By VICTOR ADEOTI THE Osun Government has declared Wednesday as a public holiday for the annual Isese traditional festival celebration in the state. This is contained in a statement by the Commissioner for Home Affairs, Abdulrasheed Aderibigbe, in Osogbo. Aderibigbe said that the public holiday would allow traditional religion worshippers across the state to participate […]
By KAYODE OYERO THE latest visa requirement for Nigerian applicants follows a raft of stiff migration policies by the Donald Trump presidency since January. The United States Department of State has mandated that every Nigerian visa applicant provide a five-year social media history as part of the requirements to be considered eligible to be on the […]
SELECTING which degree to study can has a huge bearing on the rest of your life. Choose wisely, and it could open the door to your dream job when you graduate. Make a bad decision, and you risk severely damaging your job prospects. Picking the right subject is even more important given the cost of […]
THE place of research in any country’s development aspirations cannot be over-emphasised. It is no surprise that funds are regularly made available for this purpose. Often, the problem is not with funding but the judicious utilisation of available resources. Recently, the federal government was reported to have approved a ₦4.2 billion research grant for 158 […]
By ABDULRAUF ALIYU LAST week, I provided a detailed overview of the 2025 Phillips Consulting State Performance Index (pSPI), a report that weighs both hard data and citizen perception to assess the performance of Nigeria’s states. Today marks the beginning of a six-week series in which we take a more surgical look, region by region, […]
By OLUFUNKE BARUWA IN the wake of yet another historic sporting victory, the Nigerian government recently rolled out its usual form of appreciation: cash gifts and plots of land. This time, the recipients were the triumphant Nigerian women’s basketball team, the D’Tigress, who once again proved their mettle by emerging champions at the 2023 FIBA […]
By REVEREND SIMON OLADAPO I will not tell anyone who to vote or not vote for. I won’t do that. What I will do is offer my own assessment of each aspiring candidate, as I see each of them. Let me start with Atiku. Every politician has a right to aspire to any office they […]
NIGERIA’S pension industry maintained its steady performance in July 2025, delivering positive returns across all Retirement Savings Account (RSA) fund categories, despite macroeconomic headwinds and tighter financial conditions. According to data compiled by Nairametrics Research, all 18 Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) recorded gains, with FCMB Pensions Limited emerging as the top performer, posting a monthly […]
NIGERIANS have weighed in following the reaction of the Presidency to an editorial published last week by Daily Trust on the stat’ of hunger in the country. Last Thursday, the presidency rebutted the editorial published by Daily Trust, accusing the newspaper of distorting facts and painting an exaggerated picture of hardship and hunger in Nigeria. […]
By REVEREND SIMON OLADAPO SOCIETY is destroyed when it descends to a level where some people believe and act that they are above the law. Nigeria has descended to that level, and every day facts emerge to confirm it. Let me analyse the most recent, where a man held up a plane on the tarmac. […]