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Homosexuality In Nigeria: Where Law, Culture & Personal Freedom Collide
By CHIEDU UCHE OKOYE A Difficult Nigerian Conversation HOMOSEXUALITY remains one of those subjects Nigerians often discuss in whispers, arguments and religious gatherings, but rarely with the calmness required for a difficult national conversation. The subject sits at the intersection of sexuality, religion, traditional values, law, personal identity and human rights. It is therefore hardly […]
Cross River Moves To Transform Livestock Sector With Data, Disease Control, Investment
By ETETE EKONG Cross River’s Livestock Strategy Takes Shape THE Cross River Government is moving to reposition its livestock sector around three increasingly important pillars: reliable data, stronger animal-health systems and private-sector investment. The strategy brings together a 600-sample livestock sero-surveillance exercise, a comprehensive database of livestock farmers and a renewed drive to attract investors […]
The Nnolim I Remember: Jokes, Beer, Literary Wars & A Voice That Filled The Room
By UDUMA KALU The Professor Behind the Critic ONE thing I remember about Professor Charles Ekwusiaga Nnolim is his jokes. Not the solemn Nnolim of literary criticism. Not the intimidating Nnolim whose essays could send younger writers scrambling for dictionaries, references and defensive arguments. Not even the Nnolim who entered the history of Nigerian letters […]
Scholars Mobilise To Honour Hope Eghagha With Festschrift On His Literary Legacy
Scholars Invited to Celebrate a Literary Legacy SCHOLARS, researchers, creative writers and cultural critics have been invited to contribute papers to a forthcoming Festschrift honouring Professor Hope Eghagha, a prominent Nigerian scholar, playwright, columnist and public intellectual. The commemorative volume, titled From the Margins to the Imaginations: Reimagining Contemporaneity in the Creativity of Hope Eghagha, […]
Nigeria @66: Oborevwori, Azinge Seek Peace, Unity, Hope For Nation
By NWAFOR AZINGE GOVERNOR Sheriff Francis Oborevwori of Delta State and the Asagba of Asaba, Prof. Epiphany Chigbogu Azinge, have used Nigeria’s 66th Independence anniversary thanksgiving to call for peace, unity, patriotism and responsible service to the people. The leaders made the call during a thanksgiving service held at Living Faith Church, Ibusa Road, Asaba, […]
Independence: Oborevwori Tasks Nigerians, Leaders On Sacrifice, Accountability
By PAULINA NZERUBE Call for Sacrifice & Patriotism DELTA State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has urged Nigerians to be prepared to make sacrifices in the collective effort to build a country that reflects the aspirations of its citizens. Oborevwori made the call on Sunday at the 66th Independence Thanksgiving Service held at Living Faith […]
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The Price Of A Medical City: Akwa Ibom Residents Fight Over Compensation For Demolished Homes
By EFFANGA OSOK ₦117.5bn Medical City: Akwa Ibom Families Challenge Compensation as Govt Keeps Silent THE construction of the Ibom Medical City in Ikono Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State is being presented as a landmark investment in healthcare. But for residents whose homes and properties stand within the project’s footprint, the development has […]
Delta’s Erho-Abraka Court Puzzle: ₦50 Million Reported Spent, Judiciary Says No Access To Funds
By TIMOTHY HAGGERTY-NWOKOLO Budget records clash with judiciary’s account A ₦50 million magistrate court project in Erho-Abraka, Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State, has raised questions over the accuracy of the state’s public expenditure records. The 2024 Delta State budget allocated ₦50 million for the construction of the court under the High Court […]
‘Thank The President For What?’ Nigerians In South Africa Demand Action, Not Assurances
Stranded Nigerians Challenge Consul’s Appeal as Evacuation Delay Fuels Anger Consul General Assures Citizens of Ongoing Evacuation Efforts FRUSTRATIONS mounted among stranded Nigerians in South Africa after the Nigerian Consul General urged them to appreciate President Bola Tinubu for the Federal Government’s efforts to evacuate them, despite uncertainty over when the operation would be completed. […]
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Cross River Moves To Transform Livestock Sector With Data, Disease Control, Investment
By ETETE EKONG Cross River’s Livestock Strategy Takes Shape THE Cross River Government is moving to reposition its livestock sector around three increasingly important pillars: reliable data, stronger animal-health systems and private-sector investment. The strategy brings together a 600-sample livestock sero-surveillance exercise, a comprehensive database of livestock farmers and a renewed drive to attract investors […]
Beyond The Plate: Inside Abuja’s Growing Street-Food Economy & The Price Of Eating Out
By TIMOTHY HAGGERTY-NWOKOLO AT night, another Abuja comes alive. It is not the Abuja of expensive lounges, hotel restaurants and polished shopping complexes. It is the Abuja of charcoal fires, aluminium trays, plastic chairs, roadside canopies and customers standing beside grills waiting for chicken, fish or suya. A tray of jollof rice may sit under […]
Zimbabwe’s Lithium Boom: Africa’s Future No. 1 Producer By 2030?
By FRANKLIN FRANCIS FREY ZIMBABWE is emerging as one of Africa’s most important lithium-producing countries, with its output projected to rise sharply over the next four years. The African Energy Chamber’s State of African Energy 2026 Outlook, produced with S&P Global Commodity Insights, projects that Zimbabwe’s lithium production could reach about 160,000 tonnes of lithium […]
CNG Rollout Expands As Stations Hit 176, Vehicle Conversions Reach 78,900
By ESTHER McWILLIS-IKHIDE NIGERIA’S compressed natural gas (CNG) programme recorded further expansion in August 2026, with operational refuelling stations increasing to 176 and vehicle conversions climbing to 78,900. The figures were contained in the August Factsheet released by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). CNG Infrastructure Expands According to the report, 65 […]
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Independence: Oborevwori Tasks Nigerians, Leaders On Sacrifice, Accountability
By PAULINA NZERUBE Call for Sacrifice & Patriotism DELTA State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has urged Nigerians to be prepared to make sacrifices in the collective effort to build a country that reflects the aspirations of its citizens. Oborevwori made the call on Sunday at the 66th Independence Thanksgiving Service held at Living Faith […]
Delta Government Assures Adeda’s Family Of Justice Over Civil Servant’s Death
By GEORGETTE CHIDI DELTA State Government has assured the family of late Mr. Unity Adeda, a Level 16 civil servant in the Ministry of Secondary Education, that justice will prevail over his death. Adeda reportedly died following an altercation at his workplace. The government has consequently begun steps to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident, […]
From Buhari To Obasanjo: Political Heirs Join Nigeria’s 2027 National Assembly Contest
By MELVIN KOFFA NIGERIA’S approach to the 2027 general elections is bringing several familiar political names back into the national conversation. This time, however, some of those names are appearing through a new generation. At least 12 children of prominent Nigerian politicians have been identified among those contesting, seeking re-election or linked to National Assembly […]
From Cross River To Akwa Ibom: What Eyo Uyo’s 1981 Book Reveals About The Statehood Struggle
By NSIKAK IKROK Before Akwa Ibom: Eyo Uyo’s Political Blueprint for Statehood THE creation of Akwa Ibom State on 23 September 1987 is now an established fact of Nigeria’s political history. Yet, six years before that event, a former parliamentarian and prominent minority-rights advocate, Obong Effiong Okon Eyo, popularly known as Eyo Uyo, published a 47-page […]