Awo’s legacies remain benchmark for good governance —Tinubu

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has described the sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, as a profound wise man of sound judgment whose legacies and ideals will continue to serve as the benchmark in Nigeria’s history. Tinubu stated this on Friday at the ...

World Bank backs South Africa’s infrastructure rollout with $350m funding

The World Bank has approved $350 million in funding to support South Africa’s infrastructure rollout aimed at unlocking private investment and improving key sectors such as electricity transmission. The funding is to support the creation of a credit guarantee ...

My husband moved out of home because I refused to terminate our pregnancy —Wife

Husband and pregnant wife She enrolled our children in an expensive school —Husband A woman, Alice, has dragged her husband, Ayobami, before Grade A Customary Court sitting at Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State, on the account of irreconcilable differences. ...

WAEC Extends 2026 WASSCE Registration Deadline to March 13

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has extended the registration deadline for the 2026 computer-based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) to March 13, 2026. The examination body announced the extension on Friday via its official X handle, ...

Villagers with giant scrotums

I recently accompanied a friend to his village for a family ceremony. During our stay, about four of his relatives came to ask him for money to treat their big scrotum which they said was common in the village. I ...

My blood pressure and alcohol

My blood pressure I am slightly hypertensive and currently on anti-hypertensive medications. I want to know if I can still continue taking alcohol or I should stop Chike (by SMS) We’ve known for a long time that alcohol can ...

Vote-buying culture can’t produce good leadership — Adebanwi

A Professor of African Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Professor Wale Adebanwi, on Friday, said the vote-buying culture among Nigerians cannot produce good and sustainable leaders for the country. The don, who delivered the 2026 Obafemi Awolowo Lecture, ...

Ex-Osun Speaker appointed OAU Pro-Chancellor

The authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, has announced the appointment of His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Adejare Bello as the new Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council for the University. According to a statement by the Public Relations ...

Senator Karimi lauds Tinubu for re-awarding 86km Abuja–Lokoja road contract

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Services, Senator Sunday Karimi, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the re-award of sections of the Abuja-Lokoja federal highway totalling 86 kilometres by the federal government just weeks after the initial contract was terminated ...

PSC promotes seven AIGs to DIGs, urges professionalism

… as Frank Mba, other DIGs bow out The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Friday promoted seven Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) to the rank of Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs). According to the statement made available to news men ...