Nigeria, March 31 -- There are institutions that merely endure, surviving the erosion of time through habit and bureaucratic inertia; and there are those that are reborn, reimagined by the grind and grit of an individual who refuses to accept decline as destiny.

Thus is the story of the Voice of Nigeria (VON).

Once drifting towards obsolescence in a media world that had long outpaced its analog paraphernalia, VON, since 2023, has undergone such a rebirth.

At the centre of this transformation stands a man whose tenure as Director General has not only restored relevance to the nation's external broadcaster but has redefined its very framework.

When Ndace assumed leadership, VON was a relic struggling to justify its existence in an era d...