By Ibrahim Awotunde A new pan-African podcast series, ‘Difference She Makes’, is set to launch as a six-part programme exploring how women in law are driving reform, reshaping institutions and strengthening inter-generational solidarity across Africa. Hosted by Kenyan media personality and activist Adelle Onyango on the Legally Clueless platform, the weekly series brings together leading women legal voices from Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria to explore how justice evolves in practice and what it takes to make legal reform credible, inclusive and lasting. Exploring law as lived experience Developed in partnership with Legally Clueless, the podcast centres on what the…
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By David Olatunji In Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State, South-West Nigeria, newly built classrooms stand beside sprawling farmlands. But while school buildings rise, many children in Akufo and Araro communities are absent from class spending their days planting, harvesting and hauling farm produce instead of learning alongside their peers. On a narrow farm path, 15-year-old Rasheedat crouches to peel cassava while her classmates attend lessons at Community High School, Ido. She goes to school only twice a week. “I usually attend on Wednesdays and Thursdays, unless there is a test,” she said. “Most of the time, I am…
In 2020, when Alex Adelesoye, a medical practitioner based in the Middle East, saw an advertisement for Flourish Apartments and Terraces on social media, he thought he had found a rare chance to finally own a home in Nigeria. Like many Nigerians abroad, he longed for a place to call a “country home.” Promoted by RevolutionPlus Property, the project located along Orchid road, Lekki, was marketed as a premium residential development with a clear delivery timeline of 12 months. Almost six years on, Mr Adelesoye is still waiting for a terrace apartment he paid for in 2020. “Like many others…
By Adedoyin Oguntade The Chairman of the Editorial Board at The Nation Newspapers and an alumnus of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Sam Omatseye, has offered a fresh perspective on Nigeria’s democratic journey, describing the country’s political identity as “half-born”, shaped by historical legacies and persistent challenges. Mr Omatseye made this assertion on Thursday, 29 November, while delivering a lecture titled “How to Make a Democrat” at OAU. The event marked the second Faculty of Arts Distinguished Alumni Lecture. Ethnicity, power and the roots of Nigeria’s democracy He identified time as a critical ingredient in the realisation of a full democracy…
By Adedoyin Oguntade The Chairman of the Editorial Board at The Nation Newspaper and an alumnus of Obafemi Awolowo University’s (OAU) Department of History, Sam Omatseye, is set to deliver the second Faculty of Arts Distinguished Alumni Lecture tomorrow, Thursday, 29 January, at Oduduwa Hall. The event, themed “How to Make a Democrat,” will be chaired by the Governor of Ekiti State, Biodun Oyebanji, and hosted by the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Gbenga Fasiku, a professor, with the Vice-Chancellor, Simeon Bamire, a professor, serving as chief host. Mr Omatseye, a renowned Nigerian journalist, columnist, poet, novelist, and playwright,…
The Lagos State Government has partnered with telecommunications company MTN Nigeria to redevelop the Obalende under-bridge into a modern, regulated transport hub aimed at improving mobility, sanitation and security in the area. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this on Tuesday 27 January, via his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle @tokunbo_wahab, noting that the facility will be known as the Y’ELLO Bus Park upon completion. Previous post by the commissioner states that the government has commenced clearance operation including removal of shanties and illegal structures under the bridge and environ. From degraded space to organised transit hub Mr…
By Fatimah Hamid For many girls in Oyo State, the journey out of school does not begin with poor grades or a lack of ambition. It begins quietly, inside homes shaped by poverty, gender bias and deeply rooted cultural expectations. When Ripples spoke with Akanji Kaothar in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, her story revealed how neglect, discrimination and the absence of protection can push a girl from the classroom into early marriage, with consequences that linger far beyond childhood. At 24, Ms Kaothar carries the emotional scars of growing up unwanted. The only daughter among five children, she…
DevReporting, in partnership with the Pro-Poor Development Media Network (PDM-Network), and with support from the African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC), invites journalists and media professionals to submit compelling story pitches that interrogate critical urban challenges facing communities in Lagos State, Nigeria. The call seeks to commission in-depth, evidence-based stories across key thematic areas, including Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), climate resilience, evictions, housing gaps, and other systemic urban challenges. Commissioned stories will centre on community experiences, while integrating ACRC research, data and findings. According to DevReporting’s Team Lead/Editor-in-Chief, Mojeed Alabi, the initiative is grounded in the understanding that media narratives…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the commencement of registration for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) nationwide. According to a bulletin released on Monday by the examination body, the registration shall hold between today (Monday, 26 January) and Saturday, 28 February, for applicants both within and outside Nigeria. JAMB, however, enjoined candidates to register at any of its approved Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres, professional registration centres, and any of its offices nationwide, even as it advised applicants to ensure all relevant changes they plan to effect in their details are conducted on the National Identity…
The question is no longer whether Nigerian women are interested in power. The more honest question is whether Nigeria’s political architecture is genuinely prepared for women to exercise power without apology, patronage, or pity. The renewed campaign for increased women’s seats in the legislature has once again exposed the fault lines in our democratic imagination. Obviously on account of its strong appeal, many citizens across gender divides freely support the idea. Some others, on the other hand, including some women, dismiss it as defeatist likening it to a charity-driven shortcut that undermines merit. Yet, beneath this argument lies a deeper…