Across Africa’s conflict-hit regions, farmers are trapped between hunger and hardship. Many are cut off from their fields, traders face perilous journeys on broken roads, and millions have been displaced from their homes. However, despite the...
The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on media and public communications, Dr Sunday Dare has warned that selective application and weak enforcement of laws are tearing at the country’s moral and institutional fabric. Giving a keynote address...
It’s extraneous. The Nigerian government has branded the World Bank recent figures a ‘lie’ Nigeria’s presidency has rejected the World Bank’s recent claim that 139 million Nigerians are living in poverty, describing the figure as...
Cristiano Ronaldo has officially become football’s first billionaire player. This is according to the latest valuation by financial media giant Bloomberg. The 40-year-old Portuguese superstar, who currently plays for Saudi Pro League side Al-Nassr...
Three scientists, John Clarke of the United Kingdom, Michel Devoret of France, and John Martinis of the United States — have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for their groundbreaking work on quantum mechanical tunnelling. The Royal...
For the first time in history, global growth in electricity demand was met entirely by solar and wind power. This is according to a new report from Ember, the energy think tank. The data marks a remarkable milestone in the global clean energy...
Welcome to the strange and fascinating frontier of biocomputing, where living cells, rather than silicon chips, could power the computers of the future. In a lab in Switzerland, scientists at FinalSpark are experimenting with “mini...
Despite government data showing a decline in cooking gas prices, residents across Lagos and Ogun states are battling one of the steepest hikes in recent months, with households enduring long queues and soaring costs. Recent figures from the National...
‘Moulders of Tomorrow You are the quiet architects of dawn, Who take the unshaped clay and gently guide The restless mind, the fragile spirit torn Between the world outside and peace inside. You do not merely fill the empty shelf With...
In his recent commentary, Professor Jibrin Ibrahim, a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Democracy and Development, delivers a sobering assessment of Nigeria at 65 years of independence. He argues that despite the country’s age, it has yet to achieve...
