The Weight of a Life Well Lived By Lanre Ogundipe There are birthdays that merely add another year to a man’s life. There are others that compel society to pause, not to count the years, but to measure the influence those years have deposited upon humanity. Such occasions are less about age than about legacy; less about longevity than about significance. The eighty-seventh birthday of Aremo Olusegun Osoba belongs unmistakably to that latter category. Some lives are biographies. Others become reference books.Osoba’s life has become one of those enduring texts from which successive generations continue to draw lessons on journalism,…
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By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) convened its 2026 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, to review the activities and financial performance of the organisation for the financial year ended December 31, 2025. The hybrid meeting, held at the NESG Summit House in Lagos and virtually, brought together members of the Board of Directors, members of the Group, auditors, company secretaries, and key stakeholders. In his address at the meeting, Mr. Niyi Yusuf, Chairman of the NESG Board of Directors, extended his sincere appreciation to the board, management, and members of the think tank for…
By Arabinrin Aderonke Abuja, Nigeria — The City Boy Movement (CBM) on Monday commenced its maiden three-day National Retreat in Abuja, bringing together members of its Governing Board, National Working Committee (NWC), National Directors, State Directors and other stakeholders from the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The retreat, which runs from Monday, July 13 to Wednesday, July 15, 2026, is aimed at strengthening the movement’s structures, reviewing its progress and preparing members for intensified grassroots mobilisation in support of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. A major highlight of the opening ceremony was the formal swearing-in of…
Ever wondered why many people are still hooked onto the habit of alcohol addiction even when it is apparent that they are aware of the imminent danger associated with frequent consumption of alcoholic beverages? The truth is that most people who drink know that alcohol can damage their liver and make their lives miserable. They know it can destroy marriages, drain finances, and lead people down paths they never intended to take.But what many people don’t know is that alcohol can also damage the brain. Recently, I came across a condition called Wernicke’s Encephalopathy, and the more I learned about…
By Ayodeji Aransiola Every Nigerian has an opinion about the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Bring it up in a barber’s shop in Kano, a restaurant in Enugu, or a WhatsApp group of old classmates in Lagos, and the conversation almost always turns passionate. Some would insist the scheme has outlived its usefulness and should be scrapped. Others would defend it fiercely as one of the few institutions still binding the country together. In between would be quieter, more persistent worries: about security, about welfare, about deployment, about whether a compulsory year of service still equips young graduates for the…
Governor Ademola Adeleke has raised alarm over an ongoing coordinated, illegal operation by the Osun APC to buy up voters’ voting cards and extract pin numbers from the cards to disenfranchise voters on August 15. In a statement on Thursday morning, the governor warned against what he called illegal and anti-democratic activities that are targeted at compromising the voters registers, electronically disenfranchising voters and manipulating the outcome of August 15 polls, calling the attention of the electoral commission to the untoward development. Citing multiple reports from across the 30 local governments and Area Office, the governor accused the Osun APC…
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday urged Nigerian journalists to put national interest above sensational reporting, warning that irresponsible coverage could undermine the country’s security and democratic progress. Addressing the inaugural Presidential Press Corps Dinner at the State House in Abuja, President Tinubu said the media must resist becoming “megaphones” for terrorists and criminal groups seeking to destabilise the country. “I made a commitment at the inauguration that I will do everything possible in my power to be consistent with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. “You and I promise one another that we must not undermine our country…
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau Worried by the economic hardship, which his people are currently facing, especially the youth, the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for Abia State, Dr. Kelechi Anosike has promised to run a welfarist government if he is elected as a governor in 2027. This is even as he has outlined his vision for the state anchored on seven pillars of welfarist programme, including economic welfare, civil service welfare, education, healthcare, industrialization, youth welfare, and empowerment, as well as agricultural revolution. Speaking to media executives on Thursday in Abuja on his political ambition…
The leadership of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and NLNG have reaffirmed recommitment to deepen the existing close collaboration between the agencies, towards enhancing in-country value addition from operations of the gas processing and marketing company, for the benefit of the Nigerian economy. This renewed commitment was made on Wednesday when the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of NLNG, Engr. Adeleye Falade paid a courtesy visit to the Executive Secretary, NCDMB, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe at the Board’s liaison office in Lagos. Speaking during the visit, Falade said the company remains focused on deepening Nigerian Content,…
Governor Ademola Adeleke has highlighted the importance of equitable, just and fair administration of justice as a condition for the survival of democracy in Nigeria. He made the declaration at the 2026 annual national conference of Egbe Amofin Oodua held at Ile Ife where he tasked judicial stakeholders to uphold rule of law and ethical conduct on both the bar and the bench. Represented by the Deputy Governor for Osun state, Prince Kola Adewusi, the governor recalls the current challenges facing the democratic process and concludes that the survival of the democratic process can be further enhanced when judicial officials…