Electoral Act: Real-time result transmission may endanger rural voting — CSO

A Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Nigeria Integrity Watch (NIW), has warned that making real-time electronic transmission of election results mandatory could disenfranchise millions of voters in rural and insecure parts of the... Read more »

Finance, Investment Stalling Large-Scale Action Movies In Nigeria — Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde • Channels Television

  Veteran Nollywood actress and filmmaker, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, has identified inadequate financing and limited investment as major factors hindering the production of large-scale action films in Nigeria. The award-winning actress made the... Read more »

Southeast receiving unprecedented federal attention under Tinubu, says Umahi

The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has said the Southeast is receiving more federal attention under the administration of President Bola Tinubu than at any time since the return to democratic rule... Read more »

Late Guirassy Winner For Dortmund Trims Bayern’s Bundesliga Lead • Channels Television

  Serhou Guirassy’s late winner gave Borussia Dortmund a tense 2-1 victory at Wolfsburg on Saturday to provisionally cut Bayern Munich’s lead at the top of the Bundesliga to three points. A... Read more »

Electoral Act: Coalition leaders Bugaje, Falana, Ezekwesili, Utomi, others reject senate’s decision 

…Endorse ‘Occupy NASS’ Protest A coalition of prominent political activists and civil society leaders under the banner of the Movement for Credible Elections (MCE) has strongly condemned the Senate’s decision to remove... Read more »

Maya Hautefeuille believes Africa can’t be understood remotely

Driving through the Egyptian desert along the Red Sea, hotspotting a MacBook while typing reports in the back seat because being offline for a three-hour flight is a luxury that a risk... Read more »

Woro: The village that was sold out

Residents of Woro, a farming community in Kwara State’s Kaiama Local Government Area, went to bed last Tuesday night expecting an ordinary morning. What they woke up to instead were mass graves,... Read more »

Resident doctors demand better protection after colleague dies of Lassa fever

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has raised concerns over the safety of healthcare workers following the death of one of its members, Salome Oboyi. Ms Oboyi, a senior registrar in... Read more »

BN Book Excerpt: In Our Own Ways by Yejide Kilanko

Senami watched as Fadaka changed into an old adire gown, cleaned off her make-up, and removed her jewellery. All Aunty Kike’s instructions. Apparently, the plainer your dressing, the more spiritually connected you... Read more »

Africa Finance in Brief: Afreximbank boost, shrinking aid, uneven growth redraw Africa’s finance landscape

South Africa’s accession to Afreximbank signals a deeper push toward intra-African financing at a time when external support is waning. Ratings agencies see relative stability in key banking systems despite slow growth,... Read more »