Pursuing a PhD was never meant to be easy—but I never expected that the biggest obstacle would be the very people meant to guide me. From the first year, I faced what I now call “institutional resistance.” Questions were dismissed. Progress was delayed for months over trivial issues. One supervisor told me bluntly, “You don’t belong here.” Another...

Tinubu orders audit to reform Nigeria’s civil service. Mr Tinubu described the civil service as “the engine room” for delivering public goods and effective governance throughout Nigeria. President Bola Tinubu has ordered a full personnel audit and skills gap analysis across the Federal Civil Service to improve capacity and overall performance. He gave the directive on...

Human rights activist Omoyele Sowore confronted operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) at the Federal High Court in Abuja after they blocked an activist known as “Flag Boy” from entering the premises with a protest flag that read, “Stop Benue Killings.” The incident occurred during heightened security surrounding the ongoing trial of detained IPOB leader,...

Samson Itodo, Director of Yiaga Africa, has urged Nigerian youths to embrace a value-based and performance-driven approach to politics. Speaking during Channels TV’s special programme on President Tinubu’s second anniversary, Itodo stressed that youth leadership must reflect substance, not just numbers. He criticized Nigeria's prevailing political culture, saying it lacks the values...

The Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, has arraigned Dr. Nekabari Dambere Nathan, a Port Harcourt-based medical doctor, before the Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, over alleged visa fraud to the tune of N39,157,000,00. The doctor was arraigned before Justice P. I. Ajoku, according to a statement by the...