What has actually happened? Commercial tricycle operators — known widely as keke riders — across the Federal Capital Territory have raised their fares by between N100 and N200 on multiple routes. The trigger is straightforward: petrol prices at filling stations…
The Call That Sparked a Backlash A civil society coalition has firmly rejected demands for the dismissal of the Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Professor Ahmed Abubakar Audi, following the deaths of 37 suspected illegal…
Thirty-seven Nigerians entered government custody alive. None came out. Now someone must explain why. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has placed responsibility for those deaths squarely on three men: President Bola Tinubu, Minister of Solid Minerals Development Dele Alake, and…
The dispute over Anambra State’s finances has been running for years, but it sharpened considerably in September 2025 when the state’s Commissioner for Finance, Izuchukwu Okafor, declared that Governor Charles Soludo’s administration was still servicing debts linked to Peter Obi…
Of the 55 countries worldwide whose nationals are eligible to apply for the United States E-1 Treaty Trader nonimmigrant visa, only three are African — Ethiopia, Liberia, and Togo — leaving the vast majority of the continent’s 1.4 billion people…
Paying your taxes does not mean your business is fully compliant with Nigerian law. That is the blunt message from the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), and it is one that far too many business owners are still getting wrong. The…
Nyesom Wike, the Federal Capital Territory Minister, launched his so-called Rainbow Coalition with considerable fanfare, presenting it as a broad, multi-party front to secure President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. The idea was straightforward: pull together figures from across the…
The United States Department of Justice has published an updated register of immigration practitioners currently under disciplinary action, and the names of fifteen lawyers of Nigerian origin appear among those sanctioned. The list is maintained by the Executive Office for…
The University of Lagos has published its UTME merit admission cut-off marks for the 2026/2027 academic session, covering programmes in the Faculty of Computing and Informatics and the Faculty of Engineering. The figures, released on 16 September 2026, include both…
Australia is offering eligible foreign nationals a free multiple-entry visa — and the details are worth knowing. Australia’s Department of Home Affairs has set out the full terms of its eVisitor visa, formally listed as subclass 651. The permit carries…