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Anti-Corruption

PCN seals 724 illegal premises across 10 LGAs in Kwara

The registrar of PCN, Ibrahim Ahmed, disclosed this in Ilorin at a news conference organised after a four-day operation across 10 local government areas of Kwara.

Economy

Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA)

NIMASA, ITC-ILO sign MoU to boost capacity development

The MoU aims to develop NIMASA’s institutional capacity through targeted technical assistance, training, and capacity-building programmes for staff.

Education

University of Benin campus gate (Credit: Guardian)

NUC approves six new undergraduate, postgraduate courses for UNIBEN

The university’s centre of excellence in space science technology, and application was also approved to offer postgraduate degrees in remote sensing and aeronautics engineering.

OPINION

VAT hits N2.42 trillion as Tinubu’s tax reforms begin to deliver results

The latest VAT report released by the National Bureau of Statistics provides strong evidence that Nigeria’s tax and economic reforms are beginning to produce measurable results.

Lipuo Mokhesi: Protecting girls, women from genital mutilation

This solution strengthens early risks, improves survivor care, and transforms health facilities into prevention hubs.

Africa’s share in $950 billion animation boom

Global audiences do not want cultural odorlessness: a clean, sterilised visual style stripped of its native identity to fit a safe, generic Western structure.

From Matawalle’s mouth to God’s ears

One wonders what conception of God permits such convenient arrangements.

Rudolf Okonkwo: Bayo Onanuga and the full weight of bad judgment

If writing satire comes too easily, you are probably writing bad satire.

Nigerian political elite’s indifference to abducted Oyo schoolchildren

For a public that has grown increasingly desensitised to the country’s recurring crises, the mass abduction has sparked an unusually fierce wave of outrage and collective action.