Representative Bamidele Salam, Chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts and Founder of the Children of Africa Leadership Development Initiative (CALDEV), has reaffirmed his commitment to nurturing the next generation of African leaders, declaring that leaders are “more made than born.” He made the remarks during an interview at the 2025 National Children Leadership…
Abioye Tosin Lawrence | November 7th, 2025 Africa’s push for greater global representation, including a permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council, is gaining momentum. Nigerian officials, along with regional leaders, have repeatedly called for reforms that would give Africa a stronger voice on the global stage. But amid these demands, a fundamental question…
The United Kingdom’s (UK) Health Service fraud watchdog has secured the conviction of Nigerian doctor Richard Akinrolabu for falsely claiming he was unfit to work while taking on night and on-call shifts at other hospitals, defrauding the National Health Service of £268,000. Akinrolabu, a trust-grade specialist registrar in obstetrics and gynaecology at the Princess Royal…
A member of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Board of Trustees, Alhaji Fasiu Bakene, has assured its members that all rifts in the party will soon be resolved. Bakene, a former member of the Ogun State House of Assembly and chieftain of the party, in a statement in Abeokuta on Tuesday, said despite the gale of…
Violence erupted at the Peoples Democratic Party National Secretariat in Wadata Plaza, Abuja, on Tuesday, prompting police to fire teargas to disperse supporters amid a leadership dispute between rival factions of the party. According to Channels Television, the chaos began when Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, and the…
