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What shall we do about South Africa?
RIGHT OF REPLY Approximately 1,030 words Azu Ishiekwene asks the right question, and he is right that the World Cup answered it before any of us did. The hostility Bafana
The case for renaming my state capital, by Donu Kogbara
This thought-provoking and slightly edited article, which first appeared in a publication called NewAfrican, was written by my friend and former BBC boss Onyekachi Wambu, a distinguished London-based author and
Tinubu to UN: 1945 power structure cannot govern the World in 2026
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA —PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu yesterday renewed calls for a radical shake-up of the United Nations, insisting that reforms must start with reconstituting the Security Council to grant
Billboard tenants: The invisible Lagosians who sleep, give birth, live in the open
In the restless megacity of Lagos, where skyscrapers rise and traffic never fully sleeps, more than 20,000 residents exist without a permanent roof. They are known, in local parlance, as
Oyo APC Deputy Governorship Candidate Woos Youths in Saki, Ogbomoso, Iseyin, Oyo
Salami Adeyinka The All Progressives Congress (APC) deputy governorship candidate in Oyo State, Hon. Adesoji Adedeji, has called for greater youth participation in the party’s grassroots mobilisation as the state
The diplomacy of politics: The eighty first UNGA and impunity, by Owei Lakemfa
The United Nations General Assembly, UNGA is the global platform for all countries. So, no country can bar another speaking from its podium. But the United States, US at the
2027: Elections must be decided at polls, not courts — Onaiyekan, Osigwe
***Idris, Achebe, Utomi, Anaba, Mbah, others chart way forward for Nigeria, democracy, media ***Demand reforms as editors warn against AI-driven electoral misinformation By Anayo Okoli, Dennis Agbo & Chinedu Adonu
Rising fuel prices and insensitivity to the peoples’ plight, by Adekunle Adekoya
AGAIN, I am still on the matter of rising prices of fuel energy, particularly petrol, which is heading towards N1,500, automotive gas oil, AGO or diesel, which is heading towards
Nigeria’s fertiliser use shortfall
Nigeria’s fertiliser paradox is becoming harder to ignore. The country now possesses fertiliser production capacity, yet farmers are applying nowhere near enough nutrients to unlock its agricultural potential. The Federal
Tinubu Upbeat as Ogun, DP World Sign $7bn Deal for Port, Blue Marine Zone
*50,000 jobs expected, project to ease pressure on Lagos ports *Gov Abiodun: Deep seaport will open new gateway for Ogun *10,000-hectare zone to drive manufacturing, processing, non-oil exports Emmanuel Addeh
