I WRITE this article with a deeply heavy heart, saddened by the manner in which some Islamic scholars have allowed worldly interests and political considerations to cloud their sense of decency, responsibility and moral duty. It is heart-breaking to witness how the pursuit of worldly gains can overshadow the values that religious scholars are entrusted to uphold. More troubling is how such conduct can diminish the respect and moral authority that people of knowledge are expected to command. As men of knowledge carry a sacred responsibility to speak with integrity and courage. When worldly interests take precedence over truth and…
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BY LANRE OGUNDIE THERE is an expensive habit in Nigerian governance that rarely appears as a separate item in the national accounts. It does not have a budgetary code. No ministry presents an appropriation request for it. Yet the country pays for it repeatedly. It is the cost of starting again. A new administration arrives. A new minister takes charge. A new committee is inaugurated. A new policy is announced. Sometimes the language changes more than the substance. Sometimes an existing programme is renamed. At other times, something already underway is abandoned because it belongs to the previous government. Then…
BY OWEI LAKEMFA PROFESSOR Nnamdi Chinwendu Nwaeze holds three degrees in economics, all with distinction. When, on August 11, 2026, lecturers of the Abia State University (ABSU), where he professes, went on strike, he applied his economics profession by comparing the ₦400,000 some of the lecturers are paid with the income of the commercial tricyclist who makes an average ₦15,000 daily. His simple calculation was that the tricyclist, who requires no educational qualification for his work beyond riding skill, earns more than a lecturer with multiple degrees. Yet the lecturer is entrusted with developing the intellectual, educational, social and moral…
By MAX AMUCHIE LANGUAGE does more than describe reality. It shapes how we perceive it. Every enduring discipline eventually develops its own vocabulary. Law has its language. Medicine has its language. Economics, engineering, diplomacy and computer science all possess conceptual vocabularies that enable practitioners to describe phenomena with greater precision than ordinary language permits. Journalism is no exception. Yet the vocabulary of journalism has largely remained rooted in the 20th century. We continue to speak of newsrooms, reporters, editors, publishers, news cycles and audiences—concepts that remain important but no longer fully capture the realities of a profession transformed by digital…
ON THURSDAY, July 30, 2026, Saudi Arabia announced the formation of a 14-member Multinational Maritime Defence Coalition, ostensibly to guarantee freedom of navigation in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the Gulf of Aden. Its practical objective is to break the Houthi naval blockade of Saudi Arabia declared on July 20. The founding members are Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan, Egypt, Pakistan, Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Bangladesh and, yes, Nigeria. Nigeria is still battling Boko Haram, banditry, kidnappings and other armed groups at home. What would it mean for the country to confront an adversary whose missiles and drones…
THE CENTRE for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has raised fresh concerns over the digital accessibility of some political parties contesting Saturday’s Osun State governorship election, saying four party websites were operating with anomalies in the latest 24-hour monitoring cycle. The development came in CITAD’s second monitoring report on digital access, political parties’ websites, and possible data and privacy breaches ahead of the August 15 election. According to the fresh report, released Friday evening, CITAD’s artificial intelligence-based PAWSON-Monitor conducted 17,888 checks on the websites of 15 political parties participating in the election within the latest monitoring period. CITAD said 11…
THE FEDERAL Government says 33,000 hectares of land have been reserved within the Abuja Master Plan for livestock settlements. The Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Maiha, disclosed this on Friday in Abuja at a ministerial news conference on Federal-State-Private Sector Partnerships for transforming Nigeria’s livestock sector. Maiha said the initiative was part of measures to end the movement of cattle and other livestock within the FCT and promote settled animal production. He said the framework would establish species-specific livestock development centres to improve food security, rural development and sustainable peace. According to him, the transformation of the sector requires partnerships…
THE ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has faulted the conversation of non-teaching staff to academic staff by some public universities in the country. Prof. Christopher Piwuna, the President of ASUU, said this during a news conference on Friday in Jos. Piwuna, particularly faulted the process of the conversion, adding that due process had not been adhered to in the exercise. “Our attention has been drawn to the upsurge of Registrars, Bursars and other administrative and technical staff converting to academic staff in public universities without following due process. “Often times these categories of staff may claim academic status for…
BY OWEI LAKEMFA ACROSS the world, countries, movements and groups on Thursday, August 13, 2026 marked the centenary of Fidel Castro Ruz, the iconic Cuban revolutionary. That was yesterday. But Fidel is not yesterday’s man. Although he marched into the full embrace of history on November 25, 2016, he is a man of today as his ideas of a better humanity and world, continue to spread. Given their timeless nature, Fidel will also be a man of tomorrow. In Nigeria, we gathered at the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Africa’s largest labour centre, for his commemoration. Senator Shehu Sani used the…
CDD Raise Security Concerns INEC Says 81.5% Registered Voters Collected PVCs Ahead Poll. GOVERNOR Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has vowed to establish an independent commission of inquiry into reported killings and violence linked to the electioneering period, as the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), West Africa, has urged all stakeholders to ensure a peaceful, transparent and credible governorship election on Saturday. Meanwhile, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 1.9 million registered voters have collected their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), with sensitive election materials already being distributed across the state’s 30 LGAs. The developments come as preparations intensify…