Chairman of the 10th Annual Conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), Dr Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has urged the media to test in court the extent of its constitutional right to obtain and disseminate information during elections. Agbakoba, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, made the call at the GOCOP Conference held on Thursday at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, with the theme, “2027 Elections: Trust, Transparency and Shared Responsibilities.” He said that while the Electoral Act gives the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) authority to announce election results at different levels, Section 39 of…
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By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Federal Government has announced ten new measures to reduce the pain Nigerians feel from high fuel prices. It insists, however, that none of them brings back the old fuel subsidy for everyone. The measures were presented by the Federal Ministry of Finance at a press briefing on Thursday, 8 October 2026, titled “Fuel Prices and the Subsidy Question.” The government admitted its earlier steps fell short. According to the presentation, “These measures do not fully relieve the pressure households feel today, so the government is going further.” The government described the new package as “Help that…
***Two Months After WAFCON Flop Harry Awurumibe is Women’s Football Aficionado Still smarting from the disappointment of losing everything Nigeria stands for in women’s football in Morocco exactly two months ago by crashing out of the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) after a quarter-final loss to Cameroon, missing the semi-finals for the first time in tournament’s history and failing to qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in Brazil, Super Falcons have another opportunity to banish the ghost of the team’s first-ever failures. This is even as the uproar that greeted Nigeria’s 1-0 loss to Cameroon…
It has little to do with the legitimate demand that public contracts face scrutiny. Men like Tompolo are not beyond criticism, nor should they be. The real concern lies in the peculiar logic with which Dokubo has chosen to defend one figure while attacking others. In a video now circulating widely, Dokubo alleges that the Olu of Warri and Dr Osahon Okunbo collect ₦2.7 trillion annually for pipeline surveillance. He then introduces ethnicity into the argument, suggesting that the two escape scrutiny because they are “Benin” and “Itsekiri”, while Tompolo is being singled out. The question that follows is simple:…
The Senator Sharafadeen Alli Campaign Organisation (SSACO) has condemned the attacks on Alhaja Tawakalitu Alli, wife of the Oyo State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Sen. Sharafadeen Alli, and two candidates of the party in Ibadan on Wednesday. Mrs Alli was attacked during a medical outreach she organised at Ibikunle House, Ayeye, Ibadan while the Oyo South APC senatorial candidate Hon. Aderemi Oseni and Ibadan North West/Ibadan South West Federal Constituency candidate Hon. Folake Olunloyo-Oshinowo’s campaign trains were attacked during separate campaign events at Agbaje Market, Orita-Merin, and Idi-Arere, Ibadan on Wednesday. The campaign organisation, in a statement by…
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has appointed Rwandan officials to take charge of the opening leg of Nigeria’s Super Falcons’ double-header of the 2028 Olympic Games qualifying tie against Comoros on Friday. Ms. Henriette Byukusenge has been named as the Centre Referee for the encounter, with Sandrine Murangwa serving as Assistant Referee One and Regine Mukayiranga will be the Assistant Referee Two to complete the officiating team. Also, Ms. Aline Umutoni, also from Rwanda, will perform the duties of the Fourth Official and Reserve referee. CAF has further appointed Namibia’s Fransiska Katjaimo as…
With 25 days to the 2026 All Africa Challenge Trophy, Nigeria’s return as host of Africa’s premier women’s team golf championship is also shining a light on the remarkable growth of women’s golf in the country. When Nigeria secured the hosting rights in 2024, Evelyn Oyome was President of the Ladies Golf Association of Nigeria and led the Nigerian delegation that successfully secured the bid.Now, as the country prepares to welcome Africa to Abuja for the third time, Oyome believes the championship is coming at a significant period in the development of women’s golf in Nigeria. The former LGAN President…
The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has organised a training session for its members on effectively deploying Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools as part of measures to help them publish faster, better, and more professionally to increase profitability. The training comes on the sidelines of the Guild’s 10th Annual Conference, holding October 8-9, 2026, at the Radisson Blu Hotel, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos, with the theme: “2027 Elections: Trust, Transparency and Shared Responsibilities”. The training session, which was anchored by an AI expert and publisher of The Lagos Times, Sulaimon Durojaiye with the title: “The AI-Powered Newsroom: AI & Prompt Engineering…
The ongoing 2026 Annual Conference of the Guild of Corporate Publishers (GOCOP) has witnessed more empowerment of members through specialised training, one of which is titled ‘Monetisation of Digital Media Business; Earning Beyond Advertising and Sponsored Content’ at Radisson Blu in Ikeja, Lagos Nigeria. The topic was presented by Dr Monday Ashibogwu, Group Chief Executive Officer, Billsbox Services Limited and Publisher, Quick News Africa. He alerted publishers that advertising built on pageviews was getting weak as audiences have moved to other platforms. He attributed the recent trend to the increased use of search and artificial intelligence tools to answer readers…
Maxwell Amuchie, publisher and CEO of the Sundiata Post Media Ltd, has advocated that newsrooms, especially in Africa, must quickly transition to strategic knowledge creation to survive the disruption from the fast-coming zero-click era. Amuchie spoke at the training session, Day-One of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), Annual Conference, held at the Radisson Blu in Ikeja Lagos, on Wednesday. He stated that mainstream media will remain relevant but media houses must become dynamic and adaptive to change, to survive the emerging trends and threats. Amuchie, who is also a theorist and lead researcher at Sundiata Post Intelligence Unit…