Entertainment

Terra Academy for the Arts (TAFTA), in partnership with Mastercard Foundation, has successfully concluded its three-day Women Entrepreneurs Development Program (WEDP) Bootcamp. The transformative initiative was designed to equip... Continue
A seismic shift is underway in Nigerian music as Campus Music Spotlight (CMS) officially launches, a groundbreaking intercollegiate music competition designed to transform over 40 campuses nationwide into vibrant... Continue
Fast rising multi-genre artist, Ugwu Erik Ebubechukwu, professionally known as PAC E, is carving out his place in the ever-evolving landscape of African music scene. In a new song... Continue
The complete lineup for NECLive 2025 has been unveiled, revealing an unprecedented gathering of Nigeria’s most influential creative industry leaders set to converge at the Landmark Event Centre on... Continue
The Broadway Movie Academy has officially announced the commencement of its intensive creative training program, set to begin on January 8, 2026, in Lagos. The one-month immersive program will... Continue
In a recent episode of African Voices Changemakers, CNN’s Larry Madowo meets Grammy-winning artist Tems, who talks about her rise from Lagos to global stages and how she’s using her platform to empower... Continue

Education

  One combustible sector of our national life is the education sector. And stakeholders, investors and the core players have been waxing lyrical about the Nigerian Education Loan Fund... Continue
In a world where many young girls and women struggle with self-doubt, comparison, and pressure to fit in, Brenda Effiom Apata, speaker, mentor, and advocate for girl empowerment, launched... Continue
BY MOHAMMED ABASS Abstract: This research examines the challenge of out-of-school children (OOSC) in Nigeria through the lens of educational administration. It synthesizes recent national and international data, identifies... Continue
Bowine International School has once again demonstrated its legacy of excellence, earning a prestigious award at the Presidential Teachers and Schools Excellence Award (PTSEA) 2025, organised by the Lagos... Continue
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has described as false and misleading report by an online publication insinuating that the cancellation of activities marking Nigeria’s 65th Independence Anniversary was linked to... Continue
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) hereby calls on all accredited tertiary institutions across the country to update their existing student records and upload the details of all their... Continue

Editorials

Crime

MICHAEL AKINOLA  Police operatives from the Ejigbo Division of the Lagos State Command have uncovered a coordinated fraud by a 49-year old man, Johnny Jacob, for allegedly using NIN,... Continue
AISHA ABUBAKAR  A 19-year-old school teacher, Abdullahi Abbass, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the alleged rape and sexual abuse of a 9-year-old, who was his pupil, in... Continue
MICHAEL AKINOLA  A commercial bus driver, Henry Chukwuka, has landed in trouble for allegedly assaulting a female Police officer, Inspector Martina Uguru, attached to Gowon Estate Division.   P.M.EXPRESS... Continue
KINGSLEY EBERE  Police operatives from the Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Yaba, have arrested a notorious uber driver, Adedayo Ben Adegbola, for allegedly terrorising women across the state... Continue
KINGSLEY EBERE  A 38-year old lady, Chioma Okafor, has been arrested and charged in Lagos State for allegedly biting and slicing the face of her rival, Mfom-Obong Ndifreke Akpan,... Continue
A black 2025 Mercedes-Benz GLE 350 with registration number WTO 21 AM has been stolen at gunpoint by a gang of armed robbers on Saturday, November 1, 2025, at... Continue

Politics

You see, I have played opposition politics for a little below a decade of my political expedition and I know when the odds are uneven and tilted against me... Continue
ROMANUS UDEKWE OKUE-AGBOMMA  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was conspicuously absent from the All Progressives Congress supposed mega rally held Friday evening in Onitsha, just seven days before the 8... Continue
Member representing the Ile Oluji/Okeigbo/Odigbo Federal Constituency of Ondo State in the House of Representatives, Hon. Festus Ayodele Adefiranye, has been honoured with Award of Most Outstanding Honourable in... Continue
CHRISTIAN ABURIME   Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has vigorously campaigned in two local government areas—Ekwusigo and Nnewi South—calling on residents to prepare for the All Progressives... Continue
  The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has said that it is mobilizing its electoral strength to give its candidate in the Anambra State governorship election, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo,... Continue
VITUS UDEMOBI    The Saturday, November 8 governorship election in Anambra State has turned into a no-contest because the opposition is in total disarray. Like dazed boxers, the opposition... Continue

Business

DR. BUNMI AWOYEMI  At long last, the masquerade is over. The era of endless fuel-import subsidy, of shadow-markets, of rent-seeking importers shielding themselves behind union banners and bureaucratic apathy... Continue
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring steady and uninterrupted supply of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and Automotive Gas Oil (diesel) nationwide, with a daily production capacity... Continue
Following its recently released half-year financials, Africa’s Global Bank – United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced its audited results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2025,... Continue
Moniepoint Inc, Africa’s leading business payments and personal banking servicing platform, has launched “M”, Nigeria’s first artificial intelligence-powered chatbot dedicated to demystifying the informal economy, while earning commendations from... Continue
Billionaire businessman and former Chairman of the defunct City Express Bank, Prince (Dr) Samuel Adedoyin, has debunked false and defamatory publication made by Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, in... Continue
Qatar Airways and Kenya Airways have announced the launch of codeshare flights to 19 destinations, with more set to be added in the near future. Kenya Airways customers can... Continue

Feature

Health

Nigeria’s leading hygiene brand, Dettol, has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing hand hygiene in Nigeria with the commemoration of Global Handwashing Day 2025, held in collaboration with the Federal... Continue
Rotary District 9112 has donated rain coats and boots to the Lagos State Primary Healthcare Board in a renewed effort to strengthen the global End Polio Now campaign and... Continue
Psychiatrists and medical professionals have raised concerns over Nigeria’s growing mental health crisis, revealing that about 50 million Nigerians are currently living with mental health challenges, with over 75... Continue
CYRIACUS IZUEKWE  Pharm. Ezeh Ambrose Igwekamma, the National Chairman of the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN), has officially declared October as Pharmacy Rx Emblem Month.   P.M.EXPRESS... Continue
CYRIACUS IZUEKWE    Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has called on the Federal Government to officially designate community pharmacies as Primary Healthcare Centers across the nation.  ... Continue
A new Nephrology and Dialysis Centre, is now operational at the Femi Gbajabiamila General Hospital, Iyun, Surulere, to cater for Lagosians who require treatment.   The Head of Nephrology... Continue

Interview

Metro

For a cleaner, greener Lagos, over 1,500 students from public secondary schools have been penciled to attend the 2nd edition of the Catch Them Young Environmental Awareness Convention, which... Continue
MICHAEL AKINOLA  Some Police officers at PMF Barracks in Ogudu, Lagos, are now in panic mood following the arrest of three Police Inspectors for brutally assaulting 22-year-old Jacob Sunday,... Continue
MICHAEL AKINOLA  An embittered woman, Oluwabunmi Hannah Farina, has narrated that she is yet to overcome the trauma of witnessing the killing of her father in-law, Mr. David Olatunde... Continue
The Lagos State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to transforming environmental challenges into economic opportunities, as preparations heighten for the 11th Lagos International Climate Change Summit themed “Blue Economy,... Continue
Justice Akintayo Aluko of a Federal High Court, Lagos, has adjourned further hearing of receivership suit filed by Kepco Energy Resources Nigeria and other against Ecobank Nigeria Limited and... Continue
Lagos State Government and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) have assured Lagosians and other satellite communities in the State of the inclusive implementation of the Omi Eko project, which... Continue

Opinions

Pictures

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
    ENEBEKE CLETUS CHIGOZIE Team Lagos were adjudged the second-best team at the just concluded 7th National Youth Games in Asaba, Delta State. The Lagos State contingent had... Continue

Sports

As the 2025 Opeifa Cup, Lagos State Secondary Schools Handball Competition reaches it climax today, Aje Senior High School will battle with Whitesand College in a penultimate final at... Continue
  Former Chairperson of Lagos State Handball Association and sponsor of “Opeifa Cup 2025” Mrs. Adeola Opeifa, has disclosed that talents discover from the Lagos State Secondary Schools Handball... Continue
  Organizers of the Nigeria Pitch Awards held a Special luncheon on Monday to fete partners and members of the College of Voters at the BON Hotel, Ikeja. They... Continue
The Coordinator, Lagos Women Run, Tayo Popoola has stated that the All Women 10km race is being packaged for the women folks for them to connect through their communities,... Continue
Chairman Lagos State Football Association, LSFA, Olawale Liameed Gafar and his vice, Adedotun Coker as well as traditional rulers would lead other invited guests to grace the Bet9ja Ibeju-Lekki... Continue
In celebration of its Diamond Jubilee, the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has conferred the prestigious Veteran Sports Journalist Award on Phemmy Adetula, in recognition of his exceptional... Continue

World

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
    BATULA MURITALA AJIBOLA Home to one of the largest tributaries of the Congo River, the Central African Republic (CAR) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)... Continue

Latest News

MICHAEL AKINOLA  Police operatives from the Ejigbo Division of the Lagos State Command have... Continue
Prominent political figures of the Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC), under the aegis... Continue
Commissioner for Youth and Social Development in Lagos State, Hon. Mobolaji Ogunlende Abubakre, has... Continue
AISHA ABUBAKAR  A 19-year-old school teacher, Abdullahi Abbass, has been sentenced to life imprisonment... Continue
OLALEKAN ONI  The Executive Chairman of Ikeja Local Government, Comrade Akeem Olalekan Dauda (AKOD),... Continue
The Oyo State Government, through the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, in partnership... Continue
MICHAEL AKINOLA  A commercial bus driver, Henry Chukwuka, has landed in trouble for allegedly... Continue
ABIODUN KOMOLAFE The detail makes the difference! In 1961, the regional government in Western... Continue
    I sincerely think that as a country we were careless at the... Continue
KINGSLEY EBERE  Police operatives from the Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Yaba, have... Continue

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