…campaign. The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1426/2026, was filed by SERAP’s lawyers, Kolawole Oluwadare and Kehinde Oyewumi. The organisation is seeking an order of mandamus directing INEC to demand full disclosure from the governors and the APC on the alleged campaign fund, including the identities of contributors and the s…

By Yinka Kolawole Dangote Cement Plc has reaffirmed its commitment to driving low-carbon cement production, with Group Managing Director, Arvind Pathak, urging African producers to accelerate decarbonisation while expanding capacity to meet the continent's growing infrastructure demand. Pathak made the call after parti…

By Peter Egwuatu & Yinka Kolawole Nigeria's capital market has received a significant boost after S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) placed the country on its 2027 Country Classification Watchlist for potential reclassification from a Standalone Market to a Frontier Market, citing improvements in the country's regulatory…

…In the judgment delivered by a three-member panel led by Justice Gabriel Omoniyi Kolawole, the appellate court held that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that Bello committed the offence of m8rder and was also guilty of unlawful possession of human parts. The court ruled that the trial court properly eval…

…you say “shey you see say you be mumu” na once I look your username”. ‎ ‎Oluwaseun Kolawole stated, “Full blown mumu change the name bro”. ‎ ‎Samuel noted, “Now you don learn”. Able Gracious, “She probably doesn’t want to hurt his ego, but then she shouldn’t have lied” Ibroma emphasized, “Women no dey ever get money, w…

…Nigeria's construction sector. Dr. Muzamil Hassan, Consultant Nephrologist at Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, highlighted the link between prolonged heat exposure, dehydration and kidney strain. He noted that prevention must become a stronger part of public health conversations, especially for pe…

By Yinka Kolawole Nigeria's manufacturers are increasingly embracing local sourcing and value addition as a survival strategy to reduce dependence on imported inputs amid rising production costs that continue to undermine their competitiveness within the domestic and regional markets. Industry operators, however, warn…

…while speaking with journalists shortly after the installation of Venerable Emmanuel Kolawole as the seventh Dean of the Archbishop Vining Memorial Cathedral Church, Ikeja, Lagos, on Sunday. Also instituted as canons during the service were Revd Canons Tope Fashogbon, Innocent Okonkwo, Lekan Daramola, Samson Ogabi, Mic…

…apex body of the campaign council include Hon. Folorunsho Bamisayemi, Hon. Ismaila Kolawole, Dr. Tunde Alarape, Hon. Tona Famadewa, Barr. Sunday Ojo Williams, Barr. Ayo Afilaka, Hon. Lekan Oyediran, Hon. Aleem Bakare, Alhaji Mutiu Omotayo, Hon. Semiu Afolabi and Hon. Taiwo Akeju. It added that several other party leade…

Permit me, in a very special way, to thank you personally for the generous honour you accorded me on the occasion of my induction as the 7th LAWMNA Territorial Chairman. Your thoughtful full-page congratulatory publication was not only a pleasant surprise but also a profound demonstration of your love, confidence, and …

…vaccine-preventable diseases despite the availability of free vaccines. DEBORAH TOLU-KOLAWOLE writes When 20-month-old Batula stopped walking, her family believed something supernatural was happening. The little girl from Nigeria's conflict-ravaged North-East had become so weak she could barely move. Painful boils appe…

…to public service, recalling his role as Organising Secretary of Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) in Lagos during the Second Republic and his efforts in laying the foundation for the Lagos State Printing Corporation. He noted that a central mosque at the corporation was recently dedicated in Oseni’s…

…the case on grounds of alleged bias. In a statement signed by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation said: "We are concerned about the escalating crackdown on the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly, association and media freedom, and the flagrant disregard for the rule of law by Nige…

…made during the 2026 International Campus Journalism Conference (ICJC), held at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, where student journalists and media professionals converged to discuss […]

…Segun Oni of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), who secured 82,211 votes, and Bisi Kolawole of the PDP, who got 67,457 votes. In 2022, Oyebanji got 53.16 percent of the total valid votes, while his close contenders, Oni and Kolawole, got 23.36 percent and 19.17 percent, respectively. However, in 2026, Oyebanji secured…

…Buhari was merely restating a warning issued more than six decades ago by Chief Obafemi Awolowo. Renowned for his almost obsessive faith in the transformative power of education, Awolowo repeatedly stressed the need to expand educational opportunities across all regions of Nigeria. He warned Northern leaders that failu…

…for paying off its debts and fully disengaging from all loan obligations since 2003. The Awolowo-Dudley Discourse: This background, I argue, sets the basis for understanding the intellectual and ideological lenses through which Chief Obafemi Awolowo and Professor Billy Dudley articulated critical but intersecting frame…

…corporate or short and trouser. I studied Demography and Social Statistics at Obafemi Awolowo University. Can you share your OAU experience? Experiences were formed by being a start-up guy. I was not an efiko (bookworm), but everyone knew that I was not going to fail. I was a guy that people knew if you challenged me I…

Cuts export freight costs below $2/kg By Yinka Kolawole The Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment has formally flagged off the expanded Nigeria-East and Southern Africa Air Cargo Corridor in partnership with RwandAir, in a move to lower export logistics costs and strengthen Nigeria’s participation in the A…

…representing Ekiti North Federal Constituency II in the House of Representatives, Kolawole David Akinlayo has expressed optimism over the prospects of the ruling party in the ongoing governorship election in Ekiti State, citing massive voter turnout across his constituency and strong support for Governor Biodun Oyebanj…

Mr Adu, a farmer who expressed regret for not passing through formal education, said being an Awolowo supporter as a young man afforded him many socio-economic opportunities and benefits.

…having spent more than three decades within the organisation. A graduate of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, he joined the Customs Service in the late 1980s and steadily rose through the ranks. He became a Deputy Comptroller in 2012 before being promoted to Comptroller in 2017. Following that promotion, he serv…

…governorship election with 187,057 votes, defeating Segun Oni of the SDP and Bisi Kolawole of the PDP, and has since consolidated his grip on the state's political architecture. His administration's six-point Shared Prosperity Agenda, focused on education, healthcare, infrastructure, agriculture, economic growth, and s…

…in Ebute Metta, I moved to Surulere, just after the Civil War. I lived in Chief Obafemi Awolowo's house on Park Lane before owning a house at Apapa GRA, then crossed over to Ikoyi, my present abode. "I am married to an Igbo lady and have friends in every corner of Nigeria. I have not been to only two states, Adamawa an…

…have served 35 years. Adeniyi joined the Customs Service after graduating from Obafemi Awolowo University in the late 80s. BREAKING: Tinubu grants Comptroller General of Customs another six-month tenure extension