Written by 
About the CivicHive Civic Tech Fellowship Nigeria is home to one of the world’s fastest-growing youth populations. In this context, civic technology has emerged as a powerful catalyst for social change, leveraging digital and non-digital tools to bridge gaps between governments and citizens, expand civic space, and strengthen democratic participation. Civic tech innovations today play … Continue reading “CivicHive CivicTech Fellowship Program 2026 for early-stage Civic innovators (Monthly Stipend)”
Glow Africa Limited is an asset management company and a private lending institution registered in Nigeria. Glow Africa’s target customer base includes individuals in paid employment, travel loan borrowers, SMEs, and other financial services in Nigeria. Glow Africa operates as a viable institution by basing its services and operations on global best practices. Job Title: Relationship … Continue reading “Relationship Marketing Officer at Glow Africa Limited – Nationwide”
AFS Youth Assembly is proud to open applications for the second edition of the Sir Cyril Taylor Young African Leaders Program. With generous grant support from the Sir Cyril Taylor Charitable Foundation, this initiative continues its mission to empower outstanding young changemakers from Sub-Saharan Africa with the skills, resources, and funding needed to drive sustainable … Continue reading “Apply Now for the 2026 Sir Cyril Taylor Young African Leaders Program”
Written by …Says dropping Shettima risky Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, has said any move to drop Vice-President Kashim Shettima, ahead of the presidential election in 2027, could negatively affect the All Progressives Congress, APC. In an interview on MIC ON, a podcast hosted by Seun Okinbaloye, Musawa, who spoke against the backdrop … Continue reading “Minister warns APC against altering Muslim Muslim ticket”
…Warns faith-based institutions against hiding status …Says undergraduates who write exam again may forfeit admission By Adesina Wahab As admission seekers will today begin registration for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has cancelled special concession and registration hitherto allowed for people with albinism because some were … Continue reading “As registration for 2026 UTME begins, JAMB cancels concession for albinos”
By NICK DAZANG When a war, such as the one on terror, becomes prolonged, it becomes checkered: It begets its ebbs and flows and it assumes different colourations. Once upon a time, the terrorists were treated with kid gloves. That is until they viciously, and in quick succession, attacked a presidential convoy, a correctional centre and members … Continue reading “Managing the war on terror”
Nigerians were, once again, confronted Monday last week with a grim reminder of a recurring national failure: the deadly practice of scooping diesel or petrol from accident scenes. The sight of residents of Apapa, Lagos, rushing to scoop diesel from a fallen fuel tanker at Liverpool Bridge was not just alarming, it was shameful, tragic, … Continue reading “Tragedy waiting to happen: Recurring danger of fuel scooping”
Former Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Ola Ibrahim, retd., has said weekend the country’s relative prosperity and porous borders have contributed to its security challenges. The former defence chief, who stated this at the reunion of the 42nd Regular Course of the Nigerian Defence Academy on Saturday night in Abuja, said Nigeria’s economic potential attracts … Continue reading “Weak borders fueling Nigeria’s insecurity, says ex-CDS”
By PAT UTOMI For 30 years, without break, a major public lecture or talkfest, as I prefer to call it, has marked my birthday. Thirty years ago the main speaker was a Revered Father called Matthew Hassan Kukah, now Catholic Bishop of Sokoto. He likes to say that was his coming out party as a public intellectual. … Continue reading “Fuelled by Grace”
By EBUKA UKOH Nigeria has opened a probe into the death of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s infant son, who was three months shy of two years. The Lagos State Government, in whose jurisdiction the death occurred on January 6, 2026, states that it is investigating the incident at Euracare Hospital. The Lagos governor offered condolences, committees were named, … Continue reading “How a child’s death put Nigeria on trial “