NCC ranked among top 5 best performing govt agencies
By Adeyinka Adeniran The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been recognized as one of the top five best-performing Federal Government agencies in 2025 under the Transparency and Efficiency Category by the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC). The recognition was announced at the PEBEC Awards and Gala Night held at the State House Banquet Hall, Abuja. The award celebrates transparency and...
The Prince of Statistics and the Restoration of Trust in Nigeria’s Numbers
By Tunde Mustapha Every 15th day of the month, across Nigeria, an unusual but powerful ritual unfolds. Policymakers, politicians, senior administrators at federal and state levels, captains of industry, editors, professors, analysts, and students alike pause—almost in collective suspense. They are not waiting for a political speech or a policy announcement. They are waiting for data. More precisely, they are waiting for...
Stakeholders team up to end FGM/C in Oyo
By Adeyinka Adeniran Stakeholders including traditional rulers, religious leaders, representatives of government ministries and agencies, civil society organisations, professional bodies, women’s and youth groups, and development partners on Monday signed a pact to ending the practice of Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting (FGM/C) in Oyo State. They reached the agreement during an high-level conference for traditional and religious leaders on transforming...
See your job as a ministry, cleric urges media practitioners
By Adeyinka Adeniran The Provost, Ibadan North Anglican Diocesan, Very Rev'd Samuel Kayode Olawoyin had called on media practitioners to view their profession as a ministry and use their platforms to spread the gospel, focusing on Jesus Christ and His attributes. He gave the charge while speaking at a media get-together organised for the media team of the Diocese, held at...
Igniting the Spark: How motivation drives unstoppable results
By Oluwole Dada Many years ago, I worked with a manager who knows how to touch the right spots in each of his team members for the achievement of results. Sometimes, he takes us out for lunch. Every year, he takes time to celebrate the birthdays of each team member. On some occasions, he took some team members for...
Group congratulates Alaafin on Seyi Tinubu, Yari’s installation
By Adeyinka Adeniran A prominent group of Oyo indigenes resident in the Federal Capital City, "Oyo Forum, Abuja", has congratulated the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Abimbola Owoade on the prestigious conferment of chieftaincy titles on the son of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Barrister Seyi, and a former governor of Zamfara state, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, as 'Okanlomo' and 'Obaloyin' of...
NCC ranked among top 3 MDAs in best website Performance by BPSR
By Adeyinka Adeniran The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been recognized as one of the top three Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) with the best website performance in 2025 by the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR). The NCC came second in the ranking, behind Galaxy Backbone Limited, which took the first position, and ahead of the Nigeria Export Promotion Council...
Tinubu needs no executive order to compel govnors on LG funds compliance
By Adeyinka Adeniran Legal luminary and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, on Tuesday said President Bola Tinubu does not require an executive order to give effect to the Supreme Court judgment granting financial autonomy to local governments, insisting that the responsibility lies with the State Government to immediately comply with the ruling. Falana spoke while featuring on Frontline, a current...
Great leadership hinges on the big picture: avoid focusing on small stuff
By Oluwole Dada Many years ago, I watched a department head spend almost an hour in a management meeting arguing about desk arrangements. The point of conflict was not for strategic planning, not for productivity optimization but for who sits where. The entire leadership team sat there, trapped in this tedious theater while critical decisions waited. This is what...
Oyo Speaker, Ogundoyin congratulates Seyi Tinubu on Installation as Òkanlòmọ of Yorubaland
By Adeyinka Adeniran The Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly and Chairman, Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria, Rt. Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin, has congratulated Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on his installation as the Òkanlòmọ of Yorubaland. The traditional title was officially conferred on Seyi Tinubu on Sunday, by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba...
