Wale Akinselure
10-year-old bags scholarship at Lagos Arts Festival
Aderibigbe Daniel, a 10-year-old pupil of Sacred Touch Schools, Lagos, has bagged a scholarship for hands-on architectural training at the Oshodi Arts Gallery. Chief Executive Officer of Oshodi Arts G...
13th June 2025
CMS old boys lay foundation for $2.5m ICT hub
Former students of CMS Grammar School, Bariga, Lagos State, have laid the foundation for the construction of a $2.5m Information and Communication Technology centre in their alma mater. The ambitious ...
13th June 2025
Nigeria yet to fulfil democratic promise – Utomi
Prominent Nigerians, on Thursday, lamented that the country had yet to fulfil the promise of democracy more than three decades after the historic June 12, 1993, presidential election. Political econom...
13th June 2025
June 12: Activists renew call for restructuring, true federalism
As Nigeria marked 32 years since the June 12, 1993, election, pro-democracy activists have called for true federalism as the key to solving the nation’s development challenges. Speaking at the 25th ...
13th June 2025
SAN urges Tinubu to name INEC headquarters after Abiola
A Senior Nigerian advocate, Dr Wahab Shittu, has urged President Bola Tinubu to name the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Abuja after the late Chief MKO Abiola. Shittu ...
12th June 2025
Three decades after Abiola, has Nigeria betrayed June 12?
In this report, WALE AKINSELURE takes a retrospective look at how Nigeria’s democracy has evolved after the June 12, 1993 saga amid current political realities Today marks 32 years after the June 12...
12th June 2025
UNILAG, Bakare’s CSG launch leadership diploma, slash tuition
The University of Lagos Business School and The Citadel School of Government have signed a Memorandum of Agreement launching a nine-month advanced diploma programme in Public Leadership and Statecraft...
12th June 2025
New constitution key to ending ethnic tensions – Olanipekun
Legal luminary, Wole Olanipekun (SAN), has said ethnic agitations will persist until the 1999 Constitution is jettisoned and replaced with a truly autochthonous and people-driven document. The Senior ...
11th June 2025
Lagos PDP remains intact despite defections – Party secretary
The Lagos State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has dismissed claims that its structure has collapsed, following Monday’s defection of its former Publicity Secretary, Hakeem Amode, and o...
10th June 2025
Imported food obsession killing local agriculture – Obatolu, ex-IAR&T director
In this interview with WALE AKINSELURE, Professor Veronica Obatolu speaks on her tenure as Executive Director, Institute of Agriculture Research and Training, relationship between agricultural researc...
10th June 2025
Group lauds DSS for foiling kidnappings in Akwa Ibom
A civil society organisation, the Centre for Human Rights and Accountability Network, has commended the Department of State Service for preventing major kidnappings in Akwa Ibom during the Eid El-Kabi...
10th June 2025
Falola, others hail Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o as literary giant
Scholars, writers, and literary enthusiasts from across Africa and the diaspora paid glowing tributes to the late literary icon Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o on Sunday. Ngũgĩ died on May 28 at the age of 87...
10th June 2025
Nigerian scientist launches research against stubborn cancers
A Nigerian scientist, Marvellous Oladeji, has embarked on cancer research through the development of novel immunotherapy agents. Oladeji’s research focuses on designing synthetic molecules known as ...
10th June 2025
RCCG trains youths to assume political offices
Youths across the country have been tasked to get adequately prepared for both political and business leadership positions in the country. The call was made at a media briefing ahead of a June 12 yout...
9th June 2025
‘IVF-conceived children not abnormal’
A fertility specialist, Dr Jaiyeoba Adeyemi, has dismissed the notion that children born through In Vitro Fertilisation are abnormal. Speaking at the Welcome Forum of the BridgeClinic, themed, “Opti...
8th June 2025
Nigeria not ready for CBT-based WAEC, NECO – Experts
Some stakeholders in the education sector have declared that Nigeria is not yet ready for a full transition to Computer-Based Testing for whether West African Examinations Council or National Examinat...
6th June 2025
Lagos students shine in national essay contest
Abdulazeez Ajoke of Abesan Senior High School, Ipaja, Lagos, emerged winner in the secondary schools category of the 14th National Travel Essay Competition and Air Transport Youth Empowerment Seminar,...
6th June 2025
11-year-old launches foundation for indigent pupils
An 11-year-old education advocate and ambassador of the Chantel Adenowo Special Education Foundation, Chantel Adenowo, has launched a not-for-profit initiative aimed at supporting underprivileged and ...
6th June 2025
US orders crackdown on visa overstays after Colorado terror attack
The United States Government has ordered an urgent crackdown on visa overstays, following the arrest of an Egyptian national, Mohammed Solima, for allegedly setting eight Americans on fire in Boulder,...
5th June 2025
NOA working to rebuild trust in Nigeria – DG
The Director-General of the National Orientation Agency, Lanre Issa-Onilu, has asserted that the agency is actively working to restore citizens’ trust and belief in Nigeria. Issa-Onilu noted that ye...
4th June 2025
Nigeria would be worse without prayers, says Adeboye
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has warned Nigerians against questioning the power of prayer in the nation’s affairs. He said Nigeria would be in ...
4th June 2025
Scientist seeks special needs education reform
A Nigerian neuroscience doctoral student at the University of Missouri-Columbia, United States, Moses Ataben, has called for urgent reforms in Nigeria’s special needs education policy to improve sup...
3rd June 2025
Tinubu economic reforms causing rising poverty, says Afenifere faction
The Afenifere, under the leadership of Oba Oladipo Olaitan, has declared that Nigerians have been subjected to harrowing pain and anguish in the two years of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. ...
2nd June 2025
Terrorists eyeing Nigeria, W’African coastline – US
The Commander of United States Africa Command, Gen Michael Langley, has raised the alarm over growing efforts by extremist groups and terrorists in the Sahel to gain access to West Africa’s coastlin...
2nd June 2025
Foundation seeks govt support for children with disabilities
A not-for-profit, child-centred organisation, Margaret Modinat Foundation, has called on the government and philanthropists to support efforts aimed at improving the lives of children with disabilitie...
29th May 2025
ECOWAS future rests on youths, says Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has called on West African leaders to prioritise mentorship and empowerment of the region’s youths to safeguard the future, stability, and prosperity of the Economic Community ...
29th May 2025
Tinubu leading Nigeria on path of growth – Ex-IG Adamu
Former Inspector-General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, has rallied support for the policies and actions of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. In a message on the occasion of the second year of the...
29th May 2025
PDP crisis: Makinde’s special adviser tackles Wike
The Special Adviser to Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde on Federal Constituency Matters, Mr. Dare Adeleke, has accused the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, of masterminding a plo...
28th May 2025
Negotiate Yoruba nation exit now, Akintoye writes Tinubu
The leader of the Yoruba Self-Determination Movement, Prof. Banji Akintoye, has urged President Bola Tinubu to facilitate a conversation with the movement towards negotiating peaceful separation of Yo...
28th May 2025
Insiders aiding international bank hackers – EFCC chair
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, says the anti-graft agency has arrested several bank staff members who granted access to local and international hackers, e...
28th May 2025
Children’s Day: 18.3m out-of-school kids ticking time bomb, experts warn
As Nigeria marks this year’s Children’s Day, prominent voices across academia, civil society, and government have, in conversations with The PUNCH, raised the alarm over the country’s worsening ...
27th May 2025
