NPC, UNICEF Demonstrate Digital Birth Registration Process in Lagos
The National Population Commission (NPC), in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has intensified efforts to improve birth registration in Nigeria with a practical demonstration of the digital registration process at the Eti-Osa…
The Ballad of Empty Mind – A Poem by Bolutife Oluwadele
A Ballad of Empty Mind Behold the sage who scrolls at dawn, With thumb a-blur and mind withdrawn, Who skims a headline, reads a tweet, And deems his morning brain complete. He knows no history, knows no fact; Yet nuance cannot pierce his act. Yet…
Cristiano Ronaldo Marries Georgina Rodríguez in Private Portugal Ceremony
There were guesses but only Critiano Ronaldo knew when. Now, it’s all done as the superstar footballer has finally tied the knot with his longterm girlfriend, Georgina Rodríguez. Doing it his way. It was a private civil ceremony in Cascais,…
UNICEF: Unregistered Children Risk Losing Access to Education, Healthcare, Social Protection
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that children without birth registration risk being excluded from essential public services and social protection programmes, stressing that legal identity is a foundation for exercising basic rights…
Osun 2026: The Key Facts as the State Heads to the Poll
Osun State is set to decide its political future on Saturday, August 15, 2026, when voters across the state’s 30 local government areas will choose the next governor. The election has attracted intense attention because Osun has historically been…
Super Falcons Miss Out as Algeria, Morocco, Cameroon, Malawi Secure WAFCON Semi-Final, World Cup Spots
Nigeria’s Super Falcons have failed to qualify directly for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup after losing to Cameroon in the quarter-finals of the ongoing Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. The defeat means Nigeria will…
China Evacuates Over One Million as Typhoon Dolphin Hits Eastern Region
Authorities in China have evacuated more than one million people from vulnerable communities in eastern China, including Shanghai, as Typhoon Dolphin brought powerful winds, torrential rain and widespread disruption to the region. The typhoon made its…
Osun: EFCC and the war this week – Festus Adedayo
Midnight was just shyly unfolding its grim loneliness over the Coal City. I nudged the nose of my blue Peugeot 504 Saloon out of my apartment’s drivewayopposite the Fire Service Office. I thenturned into the dark, quiet embrace of the main road at Otigba…
Oyo Govt Unveils Data, Identity Card Scheme, Reaffirms Commitment to EXPOYO 2026
The Oyo State Government has commenced a data capture and identity card registration exercise for traders, artisans, cooperative members and industrialists across the state’s 33 local government areas, with each beneficiary expected to pay N1,000 for the…
Review: Children of Blood and Bone
Children of Blood and Bone is looking like it’s going to be an exceptionally good movie. I can already tell, and I honestly cannot wait for 2027. That said, I want to say something about the conversations I’ve been seeing around the cast and…