meets Emir Sanusi, seeks support for party
By Hadiza Yusuf The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, on Tuesday met with the Emir of Kano, Khalifa Muhammadu Sanusi II, in what is
Lessons From Osun 2026 and the road to 2027: Parties, personalities and the coming contest (2), by Usman Sarki
The first part of this article concluded with the observation that while all politics may indeed be local, the economic hardship confronting Nigerians today is anything but local. But before examining how
“Anambra House” and other bigotries, by Ochereome Nnanna
If you go to Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State (alias the “Zion” of Ijawland), you will see a quietly-developing city. Apart from government edifices and mansions/hotels owned mainly by indigenous politicians
Subsidy Removal: Atiku disowns aide, says ‘my position has not changed’
Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has disowned comments by one of his media aides, Paul Ibe, on fuel subsidy, insisting that
So much song and dance over the APC’s Presidential Campaign Council, by Rotimi Fasan
It is not quite clear if the ruling All Progressives Congress party has indeed withdrawn the membership list of its Presidential Campaign Council for the January 16, 2027 elections. What is not
