Why Is Trump Suddenly Asking the World to Help Fight His War With Iran?
By Stephanie Shaakaa Wars often begin with bravado. Leaders promise quick victories. They speak in the language of strength, certainty and destiny. The enemy is weak. The mission is clear. The outcome is inevitable. Then reality arrives. And suddenly the same leader who sounded so certain begins making phone calls. That is the moment we […]
Gender Inequality Driving Global Antibiotic Resistance Crisis – Experts Warn
Health experts have raised the alarm that gender inequality, violence against women, and limited access to healthcare were accelerating the global crisis of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), warning that the fight against drug-resistant infections cannot succeed without addressing deep-rooted social and gender disparities. The warning was issued during an AMR Dialogues session themed “Antimicrobial Resistance Under […]
UK announces road closures, no-fly zones for Tinubu’s state visit
Britain will impose airspace restrictions and deploy armed police officers in Windsor next week as President Bola Tinubu arrives for a state visit hosted by King Charles III. Tinubu is expected to begin the visit in the company of his wife Oluremi Tinubu on Wednesday, March 18, with a reception at Windsor Castle. Thames Valley […]
NIDCOM Demands Due Process over Detention of Nigerians in Mozambique
The Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa has called on the Mozambique government to follow due process in the treatment of Nigerians detained in the south African Country, noting that if the Nigerians committed any offence, they should be formally charged to court. In a statement issued by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Director of Media, […]
Institutions Are Only as Honest as Their First Acts
By Stephanie Shaakaa There is a quiet, almost invisible moment when a nation’s institutions are born or reborn. Taiwo Oyedele steps into office as Nigeria’s Minister of State for Finance, not as a distant observer, but as one of the architects of the country’s new revenue framework. He is the man who helped design the […]
Ten Unassailable Achievements of the Akpabio-Led Tenth Senate and a Historic Legacy of Purpose
By Eseme Eyiboh To inquire—often with a faint hint of derision—about the legacy Senator Godswill Akpabio may bequeath as President of Nigeria’s Tenth Senate is to display a troubling indifference to recent legislative history. The record is neither obscure nor equivocal. Under his stewardship, the Senate has passed more than 90 bills, with over 58 […]
I joined the APC To sustain the Zamfara Rescue and Rebuild mission–Lawal
The governor of Zamfara state, Dauda Lawal has said that his decision to join the All progressive Congress, APC was to ensure that the Zamfara Rescue and Rebuild mission is sustained since the leadership crisis in his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party remains intractable. In a statement issued on Tuesday and signed by Sulaiman […]
A Tax Authority Must Not Begin by Ignoring the Law
“You cannot build tax obedience on a foundation of legal disobedience”
IGP Disu appoints Geographer as Force Public Relations Officer.
The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has approved the appointment of Deputy Commissioner of Police, Anthony Placid, a graduate of Geography and Regional Planning as the new Force Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police Force. DCP Placid who replaces the outgoing Force Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin studied Geography and Regional Planning at the […]
International Women’s Day: Half the World Still Waiting
By. Stephanie Shaakaa More than a century after the first calls for women’s rights echoed across factories, streets and parliaments, the world still confronts a stubborn truth. Equality between women and men remains unfinished business. International Women’s Day itself was born from protest and persistence. In 1908 thousands of women garment workers marched through the […]