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  The Rivers State House of Assembly has endorsed President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in the state. This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday, by the Speaker of the House, Martin Amaewhule. Amaewhule said ...

  The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas has described food insecurity as a huge national challenge which must be addressed by al tiers of government. This is just as the Speaker urged the National Assembly and the ...

  The Edo State Police Command has arrested six suspected kidnappers with cash suspected to be proceeds from kidnapping activities. The command’s spokesperson, Moses Yamu, in a statement on Tuesday, said arms and ammunition were recovered from the suspects in ...

  The Kaduna State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has dismissed claims by the Social Democratic Party that it is worried about the defection of ex-Governor Nasir El-Rufai and his ex-commissioner, Ja’afaru Sani, to the SDP. In a statement ...

  Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, describing it as “political manipulation and outright bad faith.” Atiku accused Tinubu of being a “vested partisan actor” in the ...

  President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, citing the protracted political crisis that has been rocking the oil-rich state since September 2023. In a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday, Tinubu announced the suspension of Governor ...

  An explosion has rocked a section of the Trans Niger Pipeline in Bodo Community in Gonna Local Government Area of Rivers State. The explosion occurred late on Monday night near the Bodo-Bonny Road under construction. Thick black smoke was ...

  Another explosion has occurred at a pipeline manifold in the Omwawriwa axis of Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State on Tuesday. This comes just hours after a similar explosion rocked the Trans Niger Pipeline operated by Shell in Bodo, Gokana ...

  President Bola Tinubu has named Admiral Ibokette Ibas, an administrator for Rivers State. Ibas was appointed after Tinubu announced the suspension of the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Mrs Ngozi Odu for six months. Prior ...

  Tinubu Declares State Of Emergency In Rivers, Suspends Governor Fubara President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, citing the prolonged political crisis and governance paralysis. The President also suspended the Governor, Sim Fubara, his ...

  The Kremlin confirmed on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Donald Trump would speak by phone on Tuesday Trump told reporters earlier that “a lot of work” had been done between the two sides on settling ...

  A Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) officer, Angbashimu Gideon Yusuf, has d!ed in an auto crash four days after his wedding Gideon and his wife, Jummai Blessing Sunday got married on March 8, 2025, in Lafia, Nasarawa State. Gideon d!ed ...

  Lagos-based National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member Ushie ‘Raye’ Uguamaye has issued a public apology after facing backlash for her comments about Lagos’ environmental condition Raye recently went viral after criticizing the cost of living in the state and ...

  Akinwunmi Adesina conferred with Kenya’s highest national honour The President of Kenya, William Ruto, has conferred the country’s highest national honour, the Chief of the Order of the Golden Heart, on the president of the African Development Bank, our very ...

  We have been made aware of a recent publication by Thisday Newspaper, Arise Television and a video circulating, regarding a court case filed by a customer, Dr. Agbai Eke, against FirstBank. We can affirm that the allegations of fraud ...

    By Tosin Ajayi   Through a legacy of excellence and Innovation, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, the country’s oldest and most distinguished financial institution, has once again solidified its reputation as a leader in the banking industry. The ...

  Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has launched a scathing critique of former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, declaring it the worst in Nigeria’s democratic history. Obasanjo, however, said the current government of President Bola Tinubu appears to be following the same ...

  President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudasiru Obasa, and other lawmakers from the state.   The lawmakers arrived in a Coaster bus a few minutes past 2:00 pm (local ...

  The Supreme Court of Nigeria has dismissed appeals filed by the Rivers State Attorney General and the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, effectively paving the way for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate the tenure ...

  Technology workers in Kenya held a vigil Tuesday for a colleague who d!ed in unclear circumstances after she was unable to travel to her home in Nigeria for two years Ladi Anzaki Olubunmi, a content moderator for TikTok employed ...

  Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, has confidently declared that Peter Obi will soon defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC) Speaking in an interview on TVC, Bwala asserted that the ruling party is ...

  A Sharia Court in Kano State on Wednesday ordered that a 29 year-old man, Abduljabar Nura, should be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly sta-bbing his neighbour over electricity bill The police charged Nura, who lives in Fagge ...

  The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, declined to legalise prostitution in the country, even as it dismissed a suit that sought to enforce fundamental rights of commercial s3x workers in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja ...

  A woman, Loveth Aluu, who was involved in an alleged N500 million fake miracle scandal, has been arraigned before a magistrate court in Enugu State, South-east Nigeria Recall that Ms Aluu, in February, testified at the Zion Prayer Movement ...

  The Nigerian Women Crusade for Good Governance (NWCGG), an umbrella body for 100 women’s groups, has apologized to Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the Senate over allegations made by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. During a press briefing in Abuja on ...