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Oborevwori Government Sets March 2027 Deadline For Neuropsychiatric, Health Lab Projects
By PAULINA NZERUBE Delta Neuropsychiatric Facility, Public Health Lab to Be Ready by March 2027 Government Targets Specialised Healthcare Gaps THE Delta State Government has commenced moves to establish the state’s first neuropsychiatric facility and a modern public health laboratory. Both projects are expected to be completed by March 2027, the Commissioner for Health, Dr. […]
Nigeria’s D’Tigress Slip In FIBA World Cup Rankings
By FRED LONGJOHN OBEH NIGERIA’S senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, have dropped two places to 10th in the latest FIBA Women’s World Cup Power Rankings. The Nigerian team previously occupied eighth position. However, the latest assessment places them two spots lower ahead of the tournament. The United States retain the top position. France and Spain […]
World Athletics Ditches Medals For Ultimate Championship Trophies
By TAYO TAIWO (T. T.) OLUWOLE NIGERIA’S Tobi Amusan and other winners at the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship will receive trophies instead of traditional medals. World Athletics announced the new awards format ahead of the championship in Budapest, Hungary, from 11 to 13 September. Only athletes who finish first in their respective events will […]
Falconets Settle For Draw Against South Korea
By AUGUSTUS ISICHEI Falconets Surrender Lead as South Korea Force 1-1 Draw THE Falconets were held to a 1-1 draw by South Korea in an international friendly on Tuesday. Nigeria broke the deadlock in the 29th minute. Mary Mamudu produced a well-taken finish to put the Falconets ahead. South Korea returned from the break with […]
‘School Is No Scam’: DESOPADEC Mobilises Warri Youths Against Drug Abuse, Peer Pressure
By UCHE OGBODO DESOPADEC Takes ‘School Is No Scam’ Campaign to Warri Youths Commission Challenges Growing Anti-Education Narrative THE Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) has taken its “School Is No Scam” advocacy campaign to students and young people in Warri and its environs, urging them to embrace education, responsible choices and positive […]
Sadat “Turkish Wagner” Military Operations In Africa Is The New Face Of Ottoman Empire
BY DONALD INWALOMHE TÜRKIYE’s expanding military and strategic footprint in Africa is often described by analysts as a manifestation of “neo-Ottomanism” or a modern strategy of regional power projection. As traditional Western powers like France and the U.S. scale back or withdraw from parts of North and West Africa, Türkiye steps in as an alternative […]
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‘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. […]
Inside Calabar’s Forgotten Infectious Disease Hospital
The Hospital Meant to Fight Infectious Diseases TUCKED away along New Edgerley Road in Calabar, behind Zenith Bank’s Chamley Branch and a short distance from the bustling Watt Market, stands the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH), officially known as the Dr. Lawrence Henshaw Memorial Hospital. Established to serve as a frontline facility for the diagnosis and […]
Nigeria Ranks Third Globally In Student Migration — UNESCO Report
Nigeria Emerges as Global Education Export Hub NIGERIA has been ranked the third-largest source of international students globally, according to a new report by UNESCO. The inaugural Higher Education Global Trends Report revealed that Nigeria accounted for five per cent of all students studying abroad in 2023, placing it alongside Germany in the global ranking. […]
Business
Five Charts, One Trade Fight: How US Tariffs Are Reshaping The Canadian & American Economies
By ANDERSON CLIFF Trade Dispute Enters a More Costly Phase THE trade dispute between the United States and Canada shows little sign of easing as both countries expand tariffs and counter-tariffs across major sectors. The confrontation intensified after US President Donald Trump returned to the White House and introduced a broad tariff programme. Canada quickly […]
Africa’s Carbon Market Gamble: Can Forests, Farms & Clean Energy Finance A Green Future?
By AUGUSTINA McSOLOMON-OGHAKPERUO AFRICA is entering a decisive phase in its search for development finance. Across the continent, governments face the simultaneous pressures of creating jobs, reducing poverty, expanding energy access and responding to increasingly severe climate impacts. Droughts are deepening in some regions. Flooding is destroying homes and infrastructure in others. Desertification, land degradation, […]
₦14 Billion Paid, 40% Done: Umahi Orders Arrest Of Asaba-Onitsha Road Contractor
By TIMOTHY HAGGERTY-NWOKOLO THE Federal Government has escalated its response to the troubled Summit Junction–Head Bridge section of the Benin-Onitsha Expressway, with the Minister of Works, David Umahi, ordering the arrest of the Managing Director of Hartland Nigeria Limited. Umahi issued the directive during an inspection of federal road infrastructure along the Agbor-Asaba-Onitsha corridor on […]
Nigeria’s FTSE Return Sparks ₦1.38 Trillion Stock Surge As Global Investors Eye NGX
By OBI DAVIES Nigeria’s Stock Market Gets Fresh Global Vote of Confidence NIGERIA’S equities market has received a major boost after global index provider FTSE Russell confirmed the country’s return to its Frontier Market classification. The announcement has already reverberated across the Nigerian Exchange (NGX), where investors responded with renewed buying interest after an extended […]
Politics
Why Akwa Ibom’s ‘Acting President’ Post On Akpabio Sparked Constitutional Debate
By OFFIONG ARCHIBONG Akwa Ibom Govt Deletes ‘Acting President’ Description for Akpabio THE Akwa Ibom State Government has deleted a Facebook post describing Senate President Godswill Akpabio as the “Acting President of Nigeria.” The description appeared on the state government’s official Facebook livestream on Tuesday during the reception of Ibom Air’s new Airbus A220-300 aircraft […]
Tinubu’s Employment History & The Missing Paper Trail: A Test For Nigeria’s Investigative Institutions
By SAMUEL OMOGOR Tinubu, Deloitte & the Question of What Was Declared on Electoral Forms QUESTIONS surrounding President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s professional history have periodically resurfaced in Nigeria’s political discourse, particularly around the employment details attributed to him in documents filed during his earlier electoral contests. At the centre of the renewed debate is Deloitte, […]
Oborevwori Pushes Delta For 83 Division Army Headquarters, Cites Strategic Assets
By PAULINA NZERUBE DELTA State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori has asked President Bola Tinubu and the Nigerian Army to locate the headquarters of the newly created 83 Division in Delta State. Oborevwori made the request when a Nigerian Army Headquarters delegation visited Asaba for consultations on the realignment of Areas of Responsibility following the creation of […]
Nigeria’s Lost Intellectual Capital: How Education, History & Oil Shaped A Crisis Of Development
By KIO AMACHREE NIGERIA’S development crisis is often measured in familiar terms: unemployment, inflation, poverty, insecurity, weak infrastructure and declining purchasing power. Yet beneath these visible problems lies another deficit that receives far less attention—the erosion of the country’s intellectual and civic foundations. The problem is not simply that Nigerian schools lack classrooms, teachers or learning […]