Former Nigerian Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has warned that declining public trust in democratic institutions is putting democracy under pressure across Africa, urging governments to strengthen accountability, uphold constitutional rule and ensure that democratic systems deliver tangible benefits to citizens. Mr Osinbajo gave the warning while delivering the keynote address at Good Governance Africa’s (GGA) annual […]
Despite 25 State Houses of Assembly endorsing the State Police Bill, persistent fears over political interference, human rights violations and weak accountability have raised questions about whether the proposed safeguards can protect citizens from abuse or remain largely theoretical. Although the endorsements have met the two-thirds threshold required for the constitutional amendment to advance, the […]
Organised labour will decide its next course of action after a crucial meeting with the Federal Government on Tuesday (today), with the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress demanding concrete proposals on petrol prices, wage negotiations and other unresolved workers’ welfare issues amid the threat of nationwide industrial action. The talks, which follow an […]
United States President Donald Trump has said Norwegian immigrants are not welcome in the US because he did not win the Nobel Peace Prize, the Telegraph reports. The president made the declaration while addressing his supporters at a rally in Michigan on Monday. Trump, in the attack on the country, said, “Frankly, Norway sucks. Norway […]
England captain Harry Kane has been crowned the winner of the 2026 Ballon d’Or, claiming football’s most prestigious individual award. The Bayern Munich striker emerged as the standout player at the 2026 Ballon d’Or ceremony, held on Monday, October 26, after an outstanding year for club and country. Kane’s triumph marks a major milestone in […]
Some public transport routes participating in the Federal Government’s compressed natural gas transition programme have recorded fare reductions of between 15 and 50 per cent, the Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles has said. The initiative disclosed this during a media engagement organised in Kano on Thursday by the Decade of Gas […]
The proposed constitutional amendment to establish a dual policing system in Nigeria has secured approval from 24 State Houses of Assembly, meeting the two-thirds threshold required for constitutional alteration. The Chief of Staff to the President and Chairman of the Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill, Femi Gbajabiamila, disclosed this in a statement […]
The Nigerian Army has commenced the deployment of 600 Nigerian Army personnel to India for specialised jungle and mountain warfare training. The first batch of 300 personnel departed Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Thursday, aboard two Indian Air Force aircraft, a C-17 and an Airbus A321. According to a statement on Friday by the […]
Thick cables snaked along footpaths in a township outside South Africa’s wealthiest city, Johannesburg, where 180 households have relied on illegal electricity connections for more than 20 years. Angry about the authorities’ failure to get them properly connected to the grid, residents have resolved to turn their backs on their ANC-led municipality at the November […]
A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Oyo State, Chief Niyi Aborisade, has called on factions within the party to resolve their differences and unite to defeat Governor Seyi Makinde’s administration and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 elections. Aborisade, a legal practitioner, said the party’s chances of winning the governorship […]
Nigeria could record an additional 31,400 heat-related deaths between September 2026 and February 2027 as an unusually strong El Niño weather pattern intensifies, a report by the Climate Impact Lab has warned. The projection places Nigeria among the countries expected to suffer the highest number of additional heat-related deaths globally during the six-month period, with […]
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has projected that the 750-kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway will be completed within three years, raising the prospect of the road being delivered around 2029, before the end of President Bola Tinubu’s second term in 2031. Umahi gave the timeline during a one-hour, 30-minute interview on Arise Television on Friday, […]