Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has pledged to fulfil the wish of his political leader and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Nyesom Wike, by ensuring the completion of the Port Harcourt Ring Road project conceived during Wike’s administration.

The Group Managing Director of NNPC Ltd., Mr Bayo Ojulari, has reaffirmed the company’s commitment to strengthening partnerships, building indigenous capacity, and promoting gas as a key driver of Africa’s industrialisation. Ojulari gave the assurance on Tuesday in Lagos at the 10th Sub-Saharan Africa International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (SAIPEC 2026). The conference, with the […]

By Henry Umoru THE Senate has urged the Federal Government to intensify efforts aimed at the safe rescue and release of all abducted women and children from Woro communities in Kwara State. The Senate has also called on the federal government to redesign and comprehensively clear the forest reserve of criminal elements and consider the […]

The Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, has condemned the recent killing of no fewer than 178 people in communities in Kwara State, calling the attacks heartbreaking and provocative.

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Hon. Magaji Aliyu as the Managing Director of the Sheda Science and Technology Complex (SHESTCO), Abuja.

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar says mixed electronic and manual transmission of election results will be resolve challenges in election process. Atiku said that such combinations would amount to a potentially threat to the country’s electoral system. He said this in an interview with newsmen shortly after a visit to retired Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, […]

The Federal Government has lifted the “No Work, No Pay” directive imposed during the 84-day nationwide strike by the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and approved the immediate payment of January 2026 salaries for all its members.

Inspector-General of Police Kayode Egbetokun has announced he will no longer pose for random photographs with individuals he does not know well, citing the risk of such images being misused or “weaponised” amid growing online controversies.

In the wake of the Sunday night reconciliation meeting with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike, brokered by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has described the former governor as a man of “very big ambition.”

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has described the decision of the 10th Senate to reverse controversial provisions of the Electoral Amendment Bill, including clauses on the electronic transmission of election results, as a victory achieved through sustained public pressure.

The Minister restated his commitment to the Governing Council, as IFAD’s supreme decision-making authority.

University students have been protesting against the thorny issue of stipend arrears for several years.

NiMet also predicted moderate dry spells over Ekiti, Kogi, Osun, Ondo, Ogun, Edo, Ebonyi, Abia, Cross River, and Delta States, as well as parts of Kogi and Kwara States.

By Jeff Agbodo, Abakaliki Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the Amasiri community in Afikpo Local government area to produce the heads of four persons allegedly beheaded and to return four other persons abducted during recent violent attack against Okporojo Oso Edda village in Edda Local government area. Nwifuru […]

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday the top priority in his talks with US President Donald Trump would be the ongoing negotiations with Iran, as he presses for a tougher US approach to Tehran’s ballistic missile programme.