TWENTY-Six years after his last professional bout, Ike Ibeabuchi made a surreal return to the heavyweight division, reports worldboxingnews.com. The 6ft 2ins, 235-pound Nigerian, once considered the division’s boogeyman of the 1990s, ended his long absence with a retirement victory over local fighter Idris Afinni at Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos. Ibeabuchi, now 52, forced Afinni […]
By CHINAGOROM UGWU THE Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Abubakar, has lamented that justice in Nigeria has become a “purchasable commodity”. He said the poor in the country are now victims while the rich do not face prosecution. Mr. Abubakar spoke as a guest speaker at the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA)’s Annual General Conference in Enugu on […]
By RONAK GOPALDAS AS Saudi Arabia seeks to reposition itself in an evolving global order, it’s becoming increasingly clear that no global actor can shape international affairs without an Africa strategy. Although a latecomer, the Kingdom’s nascent African engagement combines geopolitical ambition, commercial interests and soft power projection. To carve out a distinctive role in […]
AGAINST public assertions by many Anioma people claiming not to have any ethnic affinity with the people of the South East of Nigeria, former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has proved them wrong. In an interview on Arise TV during the campaigns for the 2023 presidential elections, Okowa who was then Vice Presidential candidate of the People’s […]
SENIOR Pastor of House on the Rock Church, Paul Adefarasin, has sparked a heated debate after declaring that Nigeria was not divinely created but was instead a colonial construction designed for British economic gain. Speaking during a Sunday sermon, the cleric dismissed the idea of Nigeria being founded on God’s will, insisting that historical and […]
By BAMIDELE OGUNWUSI …Experts Worry Over Reduced Investment, Increased Unemployment NIGERIA’S fragile economic recovery could face new headwinds if the slowdown in private sector credit growth persists, economists have warned. They say the recent deceleration in bank lending to businesses and households poses risks to investment, consumption, and overall GDP expansion at a time when […]
REASON and logic prevailed at last, penultimate week, when the federal government admitted the fact of the systemic dysfunction and proliferation of tertiary institutions in the country. As a result, it imposed a seven-year moratorium on the establishment of new universities, polytechnics and colleges of education at the federal level, so that the inadequacies in […]
By SOLA SHITTU WHEN President Bola Tinubu’s administration announced the approval of a staggering ₦4 trillion debt refinancing package for the power sector last week, it was framed as a bold effort to stabilize a struggling industry. The debts owed to generation companies (GenCos) between 2015 and 2023 had long threatened the survival of operators […]
FRESH details have emerged on the official earnings of Nigeria’s top political office holders, following data released by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) and corroborated by other government sources. The figures, which cover salaries and allowances for key executive, legislative, and judicial officials, provide insights into the cost of governance in Africa’s […]
By GBENGA FABUYI FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the regime of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari as the worst civil administration in Nigeria’s history. Buhari, who died in London on 13 July 2025 and was buried at his Daura, Katsina residence on 15 July 2025 ruled as military dictator from 1983 to 1985 […]