By George Ozalla One of the frontline presidential candidates in next year’s general election under the platform of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Mr Peter Obi, has called for deliberate investment in education and healthcare, saying the two sectors are critical to achieving sustainable development and improving the quality of life of Nigerians. Obi made […]
10TH Senate Takes on Nigeria’s Toughest Security Question: State Police
By Ken Harries, Esq. It often begins as an ordinary day. A commercial bus pulls out before dawn, its passengers expecting nothing more than traffic delays and bad roads. Traders carry the week’s earnings. Students return to school. A nursing mother cradles her child. A retired civil servant travels to visit his family. Elsewhere, anxious […]
ICPC Moves to Institutionalise Anti-Corruption Studies in Nigerian Law Schools
By George Ozalla The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has intensified efforts to institutionalise anti-corruption education within Nigeria’s legal education system with the convening of a follow-up curriculum development workshop in Kano aimed at producing a draft anti-corruption curriculum for the Nigerian Law School.The workshop, which builds on an earlier engagement […]
Nigeria Has Survived Worse, Will Defeat Insurgency – Akpabio
By George Ozalla President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has expressed confidence that Nigeria will overcome its current security challenges, declaring that the nation has survived more difficult periods in its history and will ultimately defeat insurgency and criminality.Akpabio spoke on Sunday during an Inter-Denominational Church Service held at the National Christian Centre as part […]
Inauguration of National Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Council Board Members
L-R: Tony Emoekpere, Council Member, National Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6); Engr. Abraham Oshadami, Executive Commissioner Technical Services, Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC; Mr. Muhammed Rudman, National President, IPv6 Council; Dr. Aminu Maida, Executive Vice Chairman/CEO,NCC; Barr. Rimini Makama, Executive Commissioner Stakeholder Management, NCC; Dr. Chris Uwaje, National Vice President, IPv6 Council; Mr. Adesola Akinsanya, and […]
APC Fixes Date for Screening of National Convention Aspirants
By George Ozalla The All Progressives Congress (APC) has scheduled March 19 and 20, 2026, for the screening of aspirants seeking to contest positions at its forthcoming national convention, as the ruling party moves closer to a major internal reorganisation.The screening exercise will involve aspirants vying for various offices at both zonal and national levels. […]
Reps Demand Funding Boost as ICPC Recovers N33.16bn, $1.8m, Secures Convictions
By George Ozalla The House of Representatives has called for increased funding for the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission following the recovery of N33.16 billion, $1.8 million, and several high-value assets by the anti-corruption agency in 2025.The demand was made when the Commission appeared before the House Committee on Anti-Corruption to defend […]
NCC Begins Review of National Telecoms Policy, Calls for Stakeholder Input
By George Ozalla The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida, has commenced the review of the National Telecommunications Policy (NTP) 2000 and invited industry stakeholders to submit written contributions.Stakeholders are to send submissions to the Executive Vice Chairman/CEO or via the dedicated email: stakeholders@ncc.gov.ng by Friday, March 20, 2026. […]
S.M.A.R.T AMAC: Chukwu and Jibrin Present Reform Agenda Ahead of AMAC Election
News Feature By Chukwudi George Ozalla As residents prepare for the forthcoming chairmanship election in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), attention has increasingly turned to the candidacy of Eze Onyebuchi Chukwu (Delaw) and his running mate, Hussain Jibrin, whose campaign is built around a governance plan they call S.M.A.R.T. AMAC. With the election scheduled […]
Bondpay CEO, Abuja Socialite Remanded Over N2.5 Billion Contract Scam
by George Ozalla Chibuike Echem, Chief Executive Officer of Bondpay and a prominent Abuja socialite, along with his alleged associate, Alhaji Danjuma Mohammed, will spend additional days in Suleja Prison after a Federal Capital Territory High Court rejected their bail application in a N2.5 billion contract fraud case.The two men were arraigned before the Zuba […]
