The African Action Congress(AAC) presidential candidate for the 2027 general election, Omoyele Sowore, has asked President Bola Tinubu to provide food, drinks, and other logistical support for 5,000 participants expected at the inauguration of its Presidential Campaign Council ahead of the 2027 general elections. The party also requested approval to hold the ceremony at the Presidential Villa in Aso Rock,…
The Federal Government has confirmed an Ebola virus disease case in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), involving a woman who recently arrived in Nigeria from Uganda. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, disclosed this…
There is a peculiar wisdom in a discount. It offers relief without necessarily changing the conditions that made relief necessary in the first place, and that seems to be the same with Nigeria petrol discount. For Nigerians struggling with rising…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has dismissed the presidential ambitions of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi, declaring that Rivers State will support President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general election. Wike made the declaration on Tuesday in Port Harcourt during a rally organised by youths of the Rivers Rainbow Coalition,…
Thousands of families have been displaced, multibillion naira investments ruined as severe flooding wreak havoc across Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers and other states in the southern parts of Nigeria. The flooding was triggered by several hours of severe rainfall across…
The Men Who Saw Tomorrow: Another Part of the Aoiri Obaigbo Series Professor Eyo Ita occupies an important but often overlooked place in the history of Nigerian nationalism, education and political development. His work in practical education, vocational training and…
PART I: The Colonial Trap Decades after gaining nominal independence in 1960, Nigeria remains ensnared in a structural and developmental bottleneck. The contemporary Nigerian state exhibits all the symptoms of an arrested developmental trajectory: a chronic deficit in technological innovation,…
Africa is far bigger than it looks on many world maps. Here is why the continent appears smaller, how map projections distort its size, and what the true size of Africa means for how the world sees the continent. Have…
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… says Rivers governor backs Tinubu’s re-election The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has blamed some governors for the political crisis that strained his relationship with Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, insisting that both men have reconciled and are now working together. Wike also maintained that Fubara is comfortable with his role in President Bola Tinubu’s re-election campaign, dismissing suggestions that the Rivers governor has been…
Education
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has restored its Central Admissions Processing System, CAPS, after a temporary disruption. In a statement on its X platform, the Board urged tertiary institutions to speed up their admission processes and recover lost time ahead of the 2026/2027 admission deadlines. JAMB also advised candidates to promptly accept admission offers made through the platform. Public universities are expected to conclude admissions by October 31, 2026, private universities by November 30, while other tertiary institutions…
