LATEST NEWS
From boreholes to bots: Okpebholo’s 4,800 aides for social media war, by Destiny O. Enabulele
“This, his altercations with the Adelekes seems to inform this quest for…” So the new definition of “grassroots governance” in the State is 4,800 SAs and SSAs hired to bully people on Facebook? Senator Okpebholo just announced...
Gombe ASUU threatens indefinite strike over state govt grievances
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Gombe State University branch, has threatened to embark on a total, comprehensive...
Between the cross and the party card: Reclaiming moral courage in Nigeria politics, by Cliff Stanley
The circulating message concerning Sheikh Yahaya Jingir’s alleged derogatory remarks about Christians, and the reported reaction of political...
Osun 2026: The three-way battle between incumbency, federal power and political alternative, by Cliff Stanley
"Election are not won by endorsements alone, they are won when elite alliance, grassroots organisations, credible issues and...
Igbo businessman dedicates triplets in Gombe
By Ben Ngwakwe, Gombe A Gombe-based businessman and philanthropist, Chief John Agbata, has dedicated his triplets to God at...
New Abia CP Afolabi assumes duty, vows intelligence-led policing
By Ben Ngwakwe, Gombe The newly deployed Commissioner of Police in Abia State, CP Wilfred Olutokunbo Afolabi, has assumed...
Gombe Police to hold two-day shooting exercise in Liji
The Gombe State Police Command has announced a two-day shooting range exercise at the Gombe Military Shooting Range in...
Gombe Youth Parliament holds rally, 4th sitting to mark week
Youths in Gombe State have commended Governor Muhammadu Yahaya for approving the state’s Strategic Youth Policy, describing the...
Special birthday tribute: Augustine Oyarekhua Alegeh, SAN, FCIArb, CON — Diamonds are forever, by Douglas Ogbankwa
Abraham Lincoln, former President of the United States, once said: “In the end, it’s not the years in your...
‘Highly provocative, dangerous’ — Fani-Kayode rebukes Jingir over Muslim-Muslim ticket
Nigeria’s Ambassador-designate to South Africa, Femi Fani-Kayode, has rebuked Islamic cleric Sheikh Yahya Jingir over his renewed advocacy for...
Realtor, partner petition Edo Police over alleged cyberstalking, defamation
By Success Ude A Lagos and Benin City-based realtor, Edith Aigbefo, and her partner, Samuel Onofua, have petitioned the Edo...
Osun poll: NSCDC deploys 10,210 personnel, SWAT, K9 units, warns thugs
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has deployed 10,210 personnel, including specialised tactical units, across Osun State...
EDUCATION
Gombe begins education restructuring, merges ministries
Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Yahaya, has said his administration will immediately begin implementing recommendations contained in a taskforce report on...
AGRICULTURE
IFAD distributes farm inputs to 476 farmers in Taraba
By Terna Chikpa The Federal Government, through the International Fund for Agricultural Development Value Chain Development Programme (IFAD-VCDP),...
FEATURES & INVESTIGATIONS
The asset no creditor can seize, by Eyitayo Quadri
In the corridors where money and power meet, integrity is not a soft virtue to be admired from a distance. It is the hardest risk control an institution owns, and the one asset that outlives us. Much...
Foreign investors only: The colonial mindset still running our economy, by Destiny O. Enabulele
In our interpretation and understanding of who an investor is, Africans do not count. We do not think our...
One God, two microphones, by Destiny O. Enabulele
The Catholic Bishops have spoken. Boldly. Directly. To Mr. President. They named the hunger. They named the killings. They...
From blackout to birth rate? The folklore of Nigerian politics, by Destiny O. Enabulele
Former Governor Ayo Fayose says darkness after 7pm is making Nigerians have more children. His logic: lack of rural...
Politics jab is not a crime, by Destiny O. Enabulele
Criticizing policy is politics. Mucking personality is pettiness, the kind of “all is fair in politics” that Pres. Tinubu...
CORRUPTION & CRIME
₦1.2tn Taraba debt claim fake news, says finance commissioner
By Terna Chikpa The Taraba State Government has described claims by opposition parties that the state currently has a debt...
