Guest Writer, Author at DAILY TIMES Nigeria

Uast Ihugh: Gov. Alia’s visionary leap for agricultural, scientific, and technological transformation

Guest Writer 29 October 2025 0

By Donald Kumun The establishment of the University of Agriculture, Science and Technology (UAST), Ihugh, in Benue State, is not merely an academic milestone; it is a visionary move with far-reaching impacts for educational advancement, agricultural innovation, technological transformation, and

News

New face of public primary schools in Benue state

Guest Writer 23 October 2025 0

By Isaac Uzaan The Universal Basic Education program which aims to provide free, compulsory, and Universal education to children from primary up to junior Secondary level in Nigeria has experienced a steady decline in infrastructure and manpower, beginning from the last quarter of the twentieth century till now. Public basic schools in Benue State have […]

Opinion

Data is the new oil, but who owns Nigeria’s data?

Guest Writer 21 October 2025 0

By Victor Ejechi I have spent the last few years making sense of Nigeria through numbers. From my early days at StatiSense to heading TheCable Index and now leading insights at SBM Intelligence, data has been the constant thread connecting my work. Across all these roles, one thing has remained clear to me: data tells […]

Opinion

A nation in fear: Nigeria’s growing insecurity crisis

Guest Writer 21 October 2025 0

By Happiness Stephen The issue of insecurity has long plagued Nigeria’s history, drawing concern from great thinkers, writers, and musicians. Visionaries like Chinua Achebe once warned that things have fallen apart and are no longer at ease, capturing the early cracks in Nigeria’s moral and political foundation. Fela Kuti, with his fearless music, laid bare […]

Featured

Five Years After #EndSARS: The Blood on the Green and White Still Cries for Justice

Guest Writer 20 October 2025 0

By Ayininuola Oluwaseyifunmi The green and white flag waving since 1960 was once a beacon of hope, a symbol of strength and resilience, a nation with so much potential, destined to be one of the world’s greatest. Sixty years and twenty days later, bullets were fired at her children by those who swore to protect, […]

Opinion

A Never-Ending Cycle: How ASUU Strikes have Consistently Robbed Nigerian Student of Their Near Future

Guest Writer 20 October 2025 0

By Adesewa Adeyinka For a Nigerian student, their academic calendar is never a predictable series of semesters and breaks but rather a series of uncertain start and stop sessions due to incessant strikes by the Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU). Since its inception in 1978, the union has organized and carried out several industrial […]

Opinion

Against All Odds: The Nigerian Dream

Guest Writer 20 October 2025 0

By Oluwaseyifunmi Ayininuola Every nation has a unique story, the Nigerian story is one of struggle, strength and perseverance. Nigerians have continued to defy the odds, turning hardship into innovation and despair into motivation. Constantly breaking and setting the bar higher and higher each time. The Nigerian Dream, though never officially defined, is alive and […]

Opinion

Vanishing Voices: The Fight to Preserve Nigeria’s Indigenous Languages

Guest Writer 17 October 2025 0

By Aminah Abisola Abdulrazaq A few months ago, I visited my grandmother’s hometown in Ode-Aje, Ibadan, to carry out an Oral African Literature project from school, one that requires us to study the oral elements employed in our traditional and ancestral festivities. During this process, I recited the praise poetry and songs after my grandmother, which happened to […]

Opinion

High Blood Pressure Is Rising Among Nigeria’s Youth – Here’s What You Can Do

Guest Writer 16 October 2025 0

By Dr. Ikechukwu Alex Okoli When you hear “high blood pressure”, you probably think of your parents or grandparents. “It doesn’t concern me now” you may think. But here’s the truth: more and more young Nigerians in their 20s and 30s are developing it. In Enugu state, about one in five young adults already have […]

Opinion

A Nation Failing Its People: Nigeria’s Endless Struggle with Bad Governance and Poverty

Guest Writer 15 October 2025 0

BY MUHEEZZAH AHMED-GIWA Nigeria today stands at a difficult point in its history, where progress and hardship coexist in almost every aspect of life. The country’s challenges are not isolated; they overlap and shape one another, cutting across politics, economy, lifestyle, culture, and even technology. From the rising unemployment and cost of living to corruption […]

Opinion

Gov. Alia: An Evening Of Fellowship And Political Maturity In Benue

Guest Writer 15 October 2025 0

BY TERSOO KULA On Friday, October 10, 2025, the Executive Governor of Benue state, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia, gathered a cross-section of political leaders, friends, and colleagues at the New Banquet Hall of the Government House, Makurdi, for an Evening of Fellowship and Dialogue. The evening was more than just another political event; it […]

Opinion

The habit of fuel stacking in Nigerian homes

Guest Writer 3 October 2025 0

BY HOPE LEKWA In many Nigerian households, the use of multiple cooking fuels, known as fuel stacking, has become a common practice. Instead of relying on a single cooking method, families alternate between traditional fuels like charcoal and firewood and modern alternatives such as gas or electric stoves. This habit reflects complex realities: economic constraints, […]

News Opinion

Rebuilding Nigeria Through Devolution and Decentralisation, by Dr. Joe Abah

Guest Writer 1 October 2025 0

By Dr. Joe Abah, OON As Nigeria marks another Independence Day, the question of how to rebuild the nation remains urgent. Despite decades of constitutional reforms, the country continues to grapple with inefficiencies, insecurity, and a lack of innovation. At the heart of these challenges lies a fundamental issue: over-centralisation of power. To move forward, […]

Opinion

Bayo Ojulari Reforming Nigeria Energy Future

Guest Writer 1 October 2025 0

By Abiodun A Oleolo When Bayo Ojulari assumed leadership of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited in April 2025, he inherited more than a corporation. He stepped into a storm defined by falling oil production, chronic revenue leakages, dwindling investor confidence, and the mounting global pressures of energy transition and geopolitical competition. Six

Entertainment Top Stories

2Face Idibia at 50: A Tribute

Guest Writer 27 September 2025 0

By Bayo Omisore The 18th day of September every year is a special day for the Nigerian music industry and for Innocent Ujah Idibia known to all and sundry as 2Face, or 2Baba as he was born on this day. It is now 2025 and Mrs. Rosemary Idibia’s baby has just turned 50. Half a […]

Energy

Nigeria Backs Mission 300 to Deliver Power to 300m Africans by 2030

Guest Writer 26 September 2025 0

BY SAMUEL MOBOLAJI Nigeria has joined other African nations in endorsing far-reaching reforms under Mission 300, an ambitious initiative led by the World Bank Group and the African Development Bank (AfDB) aimed at connecting 300 million Africans to electricity by 2030. The plan, which was unveiled at the Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Forum, relies on National […]

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Murder of Bayelsa Estate Agent: Immigration, Police personnel reject N4M million bribe from suspected killer

Guest Writer 25 September 2025 0

By Aherhoke Okioma Operatives of the Nigerian Immigration Office , Festac Town Lagos and the Operation Puff Adder, Bayelsa State Police Command have rejected the N 4 million naira bribe offered them by George Idumangi, the suspected killer of the 42 years old Estate Agent arrested in Lagos. The suspected killer, George Idumangi, who was […]

Money

Naira Weakens to N1,488/$ as Analysts See Reserves Hitting $45bn

Guest Writer 25 September 2025 0

BY SAMUEL MOBOLAJI The naira slipped against the U.S. dollar at the official foreign exchange (FX) window on Wednesday, despite a $52 million intervention by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) aimed at calming volatility. Data from the CBN showed the local currency depreciated by 0.08 per cent to close at N1,488.56 per dollar, compared […]

Money

Smart Energies Expands Into Renewables, Launches Clean Mobility Solutions

Guest Writer 25 September 2025 0

BY SAMUEL MOBOLAJI Smart Energies has announced a major expansion of its operations from mass deployment of clean cooking gas to renewable energy solutions designed to transform energy access, affordability, and sustainability across Nigeria. As part of its new programme, the company has rolled out electric motorcycles, solar-powered charging stations, prepaid cooking gas

Opinion

The Cop Buhari Loved

Guest Writer 25 September 2025 0

BY FEMI ADESINA He and some other senior policemen had been demoted, I think from Commissioner of Police (CP) to Deputy Commissioner. It was untidy and unjust. had known Mr Solomon Arase when he was serving as Principal Staff Officer (PSO) to Inspector General of Police, Tafa Balogun. A very efficient officer and good man, […]

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