RISING DEBT: Civil Rights activists in Nigeria warn FG against debt burden
By Chris Onuoha Civil society organisations in Nigeria in collaboration with youths, students and market women, has protested over what they call rising public debt by the President Tinubu administration. The CSOs took their protest to the Federal Ministry of Finance, Abuja Thursday, September 17 to register their displeasure with the incessant borrowing by the…
The empowering truth is in Political party names – Faloye
…says party names in Nigeria reflect what they stand for. The best kept secrets are sometimes in the open, but like the nose, the eyes have to settle down to see it. Simple truths are sometimes too obvious that one thinks there must be a lie somewhere. Despite political parties stating their obvious intentions in…
Ogbenti-Obi community decries unlawful demolition of properties, desecration of grave sites in Ogwashi-Uku
By Chris Onuoha Residents and descendants of Ogbenti-Obi in Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State, have written to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to halt what they described as alleged unlawful demolitions, forced displacements, and the desecration of ancestral graves during enforcement of a court process linked to the Ogwashi-Uku Royal Palace. In a letter signed by Prince Pius…
OLU JACOBS makes final bow at 84
…as AVRS mourns. By Chris Onuoha Nigeria’s famous screen icon and one of the respected personality in the movie industry, Oludotun Baiyewun Jacobs, popularly known as “Olu Jacobs” has made a glorious transition from mother earth after a long battle with ill-health. The screen giant whose acting career span for decades with an impeccable demeanor…
ROYALTY: Before the Crown: The Young Eheneden Erediauwa Who Became Oba Ewuare II
By Ifeanyi Onuoha Long before he occupied the ancient throne of Benin as His Royal Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Oba Ewuare II, he was known simply as Prince Eheneden Erediauwa. A rare photograph from the 1990s offers a glimpse of the man before his royal coronation, at a time when he had already…
How Africa can achieve true economic independence, by Oparaugo
How Africa can achieve true economic independence, by Oparaugo The founder of GetBundi, Osita Oparaugo, Esq., has outlined two major actions that Africa must take if the continent’s quest for economic independence was to become a reality. Oparaugo, in a paper delivered during an investment roundtable in Nairobi, Kenya, said that simply signing more agreements,…
NESCAFÉ cruises Nigerian Universities, connect students with coffee vibes experience
NESCAFÉ cruises Nigerian Universities, connect students with coffee vibes experience By ifeanyi Onuoha More than 260,000 students across 13 universities in Nigeria are set to experience the NESCAFÉ Campus Storm 2026, as NESCAFÉ takes its “My Coffee, My Vibe” campaign directly to university campuses, creating experiences around the music, creativity, connections and interests that shape…
Bamanga Tukur dies at 90
Bamanga Tukur: man of bold ideas says President Tinubu By Ifeanyi Onuoha Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has described the late elder statesman, renowned businessman, and former Governor of the old Gongola State, Alhaji Bamanga Muhammad Tukur as man with bold ideas. Born on September 15, 1935, in Adamawa, and died in September, 2026, at…