By Richard Ikiebe Some politicians depend on massive turnout to win, while others thrive when citizens are too afraid to leave their homes to vote. The recent stream of videos from Benin City, of attacks on politicians and the vandalism of a party state secretariat, reprises a familiar scriptContinue Reading
By Bassey Asuquo The Management of the University of Calabar has announced the commencement of payment of the Consolidated Academic Tools Allowance (CATA) to the academic staff of the institution. According to a memo issued by the Bursary Department and signed by the University Bursar, Prince Joseph Odum, theContinue Reading
By Olajide Idowu Osogbo: Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun has charged journalists in the state to be vanguards against fake news and misinformation as the state prepares for the Aug. 15, governorship election. Adeleke gave the charged at the Government House in Osogbo while hosting new executives ofContinue Reading
By Ren Pluta World Beyond War (WBW) Latin America Organizer Gabriel Aguirre and WBW member Ren Pluta marched in the city of Mérida, Venezuela (pop ~ 200,000) Wednesday, March 4 in solidarity with between 2000 – 3000 local protesters supporting the national call to return President Maduro and FirstContinue Reading
By Dianabasi Effiong President Bola Tinubu announced on Thursday, the successful conclusion of a historic settlement agreement between the Federal Government of Nigeria, ENI, and Nigerian Agip Exploration Limited (NAEL). This was made known by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President (Information and Strategy). According to Onanuga, theContinue Reading
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, adjourned the trial of Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, on alleged defamatory remarks against President Bola Tinubu, for continuation of hearing. The case, scheduled for Thursday, could not proceed due to the absence of Justice Mohammed Umar in court. AlthoughContinue Reading
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Ambakina Moses Jitoboh died suddenly on 28 December 2025. He was born on 1 June 1970 to a father from Trofani, in Sagbama Local Government Area of Nigeria’s Bayelsa State. Jitoboh’s death occurred in the week before he was due to travel out ofContinue Reading
*By Paul Ejime Shaka (not his real name) is a 15-year-old born in Britain to African immigrant parents. The family live in Dorset County, in the South Coast of England. A couple of years ago, Shaka and his friends went to hang out, but on his way back home,Continue Reading
*By Richard Ikiebe In the fleeting, flattened world of social media, where only simple, singular ideas survive, politicians and media enjoy endless field days constructing and reconstructing reality, and bending it to suit their purpose. The custom of reducing complex public problems to one-line explanations routinely leads to confusion, chaosContinue Reading
