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NCDMB targets building smart learning centres until the last out-of-school children have been reached
October 21, 2024
NCDMB targets building smart learning centres until the last out-of-school children have been reached
In a landmark move to address the educational needs of Nigeria’s out-of-school children, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board…
Yesterday & Today: What led the Irish Reverend Father Shanahan to become Anambra Ìgbos’ favourite priest?
October 18, 2024
Yesterday & Today: What led the Irish Reverend Father Shanahan to become Anambra Ìgbos’ favourite priest?
Before Christian identities came to become part of daily life in present southeastern Nigeria, polytheist feelings guided every thought until…
Super Eagles pulling out of 2025 Afcon qualifier with Libya because host forgot them at abandoned airport
October 14, 2024
Super Eagles pulling out of 2025 Afcon qualifier with Libya because host forgot them at abandoned airport
Close to 24 hours after they arrived in Libya for the 2025 Afcon qualifying match with their host, the Super…
Prostituting and roadside hawking getting a tighter room in Lagos’s T.H.E.M.E.S crop of future milestones
October 3, 2024
Prostituting and roadside hawking getting a tighter room in Lagos’s T.H.E.M.E.S crop of future milestones
After setting the blueprint for the future years with the T.H.E.M.E.S agenda Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu set out starting his journey…
October 1 in Nigeria is christened National Survival Day, not independence
October 1, 2024
October 1 in Nigeria is christened National Survival Day, not independence
Marking Nigeria’s 64th independence day anniversary on 1 October 2024, there was a feeling that the journey as a country…
Can Bobrisky survive a lawyer-voodoo-priest super force trying to prove he bribed EFCC?
September 30, 2024
Can Bobrisky survive a lawyer-voodoo-priest super force trying to prove he bribed EFCC?
It was Martins Otse, a blogger known on socials as VeryDarkMan, or VDM for short, who had alleged that the…
Will the Nigerian rail service shake off a stench of ruin coming shortly after 1898 birth?
September 30, 2024
Will the Nigerian rail service shake off a stench of ruin coming shortly after 1898 birth?
As Nigeria stands on the cusp of celebrating 64 years of independence, the iron tracks that once symbolised progress now…
How thick is the shell that keeps the Nok culture all covered up and unknown?
September 29, 2024
How thick is the shell that keeps the Nok culture all covered up and unknown?
Maybe the Nok culture will never lose its air of mystery but it should not be ruled out that future…
A bystander’s view of the 1945 Nigerian general strike
September 27, 2024
A bystander’s view of the 1945 Nigerian general strike
As World War II ended in 1945, a significant chapter in Nigeria’s history began to unfold. The year marked the…
The Battle of Adwa: Inspiration for Nigeria’s Independence all the way from Ethiopia
September 26, 2024
The Battle of Adwa: Inspiration for Nigeria’s Independence all the way from Ethiopia
On October 1, 1960, Nigeria celebrated its independence from British colonial rule, marking the culmination of decades of nationalist efforts…
What’s Wole Soyinka’s best drink to sleep or work?
September 20, 2024
What’s Wole Soyinka’s best drink to sleep or work?
The only Nigerian and the first black African to win a Nobel Prize in Literature Prof. Wole Soyinka has been…
It is still early days of Lagdo Dam discharge. Nigerian officials say all should be calm although the threat of flooding is still there
September 18, 2024
It is still early days of Lagdo Dam discharge. Nigerian officials say all should be calm although the threat of flooding is still there
Whilst the reality that climate change impacts on their environment in an unnecessarily rough manner is still very much niche…