By Juliet Umeh Norwegian seafood dealers and industry stakeholders have attributed the rising cost of stockfish in Nigeria to declining fish quotas and shortages of raw materials, as they renewed calls on the Federal Government to reduce import duties on the product. The stakeholders, who spoke on Wednesday, during visits to stockfish markets and importers […]

By Henry Umoru ABUJA — President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has dismissed calls for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to hand over power to Vice President Kashim Shettima, insisting that there is no leadership vacuum despite the President’s extended working vacation abroad. Akpabio spoke on Tuesday in Akwa Ibom State while commissioning road projects […]

By Chioma Okoye Veteran Nollywood actresses Tina Mba and Kate Henshaw are set to headline The Letter, a new stage production written and produced by Faith Akinola. Presented by Mustard Tree Productions, the play explores identity, rejection, societal pressure, emotional healing and restoration through the story of a young bride whose expectations surrounding one of […]

By Clifford Ndujihe Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the Governing Board of the South-South Development Commission, SSDC, Rt. Hon. Prince Chibudom Nwuche, has appealed to the Federal Government to grant amnesty to repentant cultists and militant youths in the Orashi area of Rivers State who have chosen to lay […]

By Victor Ahiuma-YoungThe Federal Government has been urged to integrate digital and information literacy into Nigeria’s education curriculum as part of efforts to protect children and young people from online harm, misinformation, cybercrime and other risks associated with the digital environment. The call was made by the Founder of the UK-based Media Action for Child […]