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I had initially planned that Long Range would address a troubling scenario in our nation’s beleaguered history, where religion appears to have stolen the leaders’ and the citizens’ brains while we all scheme to glorify ourselves and vainly attempt to scheme against the one we claim to serve. Have you ever wondered why evil continues […]

FIFA chief operating officer Kevin Lamour has left the organisation less than three weeks after publicly challenging president Gianni Infantino over a controversial plan to bring private investment into FIFA’s competitions. FIFA confirmed on Monday, 17 August 2026, that its working relationship with Lamour had ended. The governing body did not provide a reason for […]

In politics, defeats are rarely fatal; what kills is the refusal to learn. The All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would do well to treat Governor Ademola Adeleke’s re-election in Osun State not as a provincial inconvenience but as a strategic warning flare. The result is less about Osun than about the […]

Africa’s flagship free trade project is facing a storm of scrutiny after the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat awarded a 20 year, US$3.1bn concession to a little known Nigerian company, Bergmans Security Consultants and Supplies Ltd, to digitize and harmonize customs systems across 50 African countries. The deal; the largest operational contract in […]

Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez have chosen to celebrate their marriage in a way that reflects what matters most to them: family, privacy and the life they have built together. Rather than hosting a lavish ceremony, the couple exchanged their vows in the living room of their home in Cascais, Portugal. For Rodríguez, the decision […]

After months of intense politicking, internal party battles, violence and political manoeuvring, Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has secured another four years in office. Popularly known as “Imole” and celebrated for his trademark dancing, Adeleke emerged victorious in Saturday’s keenly contested governorship election, defeating the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Asiwaju Bola Oyebamiji, by […]

1. Tinubu South-East Tour Support groups backing President Tinubu’s 2027 re-election (Obidient General Worldwide Team, City Boy Movement, and Renewed Hope Movement) have started a tour of the South-East to engage youths and students. They visited Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, urging the region to support Tinubu so it can benefit more from his administration. The […]

The Edo State House of Assembly has elected Yekini Idiaye, representing Akoko-Edo Constituency I, as its new Speaker following the resignation of Blessing Agbebaku. Agbebaku’s resignation was announced during Monday’s plenary by Deputy Speaker Osamwonye Atu, who presided over the sitting. The former Speaker, who represents Owan West Constituency, reportedly resigned amid moves by lawmakers […]

Demis Hassabis, the Nobel laureate who cofounded DeepMind and has run the AI lab since Google’s 2014 acquisition, is stepping back from the CEO seat at the organization. Hassabis isn’t leaving altogether. He’s taking on the chairman role at DeepMind, plus a new title as chief scientist of Alphabet (No. 5), while also spending more of his […]Read More

Professor Nnamdi Chinwendu Nwaeze holds three degrees in economics, all with distinction. When, on August 11, 2026, lecturers of the Abia State University, ABSU, where he professes, went on strike, he applied his economics profession by comparing the N400,000 some of the lecturers are paid with the income of the commercial tricyclist who makes an […]

Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has introduced stricter measures aimed at preventing money laundering, terrorism financing and other illicit financial activities within the country’s capital market. Under the new directive, capital market operators are required to cut financial relationships with institutions connected to North Korea and reject transactions involving Iranian financial institutions. The measures […]

When the leadership of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers,(NUPENG) walked into the Presidential Villa last week and told President Bola Tinubu “thank you,” my first instinct was suspicion. Call it a Nigerian journalist’s occupational hazard. In a country where labour unions and government have historically related like cat and mouse, a trade […]