What hunters see in the forest is enough to make children of men without balls blind. An ethnographic study of hunters in a wild called Ìgbẹ Alágogo conducted by a scholar at the University of Ibadan, Ayo Adeduntan, gave birth to the narrative. Ọláníyì Ọládèj̣ọ Yáwóọ̣ré had gone hunting one day and came face to face with a deer breastfeeding …

Niger State Pilgrims Welfare Board has completed the airlift of pilgrims from the state to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the 2025 pilgrimage. A total of 3,035 pilgrims were airlifted in seven flights. A statement from the board by its information officer, Jibril Kodo, said pilgrims in the last flight arrived Madina early yesterday. He said they would observe …

The Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway was originally conceived to connect Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Delta, Rivers, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, and Cross Rivers States. In other words, the 700-kilometre road, whose contract was awarded at $11 billion and remains the biggest infrastructure project by President Bola Tinubu administration, was meant to connect two of the country’s three geopolitical zones in southern Nigeria. Why …

There is a particular kind of silence that greets progress in Nigeria—when food prices fall, inflation slows, the country is positively recognised, debts paid, or things begin to work. It is the kind of silence that would rather keep a good story buried than be told. But make no mistake. What we see in the market today is not magic. …

This is not the best of headlines. It contradicts common sense. The lexis and syntax are yelling for a harmonious structure. The sense here is in the apparent nonsense. But it serves the purpose of the day. The shouting oxymoron in the headline is deliberate. It is about the only way to explain the new fad in government business in …

The Bayelsa State Traditional Rulers Council is open to visitors, without bias. In the course of the last presidential campaign, King Bubaraye Dakolo, Chairman of the Council, was only too glad to receive in audience Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, before he became President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria. In like manner, he received Alhaji Atiku …

When the works minister, David Umahi gets unduly animated by some projects being executed by the government and expects the Igbo to bow in gratitude, it may be necessary to remind him of what other regions have received under Tinubu. Truth be told, the President is yet to show reasons why voters from the South East should queue for him …

It is hope-filling that the Northern Establishment has thrown its weight behind the establishment of state police to tackle the disturbing waves of insecurity that have bedevilled the land for more than a decade now. The piece of news must be a thing of joy to all men of goodwill who have been sensitive to the plight of fellow compatriots …

The last time a public official wept on national TV, Nigerians regretted offering her towels instead of buckets to collect her tears. She was acting, but we didn’t know it. Diezani Allison-Madueke had just been appointed Minister of Transport and went on a tour to assess some major roads. At the Benin end of the Lagos-Benin highway, she broke down …

This ancient scripture perfectly captures the transformation that has unfolded on Port Harcourt Road in Aba, Abia State. For decades, this once-thriving commercial artery deteriorated into a haunting symbol of state neglect — a decaying stretch of land riddled with craters, refuse, and frustration. At its worst, the road resembled more of a wasteland than a city street. It became …