By Adeola Badru The Oyo State Police Command has announced the arrest of two suspects, Ridwan Bello and Fatai Adeleke with human parts. The command made this known in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso. According to him: “On Tuesday, 18 March 2025, at about 02:30 hrs, detectives from the Iyaganku […]
By Daniel Abia, P/Harcourt The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Ibok-Ete Ibas has urged traditional rulers in Rivers state to avoid paying partisan politics and rather concentrate on ensuring that their domains were secure and safe for all citizens. Speaking during a meeting with traditional rulers at the Government House in Port Harcourt, the administrator […]
By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA — Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, Friday disclosed that over 3,000 illegal gold miners have been flushed out. Speaking during a press briefing at the Ministry’s headquarters in Abuja, to mark one year of the Mining Marshals on safeguarding the solid minerals sector against illegal miners, Alake said […]
By Emmanuel Aziken Senate President Godswill Akpabio has debunked insinuations of a $15,000 bribe allegedly parceled to senators to endorse the proclamation of a state of emergency on Rivers State. He has described the rumours as part of a hate campaign directed against his person. Akpabio spoke for the first time on the swirling rumour […]
THE Supreme Court, yesterday, practically returned the decision on who should be the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the party’s hierarchy. It quashed lower courts’ verdicts on the issue and faulted the Court of Appeal and High Court in Enugu for dabbling into what it described as a domestic affair of a political party.
By Emma Amaize TWO traditional rulers in Bayelsa and Delta States, HRM King Dodo II of Bilabiri Kingdom, and HRH King-jerry Prebor (snr.), the Amananaowei of the Meinbutus Federated Communities, have accused President Tinubu of performing the script of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nyesom Wike, against Governor Similanayi Fubara in his Tuesday […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, ordered accelerated hearing of the seven-count treasonable felony charge the Federal Government preferred against the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has burnt substandard drugs contained in over 100 forty – feet trucks whose street value was put at over N1 trillion.
•Demand $10m as punitive, exemplary damages By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA—Leaders of the Ijaw Youth Council, Eastern Zone, have dragged the Federal Government before the ECOWAS Court of Justice, over what they described as illegal suspension of Governor Siminalaye Fubara of Rivers State and other elected officials, by President Bola Tinubu. The 12 litigants, led by […]
By Daniel Abia, P/Harcourt Sir Siminalayi Joseph Fubara is a name that was never mentioned in the political books of Rivers state prior to the 2023 general elections. He had been in the finance sector all his life. But in a desperate search to have a cool-headed governor for Rivers people, the then Governor, Nyesom […]
From the East to the West and North to South, rice traders across Nigeria share a common story of struggle.
If the current trend continues, 27 million additional girls could undergo FGM by 2030. This is unacceptable
Under the Petroleum (Amendment) Act No. 23 of 1996, enacted during Etete’s tenure, the President of Nigeria had the power to declare an oil field with about 10,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd) a marginal field
A disturbing trend has emerged, threatening the fabric of society.
Coding is always the buzzword in Nigeria and most developing economies when it comes to tech career or jobs.
To groom local technology talent and drive financial inclusion through homegrown solutions, the fintech subsidiary of Guaranty Trust Holding Company, GTCO, HabariPay Limited, hosted its flagship innovation event, Take on Squad Hackathon 2.0.
To nurture innovation in North Western Nigeria, and foster creative solutions to real-world challenges using space technology, the Nigerian Communications Satellite, NIGCOMSAT, Ltd. is set to launch a Regional Space-Tech Hackathon and VSAT Training Programme in Jigawa State.
Google said Tuesday it will acquire cloud security platform Wiz for $32 billion, citing the need for greater cybersecurity capacity as artificial intelligence embeds itself in technology infrastructure.
“In most of the advanced nations, primary and secondary school education is free. So, if you now see Nigerians abroad, not minding that fact, and sending their children and wards back home”
By Adesina Wahab Founder of Grande Oakbridge Montessori School, Lekki, Lagos, Mrs Hannah Royeke Obalade, has said education that will be beneficial to the child and the society at large should be one that helps the child unleash his innate talents and potential. Obalade, whose school is celebrating its 20th anniversary, said education must both […]
GPE, hosted by the World Bank, has said 118 million girls are out of school worldwide and that limited education opportunities for girls amounts to about $30 trillion loss
The Vice Chancellor, Ghana Communication Technology University, GCTU, Prof. Emmanuel Ohene Afoakwa, has said the management of the university is committed to the expansion of its infrastructure so as to match its rising growth.
