By Oluwole Solanke PhD, FCIB How a Single Person Can Change the World In a world of billions, it is easy for one person to feel insignificant. Many people quietly wonder whether their lives truly matter or if their actions can genuinely make a difference. Yet history, and everyday life, continually reminds us of one powerful truth: one life can change countless others. Every great movement, every meaningful invention, every act of transformation often begins with a single individual who dared to care, dared to believe, or dared to act. As Edward Everett Hale famously said, “I am only one,…
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The Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa has called on retired military officers to key into the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and support his return to power in the 2027 election. According to him, President Tinubu has done well for the country and deserves a second term for him to complete his mandate. Musa stated these in Abuja when he received a delegation of Military Veterans and Comrades championing his reelection in 2027 led by its National Coordinator, Elder Kenneth Siza, and members of its National Executive Committee (NEC). He described the engagement as a significant…
The Renewed Hope Ambassadors have congratulated Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji on his landslide victory in Saturday’s Ekiti State governorship election. The also congratulated the South-west Zonal Coordinator of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors, who is also the Chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Chief Dayo Adeyeye, the Ekiti State Coordinator, and 16 Local Government Coordinators on this victory. “We applaud the people of Ekiti State for a peaceful, transparent, and well-attended poll,” a statement by the Renewed Hope Ambassadors’ Director of Media and Publicity, Tunde Rahman said on Monday, 22 June, 2026. The RH Ambassadors commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, “whose…
The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) is pleased to announce the commencement of the U18 Boys National Team Pre-Selection Camp, scheduled to hold from June 24 to July 3, 2026, at the Indoor Hall of the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City. According to the release signed by Chairman of the NBBF Technical Committee, Babs Ogunade, the camp forms a critical phase in the Federation’s preparations for the upcoming FIBA Africa U18 Zone 3 Qualifiers in Burkina Faso, as Nigeria continues its commitment to identifying, developing, and nurturing the next generation of basketball talent across the country. Following an extensive scouting and…
By Kayode Akinmade When Governor Dapo Abiodun commissioned the new Pharma-Grade Warehouse of the Ogun State Drugs and Health Commodities Management Agency last week, the event represented far more than the unveiling of another public facility. It underscored the steady transformation of Ogun State’s healthcare system—one increasingly attracting recognition from independent institutions, including the World Bank and the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF). At the commissioning, Governor Abiodun described the warehouse as a critical component of his administration’s strategy to strengthen healthcare delivery through efficient storage and distribution of essential medicines. He disclosed that more than 30,000 residents living with HIV…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, has trained 106 personnel on intensive pistol management as part of efforts to strengthen professionalism, improve operational efficiency and prevent accidental discharge of firearms. The two-week training programme, held at the command’s headquarters in Wuse Zone 5, Abuja, focused on enhancing officers’ competence in firearm handling and reinforcing adherence to standard operational procedures in the protection of critical national assets, lives and property. Addressing the officers at the graduation ceremony during the command’s Monday muster parade, the FCT Commandant, Dr. Olusola Odumosu, declared that the corps had…
The Federal High Court in Abuja, Presided over by Justice Mohammed Umar, on Monday, 22 June, 2026 ordered the immediate remand of human rights activist and African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, at the Kuje Correctional Centre. Sowore will remain in custody until Wednesday, 24 June, 2026, when legal proceedings are scheduled to resume. The detention stems from a two-count cybercrime charge filed by the Department of State Services (DSS), which accuses Sowore of cyberstalking and criminal defamation after he labeled President Bola Tinubu a “criminal” in an August 2025 social media post. In August 2025, Sowore posts…
Popular US Federal Reserve Chief, Alan Greenspan, who served four presidents and was hailed as the architect of the modern American economy, died Monday at age 100. The influential economist spent more than 18 years heading the US central bank, overseeing unprecedented economic growth, but he was later criticised for fostering conditions that led to the 2008 global crisis. Greenspan’s wife, Andrea Mitchell, a veteran correspondent with NBC News, who confirmed his death through a statement said that he passed away from complications of Parkinson’s disease. “He was a giant of a man who helped shape the U.S. economy for…
Popular Italian sport medium Gazzetta dello Sport has reported that former Ballon d’Or and World Cup winner Ronaldinho is set to come out of retirement aged 46 to play for Ravenna in the Italian third tier. Ronaldinho has not played since a two-month stint at Fluminense in 2015. According to the sport daily, Ronaldinho was scheduled to sign a deal in Miami on Tuesday, 23 June, 2026 and that he was already in the United States for the World Cup. Consulted by AFP, a source close to the deal confirmed the news. “I can’t wait to get back dancing with…
In what political observers sees as ending months of political turmoil and opening a contest to replace him, Keir Starmer Monday, 22 June, 2026 announced that he will stand down as Labour leader and Prime Minister. The announcement, it was gathered follows mounting pressure on the prime minister after Labour suffered heavy losses in local elections in May and faced an increasingly vocal rebellion from his own lawmakers over his leadership and policy agenda. The move comes less than two years after Starmer led Labour to one of its largest parliamentary majorities in the 2024 general election. In a statement…