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By Okey Ikechukwu A few weeks ago, the government of Akwa Ibom State announced a comprehensive education reform programme. It is designed and tagged, an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered basic education

Guest Columnist By Bola Ahmed Tinubu Fellow Nigerians Today, we celebrate democracy and the enduring Nigerian spirit. For 27 unbroken years, since May 29, 1999, Nigerians have chosen their leaders

Guest Columnist By Babajide sanwo-olu Today, I join millions of Nigerians across the country and in the diaspora to commemorate June 12 –  a day that stands as a defining

EXPRESSO BY STEVE OSUJI Nigeria must own the rights to the most peculiar country in the world. Nothing is strange around here anymore. From the story of snakes swallowing millions

By Olusegun Adeniyi Twelve days ago, at a private residence in Abuja, a faction of what remains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gathered to affirm former President Goodluck Jonathan as its candidate for

Femi Falana Kidnapping of school children began in 2014  when Boko Haram terrorists abducted 300 girls in a government secondary school in Chibok, Borno State. Since then, the abduction of

Let me say it plainly at the start, because it is the only honest place to put it: there are no easy solutions to complex problems. Anyone who tells you

At the end of the parties’ primary election season last month, we have an estimated sixteen candidates lined up to contest next January’s presidential election. I said “estimated” because as

 Tunde Rahman The recent abduction of schoolchildren in Ahoro-Esiele Community, Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State, remains deeply distressing. On May 15, 2026, heartless kidnappers abducted 38 schoolchildren, killing