By FRED LONGJOHN OBEH THE race to host the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) for the 2029–2035 cycle has grown even more competitive after the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced that it is postponing its final decision on the successful bidders. The update followed the body’s most recent Executive Committee meeting, where members agreed […]
Henk Rossouw: You once wrote, “The truth isn’t always beauty but the hunger for it is.” I’m interested in how this hunger—to write and to search for truth—shapes your work. Nadine Gordimer:We’re always compelled to interrogate truth. For me, writing has, from the very beginning and right up to now, been a kind of expedition—an […]
By ALIYU AMINU ABUBAKAR ABDULLAHI (A.A.A.A.) SHEHU WHEN gunshots shattered the quiet of Guto community in Abuja’s Bwari Area Council around 11 p.m. last Wednesday, residents instantly knew danger had arrived. By dawn, the scale of the attack became clear: more than 30 armed men had invaded the neighbourhood, killed […]
By DAVID JOHN-FLUKE NIGERIA’S inaugural Disability Inclusion Conference, AbilityX 1.0, is set to push for deeper, long-term inclusion of persons with disabilities across key sectors such as finance, employment, entrepreneurship, healthcare, media, hospitality, and data-driven policymaking. The event, scheduled for 2 December 2025, at the Sheraton Hotel in Ikeja, Lagos, is organised by […]
By JULIET EKANEM RIGHTS activists in Lagos say growing awareness campaigns are helping dismantle long-standing patriarchal norms that have historically silenced survivors of gender-based violence (GBV), especially men. Their reactions follow new data from the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), which recorded 920 male GBV cases between November 2024 and November 2025. […]
By BUNMI BUSOLA THE Sustainable Impact and Development (SID) Initiative has successfully concluded a two-day capacity-building bootcamp in Lagos State, equipping 20 young women with skills to advocate for disability-inclusive Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). Part of Project Equal Care, supported by the AU-EU Youth Action Lab, the training targeted emerging female policy […]
By INNOCENT ONYAH II THE call for the creation of Anioma State has once again taken centre stage in Nigerian political discourse, sparking debates about geography, identity, and the future of the Anioma people. For proponents, including many from the region, the case is clear: Anioma belongs firmly in the South-South, despite attempts by some to […]
By ONORIODE UMUKORO DELTA State is set to establish a new capital, “Delta City,” carved from parts of Warri town, Uvwie, Okpe, and Ughelli South local government areas. The move will see the Urhobo ethnic group forming the majority in two senatorial districts and holding an even split with the Ijaws in the third. Plans […]
By NJORIGE LYNUS THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) entered its national convention in Ibadan hoping to project renewal and unity. Instead, the event exposed — and deepened — one of the most destabilising crises in the party’s 27-year history. What was meant to signal a comeback for Nigeria’s largest opposition party has now become a […]
By HAUWA MAGANA FIFTY of the more than 300 students abducted from St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Niger State, have escaped and reunited with their parents, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) reported on Sunday. The pupils fled between Friday and Saturday, according to Daniel Atori, media aide to CAN […]