There was a sense of pride and accomplishment in the air as stakeholders gathered in Lagos last weekend for the unveiling of the new corporate headquarters of Northwest Petroleum & Gas Company Limited, a project delivered by Julius Berger Nigeria Plc. The event drew an impressive gathering of government...
Tom Chiahemen
The Speaker of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Bilyaminu Ismail Moriki has clarified that the eight lawmakers who recently announced their defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) had been suspended from the House long before their purported defection. The Speaker stated that the lawmakers were...
I am honoured to chair this important gathering devoted to ethics and integrity. I commend Verbatim Magazine and its partners for doing something that Nigeria urgently needs: making integrity visible and making honour answerable to character. For too long, our national conversation on corruption has concentrated almost entirely on...
What Happened to the Peace Accord?: A Memo to the National Peace Committee, By CHIDI ANSELM ODINKALU
What Happened to the Peace Accord?: A Memo to the National Peace Committee, By CHIDI ANSELM ODINKALU
As Nigeria marked 66 years of independence this past week, the Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, Jarrett Tenebe, turned prayerful. Mr. Tenebe is not priest, pastor, or Imam. He claims to be a professional politician. Ordinarily, that should mean that he is interested...
President Tinubu delivered a mostly predictable Independence Day address to the nation. In one respect, the speech was somewhat different. It sang about the new statistics of economic recovery that Western media and domestic economics elite have recently been rehashing. The external reserve has climbed to the neighbourhood of...
As campaigns for the January 2027 presidential election gather momentum, the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement has launched its grassroots mobilisation campaign in Taraba State, calling on residents to support the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The movement, led by its Grand Patron, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as...
Grand Patron of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, has said the reforms of President Bola Tinubu’s administration are yielding results but that the president will require more time for consolidation, hence the need to reelect him in 2027. He stated this in Damaturu, Yobe State, on...
As Nigeria clocks 66 years of nationhood, the Mayor of Housing, My-ACE China, has revealed seven obstacles that he said hinder national development. The real estate success strategist said in an interview in Port Harcourt on October 1, 2026, that the foundation and needs for the very formation of...
M.D School, the first private inclusive school in Lagos, is set to rolls out the drums to honour the legacy of it’s pioneering vision, as it celebrates its 40th anniversary of nurturing young minds to excellence. Speaking at a pre-event chat during the week, Mrs Omolara Adedugbe, Executive Director...
By Dr. Justin Amase Today, Nigeria officially marks its 66th independence anniversary at a very challenging socio-political crossroad. A nation that held so much hope and promise for the black race has failed to live up to its potential after 67 years of independent nationhood. For patriots and friends...
The Mwaghavul Development Association (MDA), has denied allegations that it owns or operates a militia group or collaborates with the Department of State Services (DSS), or any other security agency to attack Fulani communities in Plateau State. The association described the allegation as false, alleging that it was part...
Joseph Tegbe arrived at the Ministry of Power with an unusual combination of credentials. A first-class degree in civil engineering. More than three decades in consulting and public-sector reform. A professional life spent largely in finance, taxation, institutional transformation and advisory services. That makes for an impressive CV. It...
In support of the Federal Government’s quest for affordable house rent for workers There is perhaps no more revealing measure of the health of a society than the answer to a simple question: Can a man who works honestly afford to put a roof over the heads of his...
Kano Nigeria, September 27, 2026 :The PBAT Door-to-Door Movement on Sunday commenced mobilisation in Kano State to rally support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid. Speaking at the official inauguration of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement held in the open arena of the Kano State Government House, the Grand...
There are institutions whose work is so closely intertwined with national security. that much of what they do must necessarily remain outside the public gaze. The Department of State Services (DSS) is one such institution. Its successes are often classified, its operations cannot always be publicly explained, and its...
“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” — Acts 4:12 There is a growing language in our world today about interfaith understanding, interreligious dialogue, religious harmony, common brotherhood, and global peace. There is...
Nigeria’s democracy and its federalist architecture face two critical challenges. First is how to elect governors that are sufficiently literate and enlightened to understand the rudiments and responsibilities of governance. The second and perhaps more important challenge is how to get state governors to understand that democracy is only...
British journalist Mark Doyle is on record as one of the outstanding, but very few, “engendered species” of foreign correspondents who reported on and in Africa, its people, and conflicts from the heart, with understanding and empathy. Other survivors from the old brigade of news hunters, whom I can...
The Chairman of Ushongo Local Government council in Benue State, Hon. Timothy Terkimbi Adzu, has made history with the flag-off of the construction of the first asphalt township road in Lessel town. Created in 1989, Lessel, the headquarters of Ushongo Local Government, has never witnessed the construction of a...
The PBAT Door-to-Door Movement has commenced mobilisation in Borno State to rally support for the reelection of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima in 2027. Borno is the home state of the Vice President. Speaking at the official unveiling of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement in Maiduguri...