For years, declining fertility rates have been blamed on changing values, career ambitions, or the assumption that younger generations no longer want marriage or children. But a major new global survey by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)...


“It was not intentional. I was trying to come back. How can I headbutt someone? I would not.” Ugandan Boxer, Aziz Abdul said before he was planted off the ring. Ugandan boxer Aziz Abdul was disqualified from his Commonwealth Games contest after...
The Pulitzer Center is accepting applications for its 2026 Africa Education Teachers’ Fellowship, a six-month hybrid professional development programme designed to help African teachers integrate journalism into classroom learning. The fellowship...
Nigeria’s Kanyinsola Ajayi claimed the bronze medal in the men’s 100 metres after producing an impressive 9.90-second run in a thrilling Commonwealth Games final at Scotstoun Stadium on Tuesday. The 21-year-old sprinter continued his outstanding...
For generations, children have been told to drink their milk if they want strong bones. It is one of the earliest health lessons many people receive, and for good reason. Milk is an excellent source of calcium, one of the essential building blocks...
Former Bayelsa State Governor and Senator representing Bayelsa West Senatorial District, Henry Seriake Dickson, is set to receive the prestigious Pillar of Nigerian Democracy Award at the Diplomatic Digest 6th Anniversary Lecture, Award and Dinner...
Climate change is no longer just a story about melting glaciers, rising sea levels or extreme weather. Scientists are now warning that one of its most overlooked consequences is unfolding every night, in our bedrooms. Across the world, rising...
Dawn is an Open Wound by Jide Badmus In Dawn is an Open Wound, Jide Badmus transforms communal grief and national anxiety into deeply lyrical poems charged with intimacy, longing, and despair. Moving beyond the themes of love, desire, and the body...
For all its worth, that deadline ends today. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has insisted that the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise will end today, July 26, resisting calls from opposition political parties...
Beyond the Logic-Emotion Divide In recent times, I have become more deliberate about avoiding extremes and resisting the seductive pull of absolutism. I have come to see how easily we can become trapped by rigid categories, especially when they...

















