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NECA Commends FG Suspension of Sachet Alcohol Ban, Seek Deepened Consultation To Protect Jobs, InvestmentsThe Director-General of the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), Mr. Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, has commended the Federal Government for directing the immediate suspension of all enforcement actions relating to the proposed ban on sachet alcohol and 200ml PET bottle products, pending the conclusion of consultations and the issuance of a... Continue
Wealth, Power, And The Peril of Public OutburstsBY FESTUS OKUNOLA When the wealthiest African in the world publicly turns his fire on a Nigerian civil servant and head of a regulating agency, it is never just a personal dispute. It is a stress test for the country’s institutions. Last week, that test arrived loudly. In a... Continue
LagRide Secures US $100 Million Financing from UBA To Scale “Drive To Own” Programme And Create New Class Of Mobility Investors In LagosBY JUMOKE OWOOLA United Bank for Africa (UBA) has announced a landmark US $100 million financing facility for LagRide, Nigeria’s leading technology‑enabled mobility platform. The funds will be used to expand LagRide’s *Drive To Own* programme, enabling 3,500 Lagos‑based drivers to transition from daily earners to long‑term asset owners, business operators and mobility... Continue
Woman Sues IGP, Asks Court To Halt Police Action in Matrimonial DisputeA businesswoman, Mrs. Mabel Alabijah Hussaini, has filed a fundamental rights enforcement suit at the Federal High Court in Lagos against the Inspector-General of Police, senior police officers, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), her estranged husband, and a real estate firm, alleging unlawful arrest, detention, extortion, and... Continue
Entertainment
Proceedings at the Lagos High Court on Friday, December 12, took a decisive turn as the court rejected documents tendered by counsel to Jude Okoye, ruling that the materials... Continue
Integrated Indigo Limited, one of Nigeria’s leading public relations and strategic communications agencies, delivered an outstanding performance by dominating the 2025 Lagos Public Relations Industry Gala and Awards (LAPRIGA),... Continue
The Aurora Tech Award, the only global award dedicated to supporting outstanding female tech founders from emerging markets, has unveiled its Top 100 founders to watch for 2026. This... Continue
The Edge Series Summit (TESS) 2025 hosted by SwiftThink Foundation is set to inspire ideas, courage, and possibility in Lagos on Tuesday, December 16, 2025. Framed around the theme... Continue
Nigerians have been urged to embrace selfless service and rally with an “all hands on deck” spirit to rebuild trust, fortify national unity, and extend a lifeline to those... Continue
Nigerian journalists have been encouraged to contribute their quota to national development in alignment with the current government’s drive toward achieving a 1-trillion-dollar economy. Sports analyst and... Continue
Education
The Chancellor of Summit University, Offa, Kwara State, and Chairman of Rite Foods Limited, Dr. Sulaiman Adebola Adegunwa, OFR, has identified investment in quality education as a catalyst for sustainable socio-economic development. Adegunwa stated this recently while delivering his address... Continue
On a crisp morning at Demal School in Ijede , Ikorodu, Lagos State, the Centre for Indigenous Knowledge, Development and Sustainability (CIKDAS) organised a vibrant Smart Money Habit Awareness... Continue
The Permanent Chairman, Southern Nigeria Traditional Rulers Council (SNTRC), Arole Oodua Olofin Adimula, Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, CFR, Ojaja II, has officially launched the Ojaja University... Continue
Fourteen-year-old Oreoluwa Alayande has been crowned the winner of the MTN mPulse Spelling Bee 2025, following a thrilling grand finale that saw the top 20 contestants from schools across... Continue
Renowned journalist and media strategist, Emeka Monye, has launched an annual award of N1 million for the best-performing student in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in... Continue
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, Lafarge Africa Plc has reaffirmed its commitment to quality education and community development through the remodeling and upgrading of Christian... Continue
Editorials
Crime
KINGSLEY EBERE The 25-year old prime suspect in the murder of the retired Delta State Judge, Justice Ifeoma Okogwu, has confessed to have killed the judge in order to... Continue
MICHAEL AKINOLA A 19-year old jealous lover, Miss Olamide Adewole, has been arrested in Ogun State for allegedly stabbing her 22-year old boyfriend, Ayomide Ajayi, to death during a... Continue
MICHAEL AKINOLA Two women, Ayodele Funmilayo and Florence Bola Oguntoyinbo, have been defrauded to the tune of N19m by a suspect, Ayodeji Joseph, under pretense of procuring UK Visa... Continue
MICHAEL AKINOLA A 26-year old man, Sunday Junior, has been arrested and charged in Lagos State for allegedly battering a lady, Ajose Oluwatosin Adesewa and inflicting injury on her. ... Continue
KINGSLEY EBERE A 58-year-old man, Vitalis Nwoko, has landed in trouble for allegedly engaging his wife, Uloma, in a fight and in the process the wife collapsed and died... Continue
MICHAEL AKINOLA Police operatives from the Edo State Police Command have arrested a 49-year-old man for allegedly killing his 15-year-old son and secretly burying the body within their family... Continue
Politics
President Bola Tinubu congratulates Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji on his emergence as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State following the party’s primary election... Continue
President Bola Tinubu has met with All Progressives Congress leaders and governorship aspirants in Osun state and appealed for unity and consensus-building ahead of the party’s primary on December... Continue
As political parties prepared for governorship primary elections in Osun State, a close ally of former Governor Rauf Aregbesola, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti has withdrawn from all activities of Aregbesola’s... Continue
An All Progressives Congress, APC chieftain and member of the Imo State Council of Elders, Chief Longers Anyanwu has congratulated the Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodimma... Continue
Friends and associates of Babatunde Olaogun are rallying behind his decision to represent Ogbomosho North Constituency in the Oyo State House of Assembly under the banner of the All... Continue
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has ratified the expulsion of the Governors of Oyo, Bauchi and Zamfara States, Seyi Makinde, Bala Mohammed and... Continue
Business
The Director-General of the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), Mr. Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, has commended the Federal Government for directing the immediate suspension of all enforcement actions relating to the... Continue
Transcorp Hotels Plc, the hospitality subsidiary of Transnational Corporation Plc, has announced the appointment of Dr. (Mrs.) Awele Vivian Elumelu, as chair of the company, effective January 01, 2026.... Continue
Sterling Bank Limited has brought together stakeholders in the renewable energy industry to explore ways to accelerate action in the sector. The premier colloquium, held in Lagos on Monday,... Continue
A five-member panel of the Supreme Court, led by Justice Lawal Garba, on Friday ruled in favor of Fidelity Bank in its appeal against Sagecom Concepts Limited. Given previous... Continue
The Nigerian economy is currently navigating one of its most tumultuous periods in recent history. With inflation eroding purchasing power and the cost of living skyrocketing, the resilience of... Continue
Nigerian maverick billionaire Abdul Samad Rabiu, founder and chairman of BUA Group, is once again drawing attention for how he treats the people behind his businesses. This time, the... Continue
Feature
Health
CYRIACUS IZUEKWE For many Nigerians, conversations about abortion are uncomfortable, emotional, or simply avoided. But behind the tension lies a reality that affects families across the country: unsafe abortion... Continue
EBERE UZOUKWA, PhD Abia State’s emergence as the best-performing state in the South East at the 2025 Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) Primary Health Care Leadership Challenge, as well... Continue
The ongoing efforts of the Hon. Segun Odunmbaku’s administration to enhance grassroots healthcare delivery received another boost yesterday as Ojodu LCDA extended its weekly geriatric medical outreach to Ward... Continue
President Bola Tinubu has re-appointed Dr. Olugbenga Adekile Owoeye as substantive Medical Director of Federal Neuro -Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba for the second and final term of four years, effective... Continue
Lagos State last Saturday recorded an impressive turnout of voluntary blood donors as the Lagos State Blood Transfusion Service (LSBTS) joined other African countries to commemorate Red Saturday, a... Continue
DR ALLAN PAMBA Twenty years ago, when I worked the wards as a young doctor in Kenya, HIV was still an overwhelming force. Even as treatment slowly... Continue
Interview
Metro
BY JUMOKE OWOOLA United Bank for Africa (UBA) has announced a landmark US $100 million financing facility for LagRide, Nigeria’s leading technology‑enabled mobility platform. The funds will be used to expand... Continue
In a landmark show of faith, unity, and national purpose, the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Youth Wing hosted its maiden Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, setting a... Continue
The Honourable Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has reaffirmed his unwavering commitment to empowering Nigerian youths and institutionalizing sustainable reforms that will define the future of the nation.... Continue
The Owo Is One Association (OIOA), a socio-political, economic, and cultural association of Owo-speaking communities worldwide, announces the passing of one of its distinguished members and community senior citizens,... Continue
inDrive, the global mobility and urban services platform, has reaffirmed its commitment to improving the economic prosperity of Nigerians through job creation and pocket-friendly transportation. The Country Representative, inDrive... Continue
MICHAEL AKINOLA Many people were injured and millions of Naira worth of properties destroyed as heavily armed hoodlums sacked residents of Ajebo community near Agbowa in the Ikosi Ejirin... Continue
Opinions
Pictures
A delegation of Franco-Nigeria Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) on Thursday, 6 November 2025 paid a courtesy visit on the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu at... Continue
ABIODUN ADIGUN “Unlike the masses, intellectuals have a taste for rationality and interest in facts. Their critical habit of mind makes them resistant to the kind of propaganda that ... Continue
PHOTOS BY OKOBIA RAYMOND The Queen of Ooni of Ife, Her Regal Majesty, Olori Ambassador Dr. Temitope Enitan-Ogunwusi was a guest of the Ambassador of the Russian... Continue
PHOTOS BY OKOBIA RAYMOND The 2024 World Table Tennis Contender Lagos is currently ongoing at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Indoor Sports Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria. Interestingly,... Continue
FC Barcelona Femini forward, Nigerian soccer star, Assist Oshoala was at the private home of the Nigerian First Family in Lagos where she was received by the President, Asiwaju... Continue
Team Lagos athletes participating at the ongoing 2nd National Para Games in Abuja are really enjoying their participation in the championship designed by the Nigerian government for the... Continue
Sports
The Super Eagles trio of Victor Osimhen of Galatasaray FC, Ademola Lookman of Atalanta BC, and Calvin Bassey of Fulham FC lead nominations for the 12th edition of the... Continue
Highly talented youngster, Raheem Moyinoluwa Salaudeen, has completed a technical evaluation training session with Giles Williams. Raheem Moyinoluwa Salaudeen, Nigeria U15 international midfielder, recently achieved that feat with the... Continue
A state league team, Bucknor Football Club of Isheri-Idimu will face the defending champions, Sansan Boys in the semi final of the ongoing Football Fiesta Tournament. Bucknor and Sansan... Continue
Dosu Joseph Football Club would face Magboro Football Club in the semi final of the ongoing Afeez Aremu football tournament. The much anticipated semi final would hold on Wednesday... Continue
A tragic building collapse in Fez casts a shadow over one of Africa’s most anticipated football events writes Paul Lucky Okoku “When the joy of football meets the sorrow... Continue
TONY NEZIANYA, Luanda, Angola If there is one thing members of Team Nigeria are happy about regarding the organisers of the ongoing 4th African Youth Games in Angola, it... Continue
World
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, OON, has met with the British Foreign Secretary to discuss ways of strengthening cooperation between both countries across a broad... Continue
The war between Russia and Ukraine has long transcended the boundaries of a bilateral conflict. The active involvement of the USA and Europe is no longer a secret. The... Continue
The global movement to reconnect Afro-descendants with their ancestral homeland received powerful endorsements from two world leaders as Brazilian President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Nigerian President, Bola... Continue
MUDASHIRU TAWAKALITU OLUWATOYIN The Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) will take place in Addis Ababa from September 8 to 10, 2025, hosted by the government of Ethiopia and the... Continue
FADEYI TOLULOPE AYOBAMI As the Minamata Convention on Mercury marks eight years since it entered into force, over 150 Parties and many stakeholders continue working to reduce mercury pollution... Continue
ENGR TAIWO ABIODUN, PhD, DBA In a world already strained by division, polarization, and ideological extremism, the rising confrontation between Israel and Iran may seem like just another episode... Continue
Latest News
The Director-General of the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), Mr. Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, has commended... Continue
Notable Niger Delta socio-cultural group, the Orashi National Congress (ONC) has warmly welcomed the... Continue
BY FESTUS OKUNOLA When the wealthiest African in the world publicly turns his fire... Continue
BY JUMOKE OWOOLA United Bank for Africa (UBA) has announced a landmark US $100 million financing... Continue
A businesswoman, Mrs. Mabel Alabijah Hussaini, has filed a fundamental rights enforcement suit at... Continue
HON WISDOM ONIEKPAR IKULI Since the painful departure of His Excellency, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo... Continue
EBERE UZOUKWA, PhD Governor Alex Chioma Otti, OFR, has moved Abia State from the... Continue
KINGSLEY EBERE The 25-year old prime suspect in the murder of the retired Delta... Continue
The Permanent Chairman, Southern Nigeria Traditional Rulers Council (SNTRC) Arole Oodua Olofin Adimula, Ooni... Continue
TUNRAYO ALATISE The goal from day one for the Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun... Continue
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