1. My Dear Children, the pride and future of our great nation, I join you to celebrate the 2025 National Children’s Day with immense pride and profound joy. On this special day, let me reaffirm our commitment to nurturing and protecting you as Nigeria’s future leaders, innovators, and changemakers....
OPINION
Nigerians were promised renewed hope, bold reforms, and decisive leadership two years ago. As President Bola Ahmed Tinubu crosses the halfway mark of his first term, we are left with a growing sense of betrayal. The Centre for Development Communication stands with millions of Nigerians, especially the voiceless, who ask...
By MIKE AUDU, Jalingo – As the sun rises gently over the green hills of southern Taraba, 14-year-old Terseer Mtomga who hails from Tor-Musa village in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State squats beside a pot of boiling yam in a makeshift IDP camp in Jootar in Benue...
By IBUKUN EMIOLA, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) In the clinical halls of some In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) centres across Nigeria, a new kind of transaction is quietly thriving. University students, especially, often driven by financial hardship, ignorance or peer pressure, are becoming the unseen suppliers of eggs and...
A quiet revolution is unfolding in the often-noisy landscape of Nigerian governance, where reform announcements can feel as routine as rainfall. It is not wrapped in fanfare, nor driven by political expediency. It is measured, genuine, and gathering momentum in a place where reform has long been needed yet...
When Donald Trump first peeped into the Presidential wagon to say he wanted to run, the reception was mixed. America was united nonetheless by what we can call ‘Washington fatigue.’ People were tired of the bureaucratic gridlock, the diplomatic rigmarole and the congressional multi speak that yielded little or...
Your Excellencies, Grace and peace to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. I write to you today not as a distant observer, but as a lifelong member of the Catholic Church in Nigeria—specifically one who has been part of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal for over forty...
The drumbeats echo once more in the valley,Where the land weeps with the silence of torn roots.Yesterday, they came in fine coats and canes,Today, they ride in shadows, grazing fire on our fields.The name has changed—from taxman to herdsman—But the theft is the same: our dignity and our land....
By CHETUNI ARINZE, Senior International Affairs Reporter As global migration patterns shift to meet the growing needs of advanced economies, the United Kingdom continues to rely heavily on international talent to fill critical gaps in its workforce. According to the UK Home Office, more than 300,000 Skilled Worker visas...
By the twilight of 2024, Nigeria had achieved 56 percent local content participation in the oil and gas sector. Data from the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, tells the story. This represents a massive leap forward but octogenarian Dan Etete, the hero of this turnaround in the...
By STEVEN KEFAS In the complex political landscape of Kaduna State, where tribalism and party loyalty often create insurmountable divides, one man stands apart as a beacon of accessible leadership and genuine human connection. The Executive Chairman of Kaduna State Internal Revenue Services (KADIRS), Jerry Adams, has defied the...
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost entered the 2025 Papal Conclave for the election of a successor to late Pope Francis as a dark horse among heavyweights, especially from Europe. If it were a secular political election in his home country, America, whose president recently shared an AI-generated image of himself...
The wise learn from their errors and successes of their neighbors. And as they say, we learn from history that we learn nothing from history. Actually, history is his story told by him or by others, written with his actions and published by observers. Errors could be made in...
The Tinubu presidency has shown utter disrespect for Nigerians. It is above all insensitive to the suffering and hardship of most Nigerians. Instead of rendering a sensible mid term account of its mandate, the administration is celebrating the onset of the 2027 presidential election race. A clear two years...
Recent developments in Nigeria—particularly in Benue State—have brought to the fore an alarming pattern of constitutional violations by organs and institutions that ought to uphold the rule of law. Among the most egregious is the recent illegal summoning of the Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly by...
Established in 1994 by the military administration of late General Sani Abacha, the Abuja Investments Company Limited, (AICL) is positioned as a government-owned investment enterprise charged with the responsibility to drive economic development in the federal capital territory. Its primary goal is to promote strategic investment and boost realistic...
Email: nick.agule@yahoo.co.ukX: @NickAguleFacebook: Nick Agule, FCA5th May 2025 Why Telecoms Privatisation Succeeded While Power Sector Privatisation Struggles in Nigeria Before 2001, Nigeria had just 500,000 telephone lines serving over 100 million people. The demand far outstripped supply, making access to phones expensive and exclusive. Racketeering was rampant, and even...
Nick Agule Email: nick.agule@yahoo.co.uk X: @NickAgule Facebook: Nick Agule, FCA 5th May 2025 Why Telecoms Privatisation Succeeded While Power Sector Privatisation Struggles in Nigeria Before 2001, Nigeria had just 500,000 telephone lines serving over 100 million people. The demand far outstripped supply, making access to phones expensive and exclusive. Racketeering was...
In life and more so in death, Pope Francis earned universal respect for enthroning humility, simplicity, courage, and love for the poor and the marginalised, during his 12-year papacy marked by exemplary evangelical leadership. More than 50 heads of state, 10 reigning monarchs, some 250 cardinals, 400 bishops and...
When on August 26, 2024, President Bola Tinubu appointed Mr. Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi as the Director-General, Department of State Services (DSS), I got tons of calls from several serving and retired officers of the Service. The calls were two-pronged – congratulatory; and “to pray that your friend delivers. “To...