When the federal government announced at the 2025 Forest Economy Summit its plan to unlock $2 billion from Nigeria’s forest economy, it sounded like real progress. The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, stressed urgency, warning that over 90% of our original forest cover is already gone. Yet, there’s a contradiction at the heart of this initiative:

The public excitement that followed the inclusion of digital literacy and even artificial intelligence courses in Nigeria’s secondary school curriculum is, quite misplaced and laughable.  Frankly, many public schools today are little more than glorified “under-the-tree” learning centers. They are shadows of what they once were. Very few, if any, can boast of functional computers, projectors,

Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has urged Meta Platforms Inc. to disregard a request from the Department of State Services (DSS) seeking the ban or deactivation of activist, Omoyele Sowore’s Facebook account. In a letter addressed to Meta, Effiong described the DSS action as unlawful, mischievous, and a threat to Nigeria’s democracy.  He noted that

The ICE confirmed the development Monday via its official X handle. The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in New Orleans has arrested a Nigerian national, Rotimi Oladimeji, 38, following his conviction for a multi-million-dollar romance fraud scheme that targeted a St. Louis woman. The ICE confirmed the development Monday via its official

Police said the suspects, comprising two men and two women, were apprehended at the scene and subsequently referred to the Public Prosecution for legal action. The Garagara Police Department in Ubari, Southern Libya, has arrested four undocumented Nigerian migrants following a raid on a residence allegedly used for drug consumption and prostitution. Migrants Rescue Watch,

Fuel loading operations across petroleum depots were crippled on Monday as the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) protested against the alleged ban on workers’ unionism at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. The shutdown followed a marathon meeting in Abuja between Dangote representatives, NUPENG leadership, and federal government officials at the Ministry of

The Chairman of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Special Committee on Examination Infractions, Jake Epelle, has revealed that parents are responsible for 80 percent of fraudulent practices recorded in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Epelle made the disclosure on Monday after presenting the committee’s report to JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede,

A serving councillor representing Gwantu Ward in Sanga Local Government Council of Kaduna State who was abducted by bandits in the Southern Kaduna area of the State, Hon. David Ali Gwantu, has regained freedom from his abductors. Gwantu, who was abducted in the early hours of Friday regained freedom on Monday night after spending four

Soldiers of the Joint Task Force (JTF) have since intensified patrols around Bomadi and neighbouring communities. Armed kidnappers stormed a lodge in Bomadi, Delta State, in a midnight raid and whisked away an Army officer, identified only as Lt.-Col. Josiah. The officer, who had earlier attended a marriage ceremony in nearby Kpakiama community, had returned