L-R: Diabetes “Lived experience expert” Ronke Opaleye; Executive Director of Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) Akinbode Oluwafemi; Lagos Chairman, Nigeria Medical Association Dr. Saheed Balogun; Founder of the Diabetes & Limb Salvage Foundation (DLSF)…

Editorial: Direct primaries, illusion of internal democracy in Nigeria’s political parties

The conduct of direct primaries by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in recent years was widely presented as a revolutionary step toward strengthening internal democracy within Nigeria’s political system. Supporters argued that allowing all registered party…

Insecurity in Oyo State, danger of branding criminality as “Islamic Jihadist”

By Mallam Ibrahim Agunbiade While listening to Splash FM 105.5 FM during the “State Affairs” programme anchored by Edmund Obilo, I became deeply concerned by the dangerous direction of the discussion surrounding insecurity in Oyo State…

1,500 residents benefit as Fidelity Bank expands food bank outreach in Surulere

L-R: Team Lead, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Fidelity Bank Plc, Victoria Abuka; Personal Assistant to the President on Constituency Affairs, Hon. Khadijat Kareem Omotayo; Branch Leader, Adeola Odeku Branch, Fidelity Bank Plc, Ifeyinwa Asomugha; Surulere Local…

He had a name- Michael Oyedokun

By Lanre Ogundipe Some deaths silence a nation. And some deaths expose it. The killing of Micheal Oyedokun was not merely another tragic headline buried beneath the noise of politics and the speed of social media…

From Zacchaeus to Zacch: Taxation, trust, burden of power

By Lanre Ogundipe History occasionally hides its deepest ironies in names. More than two thousand years after Zacchaeus, the biblical tax collector of Jericho, climbed a sycamore tree in search of Jesus, Nigeria finds itself in…

Peaceful APC primaries show strength of democracy — Tinubu

Stanley Ihedigbo President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Saturday described the conduct of the 2026 All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries across the country as a strong demonstration of internal democracy within the ruling party, saying the exercise…

Coalition raises alarm over exclusion of communities in Africa’s water policy framework

Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC) has raised strong concerns over what it describes as a growing push toward water privatisation in Africa, warning that current policy directions under the Africa Water Vision (AWV) 2063…

APC Kosofe assembly primary descends into violence, supporters trade blame over attack on aspirant

Violence erupted on Wednesday during the All Progressives Congress ( APC) House of Assembly primary election for Kosofe Constituency II in Lagos, leaving several persons injured amid allegations of attempted assassination, voter intimidation, and destruction of…

APC’s expanding tent: Strength, strain, looming 2027 implosion

By Dr. David M. E. Nwedu In Nigeria’s shifting political terrain, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has emerged as the dominant force shaping national direction ahead of the 2027 general elections. The ruling party’s widening coalition,…

2027 Guber race: Behold APC gubernatorial candidate in Akwa Ibom State

By Solomon Essiet In the quiet town of Ikot Ekpene Udo in Nsit Ubium Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, God raised a leader whose journey continues to remind many people that destiny does not…