The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has launched four major projects worth approximately €110 million to strengthen regional peace and stability, support institutional reforms, and promote trade across the subregion. The projects are funded by the European Union (€82.5 million), Germany (€26 million), and other partners. They include the Support to ECOWAS in…

Experts in international relations from Nigeria and China have endorsed Contemporary World Nigeria Magazine as a valuable platform to strengthen bilateral ties between both countries. This endorsement was made on Tuesday during a seminar on advancing knowledge exchange and building strategies for the promotion and dissemination of the magazine, held in Abuja. The event was…

By Emamuzo Iboma The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has petitioned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, accusing the federal government of enabling the continued dominance of physicians in Nigeria’s health and education sectors. In a strongly worded memorandum signed by its National Chairman, Pharm. Ambrose Igwekamma Ezeh, the ACPN condemned what it described as…

By Tracy Ohovwore The Akoko-Edo Local Government Council, under the leadership of Rt. Hon. Alabi Bliss Oshionogue, has thrown its weight behind the recruitment of indigenes into the Nigerian Army, following the call by Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo. Speaking at the Ekehuan Barracks in Benin City, the Edo State capital, Rt. Hon. Oshionogue,…

By Emamuzo Iboma The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has expressed strong concerns over suspected insider involvement in the Yelwata massacre in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, where more than 100 people were brutally murdered by armed attackers. Describing the killings as “one too many,” General Musa visited the affected…

By Tracy Ohovwore In a move to foster peace and development in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area, the Council Chairman, Rt. Hon. Alabi Bliss Oshionogue, has directed the conduct of a free, fair, and credible election to determine the legitimate leadership of two rival factions of the Heavy-duty Truck Drivers’ Union operating within an industrial estate…

…..N90 Billion needed to close blood gap. By Katherine Abayomi Nigeria needs two million units of blood annually, but only manages to collect about 500,000—leaving a staggering 75% shortfall. This critical gap puts the lives of mothers in labour, accident victims, children with sickle cell anaemia, and cancer patients at serious risk. An estimated 80,000…

By Katherine Abayomi With a production capacity of 650,000 barrels per day, the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) has argued that the Dangote Refinery should focus on competing globally rather than operating as a distributor within Nigeria’s downstream sector. As one of the largest refineries in sub-Saharan Africa, the Dangote Refinery…

Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, June 16, 2025, convicted and sentenced Solomon Stephen Ufayo, a staff member of Ecobank Plc, to one year in prison for cybercrime. Ufayo was arraigned on May 16, 2025, by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes…

By Prince Woke The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) and the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) on Tuesday organized a training session for gender-based desk officers in the Rivers State Police Command to enhance their capacity in handling gender-based violence cases. In his remarks, the Commissioner of Police, Rivers State, CP Olugbenga Adepoju, said…