By Peter Duru MAKURDI—THE Benue State Government has rolled out stricter rules for schools as pupils, students and other learners resume for the 2026/2027 academic session, banning compulsory extra lessons, unauthorised use of mobile phones and graduation ceremonies for non-exit classes. The Commissioner for Education and Knowledge Management, Dr. Margaret Adamu, while welcoming learners back […]

A building has collapsed in Wuse Zone 4, Abuja, barely hours after the Development Control Department in the Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA sealed the structure and directed occupants to vacate the premises.

For more than ten years, the Benin-Sapele-Warri highway was a relic of broken axles, shattered dreams, and stranded families. What should have been a vital route connecting Edo and Delta states became a punishing test of crater-sized potholes that swallowed vehicles whole and turned hour-long journeys into day-long ordeals.

For decades, it was a dream deferred, a vital route that remained stubbornly out of reach for the coastal communities of Bayelsa East senatorial district. But today, the long-awaited Nembe-Brass Road is finally rising from the mangrove swamps, rekindling hopes of transformation, job creation, and a new economic dawn for the region.

Faced with annual flooding that submerges their homes and farmlands, the leadership of Oboro community in the Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State has embarked on a self-help shore protection and waterfront sand-filling project to mitigate the recurring disaster.