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I encountered the relic of his presence long before I met Sam Amuka, known as Uncle Sam. Inside a room in the far corner of the old Kudeti PUNCH building, predominantly constructed of plywood and steel frames, there was a wooden armchair that had been a fixture in Uncle Sam’s office when he served as…
June 13, 2025
Key Takeaways China and India accounted for more than half of total international student intake during the 2023/24 year Overall, the U.S. welcomed 1,126,690 students from over 210 different countries Despite travel bans by the current U.S. administration, international education remains a cornerstone of the U.S. academic landscape. In the 2023/24 academic year, over 1.1 million international…
June 12, 2025
By Babalola Johnson When B arrived in Canada as a widow, her heart was heavy with grief, but her resolve was firm: to give her three children the best life possible. After the sudden death of her husband, she had endured humiliation, abuse, and rejection from his family in Nigeria. Her only option, she believed,…
June 12, 2025
Fellow countrymen and women, let’s take a trip to a party. Biko, I don’t mean a party like the alphabet soup you have in Nigeria known as APC or PDP or RIP or whatever. I’m taking you to a real party, a rollicking party where the ideology is alcoholism. The party is heavy, but the…
June 10, 2025
By Ugo Onuoha THE first thing that the legislative and executive branches of Nigeria’s government do every year is to break the law – to violate the 1999 Constitution as amended. This is not peculiar to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) political party. It has been the norm almost without exception since the advent…
June 10, 2025
By Prof Steve Azaiki The political landscape of Rivers State, long marred by tension and uncertainty, is witnessing a promising turn. The ongoing reconciliation efforts between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief (Barr.) Nyesom Wike, signal a hopeful path toward stability, unity, and progress. As these two pivotal figures…
June 10, 2025
By Femi Adesina It is not the end. Not yet. But it was the beginning of the end. President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Nigeria’s Dr Akinwumi Adesina, was hosting the last Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, as his 10 years at the helm of affairs of the Bank…
June 7, 2025
Key Takeaways The 2026 budget request includes a $114 billion increase in Pentagon spending, along with a $42 billion increase for the Department of Homeland Security. Trump earmarked $25 billion for the Pentagon to build a “Golden Dome” missile shield using space interceptors and satellites. Trump wants to eliminate a Health and Human Services program…
June 7, 2025
By Sonny Iroche A new bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives is sending shockwaves across Africa. The legislation, part of President Donald Trump’s sweeping “One Big, Beautiful Bill” fiscal package, includes a 3.5% federal excise tax on money transfers sent abroad by non-U.S. citizens . If approved by the Senate, this unprecedented levy…
June 6, 2025
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I encountered the relic of his presence long before I met Sam Amuka, known as Uncle Sam. Inside a room in the far corner of the old Kudeti PUNCH building, predominantly constructed of plywood and steel frames, there was a wooden armchair that had been a fixture in Uncle Sam’s office when he served as…
June 13, 2025
Key Takeaways China and India accounted for more than half of total international student intake during the 2023/24 year Overall, the U.S. welcomed 1,126,690 students from over 210 different countries Despite travel bans by the current U.S. administration, international education remains a cornerstone of the U.S. academic landscape. In the 2023/24 academic year, over 1.1 million international…
June 12, 2025
By Babalola Johnson When B arrived in Canada as a widow, her heart was heavy with grief, but her resolve was firm: to give her three children the best life possible. After the sudden death of her husband, she had endured humiliation, abuse, and rejection from his family in Nigeria. Her only option, she believed,…
June 12, 2025
Fellow countrymen and women, let’s take a trip to a party. Biko, I don’t mean a party like the alphabet soup you have in Nigeria known as APC or PDP or RIP or whatever. I’m taking you to a real party, a rollicking party where the ideology is alcoholism. The party is heavy, but the…
June 10, 2025
By Ugo Onuoha THE first thing that the legislative and executive branches of Nigeria’s government do every year is to break the law – to violate the 1999 Constitution as amended. This is not peculiar to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) political party. It has been the norm almost without exception since the advent…
June 10, 2025
By Prof Steve Azaiki The political landscape of Rivers State, long marred by tension and uncertainty, is witnessing a promising turn. The ongoing reconciliation efforts between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief (Barr.) Nyesom Wike, signal a hopeful path toward stability, unity, and progress. As these two pivotal figures…
June 10, 2025
By Femi Adesina It is not the end. Not yet. But it was the beginning of the end. President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Nigeria’s Dr Akinwumi Adesina, was hosting the last Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, as his 10 years at the helm of affairs of the Bank…
June 7, 2025
Key Takeaways The 2026 budget request includes a $114 billion increase in Pentagon spending, along with a $42 billion increase for the Department of Homeland Security. Trump earmarked $25 billion for the Pentagon to build a “Golden Dome” missile shield using space interceptors and satellites. Trump wants to eliminate a Health and Human Services program…
June 7, 2025
By Sonny Iroche A new bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives is sending shockwaves across Africa. The legislation, part of President Donald Trump’s sweeping “One Big, Beautiful Bill” fiscal package, includes a 3.5% federal excise tax on money transfers sent abroad by non-U.S. citizens . If approved by the Senate, this unprecedented levy…
June 6, 2025
