After the disappointing loss to Australia in their opening game of the on-going FIBA Women World Cup in Tenerife, Spain, Nigeria’s national women basketball team, D’Tigress yesterday defeated Turkey 74 to 68 points to resuscitate their hope of a second round ticket. Nobody gave the Nigerian girls any chance of beating the Turkish team based…

Sir: In 2015, Nigeria’s President, General Muhammadu Buhari (GMB) said he had no money to pay the twenty-seven and half millions, charged for nomination form by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and some corrupt persons contributed the money. Some of the contributors were serving governors who owed workers several months of unpaid salaries and emoluments.…

Nigeria has formally joined the global conversation to check progress and seeks to increase global ambition to meet the goals of the Paris climate change agreement. It comes under a process designed to help countries implement and enhance their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) by 2020. One of the key outcomes of the UN Climate Change…

Nigeria is an intriguing nation. A 58- year adult nation that is still crawling like a toddler, while most of its mates are running on sure feet. Many people including political, traditional and religious leaders have expressed their bewilderment with Nigeria’s chronic inability to truly rise. Never mind that a tiny minority including some who…

True to their pre-match boasts, Enyimba yesterday in Aba thrashed Rayon Sports of Rwanda 5-1 to qualify for the semifinals of the CAF Confederation Cup. The Nigerians held Rayon Sports to a goalless draw in Kigali last week and boasted thereafter that nothing would stop them from getting to the semifinals of the competition. Get…

Despite Federal Government’s efforts at leveraging a vibrant non-oil sector to boost nation’s economy, the sector is still not competitive enough to drive the desired change in economic diversification, rapid revenue base expansion, sustainable growth and employment generation. Therefore, the government must stop paying lip service to its diversification agenda and get all concerned stakeholders…

Experts in the health sector have expressed concerns over Nigeria’s growing population, saying lack of innovation in the sector is responsible for the trend. Speaking at a health innovation forum in Abuja, they warned that if left unchecked, the country may not be able to contain the negative effects that will follow. Worried over the…

The typical Nigerian campaign circle revolves around the influence or formidable reach of the persons. Looking at it from another perspective, one can assert that the single issue that has come to define and dominate the typical electioneering or campaign periods in Nigeria right from post-independence period up until 2018 has always been the conversations…

Voters in the southwestern Nigerian state of Osun went to the polls on Saturday to elect a new governor amid growing concerns about free and fair voting, six months ahead of a presidential election. The Osun vote is seen as a litmus test for President Muhammadu Buhari's popularity as he seeks a second term in…

The participation of women in politics and electoral process in Nigeria is still at a dismal level, and despite the overwhelming number of women at many rallies, it is yet to produce a female presidential flag bearer of a major political party. According to the Global Gender Gap index data of the World Economic Forum…

The French Development Agency (AFD) has disclosed that it spent 1.5 billion euros in its 10 years of partnership with Nigeria to deepen the country’s infrastructure capacity. It said this as part of events to mark 10 years anniversary in the country, adding that it was organising a series of events on October 11 and…

The continuous rise in the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), otherwise called cooking gas in Nigeria, may continue for a while if challenges relating to foreign exchange, infrastructure, and planning are not addressed now.