Fausat Balogun declares Assembly bid, vows support for widows, youths By Lai Gidado Determined to amplify the voices of the vulnerable, a grassroots politician and community advocate, Alhaja Fausat Balogun, has declared her bid for the Akoko North East State Constituency, promising strong support for women, widows and young people. Explaining her motivation to…
Artemis II: Space Exploration, and the Question of African Future By Prof. M. K. Othman In 1977, as a teenager in Form One at Government Secondary School Funtua, my form teacher asked me to indicate what I wanted to be. I said journalist and astronaut – two careers that are inordinately opposed, one art-based and…
Bayelsa Assembly Race: Ndubadein Faults Move to Bar Ward 12 from Contest. By Chris Mark Aspirant for the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Yenagoa Constituency 3, Hon. Amaoru Ndubaein, has debunked claims that Ward 12 in Biseni Clan, Yenagoa Local Government Area, is ineligible to contest the seat because the ward has allegedly occupied it…
Diamond Jubilee: A mother’s heart in a baby sister’s role: Celebrating a rare gem at 60 When a sister grows into a mother, mentor and pillar of strength all in one lifetime, the story deserves to be told loudly and joyfully. That is exactly how the Publisher of Ebony Herald International Magazine, Alhaji Lai Gidado,…
The Piece: A Political Round-Up Working Title: “Nigeria’s 2027 Race Has Already Started — And Nobody’s Governing” The Central Thread Every story you listed is actually one story: Nigerian politics has entered full 2027 mode while 2026 is barely half done. On the opposition side, alliances are fracturing before they’ve even solidified. On the…
YOUR CHILDREN ARE NOT MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR SPOUSE ‘Femi Adekunle on Parenting Some table-shaking here. Anytime I go speaking on parenting, I usually do an exercise and the result is always the same. I ask the audience consisting of parents how many of them love their parents, and all hands go up. I…
Fifteen States. One Saboteur. Zero Megawatts. Nigeria spent three years building a new electricity governance framework. NERC is now dismantling it one illegal directive at a time. By Chidi Ekeh Let us begin with a fact so precise it requires no embellishment. Section 230(6) of the Electricity Act 2023 the legislation that NERC administers,…
Court slams N1bn in damages against Sen. Natasha in defamation suit by ex-governor Yahaya Bello By Dally Iyamu A High Court in Lokoja has awarded N1billion in damages against Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, in a defamation suit filed by former Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello. The order is contained in the Certified True Copy of the judgment,…
ONDO ELECTRICITY ASSET HANDOVER AND UTILISATION: FEDERAL REGULATOR NOT SUPERIOR TO STATE REGULATOR WITHIN STATE ELECTRICITY MARKET — ENGR. ALABI In furtherance of its statutory mandate to license, regulate, and promote an efficient electricity market within Ondo State, the Ondo State Government, through the Ondo State Electricity Regulatory Bureau (OSERB), has formally notified the Nigerian…
Boko Haram attacks: Reps Call For Urgent Military Deployment To Borno Communities By Saheed Badmus Nigerian House of Representatives has called on Federal Government to urgently deploy adequate military and paramilitary personnel to areas recently affected by Boko Haram attacks. Worried by the incessant Boko Haram attacks in some villages in Borno State recently, the…
