By OBI DAVIES NIGERIA’S debt clock is ticking faster than ever. With total public debt surging to ₦152.40 trillion as of June 2025—an 11.6% year-on-year increase—the country finds itself deeper in a fiscal hole, balancing precariously between reform ambitions and financial dependence. The latest data from the Debt Management Office (DMO) paints a sobering picture: […]
By ANITA KNIGHT WHEN Nigeria’s Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) announced it would begin a two-week nationwide strike starting Monday 13 October, it felt like déjà vu. The script is familiar—promises made, committees formed, reports submitted, and silence from the government until classrooms go dark again. At the University of Abuja on Sunday, ASUU […]
By AUGUSTUS ISICHEI NIGERIA began the 2025 World Para Powerlifting Championships on a high note, winning silver and bronze in the women’s 50kg category on the opening weekend in Cairo. Esther Nworgu took silver, while Rukayat Opeyemi Ajiboye earned bronze, giving Nigeria a double podium finish at the first World Para Powerlifting event ever hosted […]
By TIMOTHY HAGGERTY-NWOKOLO WHEN Czech writer Ivan Klíma died at 94, the world lost not just a novelist but a symbol of moral courage. A survivor of the Nazi camps and the Soviet clampdown that followed the Prague Spring, Klíma remained in Czechoslovakia even when banned from publishing for two decades. Sweeping streets by day, […]
By TINA TOLUTOPE ONE person was killed and seven others injured in an accident on the Sagamu–Ikorodu Expressway, Ogun State, after a Space Wagon car lost control and collided with a moving truck. TRACE spokesperson Babatunde Akinbiyi said 10 people were involved in the crash — four men and six women. The driver of the […]
By FRED LONGJOHN OBEH THE recent seizure of 9.6 tonnes of cocaine worth ₦819 billion off the West African coast has raised serious concerns about Nigeria’s maritime security. The operation, conducted by the French Navy with support from the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) on September 22, revealed that the Gulf of Guinea—a region close to […]
By NJORIGE LYNUS THE Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has barred participants from using mobile phones during its enlarged stakeholders’ meeting scheduled for Sunday at the Government House Banquet Hall, Asaba, citing security reasons. In a statement, State Publicity Secretary Valentine Onojeghuo said invitees must leave their phones in their vehicles […]
By PAULINA NZERUBE THE Delta State Waste Management Board has intensified efforts to clear indiscriminately dumped refuse across the State Capital Territory and other parts of the state. Supervised by Mr. Stephen Uwanabi, the weekend cleanup covered Koka Junction, Kwale Park, Okpanam Road, and the former Asaba–Benin dumpsite. Acting on the directive of Chairman Hon. […]
By MAHMOOD MALIK MUSA (M.M.M.) IBRAHIM PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Sunday for Rome to attend the Aqaba Process Heads of State Meeting on West Africa’s security. The summit, co-chaired by Jordan and Italy, will address terrorism, piracy, and online radicalisation in the region. Tinubu will hold bilateral talks with other leaders on […]
By AUGUSTINA McSOLOMON-OGHAKPERUO THE Federal Ministry of Environment has pledged to collaborate with residents and stakeholders to eliminate open defecation along the Nyanya–Mararaba axis of the FCT and Nasarawa State. Dr. Bahijjahtu Abubakar, Director of Pollution Control and Environmental Health, said in Abuja that the ministry would identify affected areas, construct public toilets in strategic […]