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Post views: 12 Ikorodu City FC president Sanmi Doherty says Nigeria’s football reforms will only succeed if clubs are allowed to invest in academies before being saddled with unsustainable wage demands. Sanmi Doherty, has weighed in on the debate over the NPFL’s reform agenda, calling for a development-focused approach rather than pushing clubs into heavy financial obligations they cannot …

The Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) has informed stakeholders of a planned outage on the 330 kV Jos-Bauchi-Gombe transmission line, scheduled to begin from Saturday to Sunday. According to the statement from the management of the system operator, the planned attack is to enable it to make the connection of the optical ground cable (OPGW) on the 330 kV line. …

.. Says trillions saved vanished into ‘fake ministries, fake agencies’ .. FG challenges to account for the trillions made from removing subsidies Daud Olatunji Former Labor Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has defended the removal of fuel subsidies, insisting that the problem was not the policy itself, but the federal government’s management of the trillions of naira saved by its …

By Victor Osula, Abuja Former Vice President of Nigeria and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has said the shocking revelation of over ₦210 billion in overlapping and duplicative allocations in the 2026 federal budget, coming in the wake of Nigeria’s dismal performance on nearly 90% of globally recognized prosperity indicators, has exposed the Tinubu administration as one …

MTN Nigeria and Entertainment Company, Ultima Studios, have unveiled the second season of the Next Afrobeats Star Talent Competition and increased the winner’s recording contract prize from N150 million to N225 million. Organizers said while speaking to the media on Saturday in Lagos that the winner will also receive a brand new Mercedes-Benz SUV. The organizers added that the first, …

PR Primus Limited, a public relations consultancy and promoter of Your Image PR program on Ogun State Television, has appointed three eminent academics and practitioners to its administrative team as part of efforts to strengthen public relations scholarship and professional practice in Nigeria. The newly appointed trustees are Prof. Dele Odunlami, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye; …

Nigeria’s overcrowded prisons are often portrayed as a crime problem. In reality, they are increasingly a symptom of something much more worrying: the abuse of state power. Activist Omoyele Sowore’s recent account of his time in Kuje Correctional Center reminds us that many people behind bars are not there because they have been found guilty of any crime. They are …

*Presidential Communications Team inspects projects in Imo Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has compared President Bola Tinubu to Singapore’s founding leader, Lee Kuan Yew, praising his economic reforms and expressing confidence that Nigerians would re-elect him in 2027. Lee is recognized globally as the founding father of modern Singapore, leading its transformation from an impoverished British colonial outpost and …

Post views: 53 By Wakawaka Sports The President of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Abia State Chapter, Kingsley Okwum, has appealed to the Abia State Government to consider installing a modern synthetic pitch at the Umuahia Township Stadium as part of the ongoing renovation, describing it as the best long-term solution for the facility. Speaking on the …

The Anambra State Police Command has launched a manhunt for a teacher accused of allegedly flogging a 12-year-old pupil to death at Adazi-Ani, Anaocha Local Government Area. The command said the teacher fled after the incident, while efforts were underway to arrest the suspect and reveal the circumstances of the boy’s death. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, …