**Understanding the Courtroom Ladder: Why Magistrates, Judges, and Justices Are Not the Same** IN everyday conversations, Nigerians often use the titles judge, magistrate, and justice as if they mean the same thing. But in the legal system, these roles carry different powers, different responsibilities, and different levels of authority. Knowing the difference is not just about […]
By JULIET EKANEM **The Real Story of the Aba Women’s War (1929): How Nigerian Women Shook the British Empire** IN 1929, a political earthquake erupted in southeastern Nigeria — one not led by armed men or soldiers, but by thousands of determined, ordinary women. Their uprising, known as the Aba Women’s War, became one of […]
The Benin Story: A History Every Nigerian Should Know LONG before colonial borders, treaties, and modern politics, the Benin Kingdom stood as one of West Africa’s most sophisticated civilisations. Its people engineered massive earthworks that stretched farther than the Great Wall of China, developed a complex administrative system, and produced bronze artworks so advanced that […]
By CHUKWUMA NDIOGULU THE debate over the proposed creation of Anioma State has once again exposed the emotional, historical, and political fault lines within the wider Igbo community. What began as a discussion about administrative restructuring has evolved into a deeper conversation about identity, belonging, and the legacies of old grievances. The Asagba of […]
By DAVID JOHN-FLUKE A Peaceful Reimagining of Nigeria and the Future of African Statehood WHAT if Nigeria — Africa’s most populous nation, its loudest democracy, its most complex mosaic — reimagined itself without violence, without rupture, and without collapse? What if the country voluntarily reorganized into several sovereign states, yet remained bound by a higher […]
By ESTHER McWILLIS-IKHIDE Inside Nigeria’s Record Oil Exports to the US — and Why American Crude Is Quietly Powering Nigeria’s Own Refineries FOR the first eight months of 2025, Nigeria held a position no other African producer came close to matching: it was the single largest supplier of crude oil to the […]
PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has forwarded a fresh list of 32 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for screening and confirmation, expanding the list of envoys expected to represent Nigeria across strategic global missions. The new list, transmitted in two separate letters to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, contains 15 career ambassadorsand 17 non-career ambassadors, coming just […]
By TOSI ORE Behind Tinubu’s ‘Aerial Siege’ — Fresh Abductions, Tactical Failures, and a Corridor of Impunity Widening Across Three States THE Tinubu administration entered the week determined to project strength. The rescue of 24 schoolgirls in Kebbi State and 38 church worshippers in Kwara State was framed as evidence that […]
By BUNMI BUSOLA NIGERIA’S logistics industry—valued at an estimated $60 billion—could become a major engine of national wealth, job creation, and industrial growth if properly regulated and supported, experts said at the CLMI International Conference and Investiture 2025 held in Lagos. Prof. Simon Emeje, Chairman of the Courier and Logistics Management Institute (CLMI), said […]
By TAYO TAIWO (T. T.) OLUWOLE FASHION and textile experts say Nigeria can unlock a new stream of tourism revenue by promoting indigenous fabrics, investing in local artisans, and expanding production capacity. The call was made at a Lagos symposium organised by Wear Nigeria, themed “The Role of Traditional Textiles in Sustaining […]