How Many Nigerian Households can Afford Clean Cooking?
Despite a decade of policy pledges, rising domestic gas production, and over $500 million in private investment, an estimated 20 million Nigerian households, representing a vast portion of the population remain dependent on firewood and charcoal for…
Tinubu Stands Firm on New Tax Laws set to Take Effect January 1, 2026
President Bola Tinubu is certain that his administration will implement Nigeria’s landmark tax reforms as scheduled on January 1, 2026, despite growing opposition and allegations of legislative irregularities. In a statement personally signed on Tuesday…
REFLECTIONS- By Bolutife Oluwadele
Many Dimensions of Wisdom Quite a minute here! I again stumbled on the Yoruba adage “Bọ́mọdé bá ṣubú á wò iwájú, tí ẹ̀gbọ̀n bá ṣubú á wò ẹ̀hìn á wó ibí tí ó ti fẹ̀ sí kọ” (When a child falls, he rises and moves forward; when an elder falls, he rises and…
Beyoncé Joins Billionaire Club with $1 Billion Net Worth, Says Forbes
American singer Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has officially entered the billionaire ranks, with Forbes confirming her net worth has surpassed $1 billion, making her the fifth musician to reach this tier. She now stands alongside Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Bruce…
Keep Up! Cristiano Ronaldo is Counting Down to 1000
Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo has stated he will not retire from professional football until he scores his 1,000th career goal, a target he confidently vowed to reach barring injury. The 40-year-old icon moved closer to that unprecedented landmark…
Funke Akindele’s “Behind the Scenes” Cements an Unprecedented Reign
Nollywood’s commercial landscape has a reigning monarch, and her name is Funke Akindele. Fresh off the historic, billion-naira successes of A Tribe Called Judah and Everybody Loves Jenifa, the actress-producer has done it again. Her latest cinematic…
President Tinubu is not Serious About Fighting Terrorism – Former World Bank VP
A former Vice President of the World Bank and co-convener of the #BringBackOurGirls movement, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, thinks the administration of President Bola Tinubu is cuddling terrorists towards mindless criminality than making any effort to…
Climate Change Can Stunt Children’s Growth
A new research has revealed that climate change is risking the physical development of millions of children worldwide. The groundbreaking study published in Science Advances has uncovered a dire link between extreme heat, humidity, and childhood…
A Calculated Blast or a Dangerous Precedent? Unpacking America’s First Military Strike in Nigeria
The images were dramatic: a fireball lighting up the night sky over a farm in Jabo, a town in Nigeria’s northwestern Sokoto State. The U.S. military’s unprecedented Christmas Day airstrike on Nigerian soil was billed by some as a decisive “warning…
Sydney Sweeney is Steering Hollywood Toward Substance
At just 28, Sydney Sweeney is emerging as Hollywood’s new lighthouse actor, one whose choices illuminate difficult social shores rather than simply chasing the spotlight. With two powerhouse 2025 releases, the psychological thriller The Housemaid and the…