FG revokes 1,263 mineral licences over service fees
Sept.21, 2025 The Minster of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, has approved the revocation of 1,263 mineral licences over default in payment of annual fees. Alake gave the approval…
Police arrests six after deadly attack on tactical teams in Benue
Sept. 21, 2025 … As IGP deploys additional tactical assets to ensure speedy arrest of suspects The Nigeria Police Force has arrested six (6) suspects in an ongoing response operation…
From displacement to degrees: How an IDP camp in Edo is turning survivors into professionals
Sept. 21, 2025 By Kevin Okunzuwa When insurgency and herder-farmer violence swept through Borno and Adamawa States between 2010 and 2015, it left hunger, homelessness, and hopelessness in its wake….
You are more than my wife, you’re the steady flame illuminating my path; Tinubu to wife on her birthday
As you celebrate your 65th birthday today, I honour not only the love of my life, but also a woman whose quiet strength and enduring grace have been my steadying…
NDLEA intercepts drugs hidden in underwear, phone chargers, food items; suspects nabbed
A businesswoman Okolonkwo Ebere Theresa was on Sunday 14th September nabbed by Aviation Security Officers of FAAN in collaboration with NDLEA operatives attached to the screening point of terminal 2…
Two Brazil returnees excrete 116 wraps of heroin, cocaine in NDLEA custody
Two Brazil returnees: Ofoma Sunday and Ukachukwu Frank Ikechukwu have excreted a total of 116 wraps of heroin and cocaine they ingested after days in observatory custody following their arrest…
Chimamanda: A rare human, true African queen, by Ken Ugbechie
We shall call her Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. We shall call her the Odeluwa (the one who writes for the world). We shall call her the writers’ writer; the great bard…
Unsettling messages from Nepal, by Monday Philips Ekpe
Nigeria’s political leadership should become more responsive to the people’s needs and sensibilities, writes MONDAY PHILIPS EKPE There’s a tricky difference between message and lesson. While the former is…