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A call has gone to Ogoni youths to ensure that the Ogoni stories are told and heard in the right way. The call was made on Thursday to 100 Ogoni youths trained by the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) in Creative Arts at the Theatre Arts Department, University of Port Harcourt by the Project Coordinator,…
By Uko Okon The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a suspect, identified as Sunday Okon Akpan, in connection with the death of a 35-year-old woman, Blessing Sunday Etim, who died after undergoing an alleged illegal abortion at Full Life Medical Centre in Ikot Obio Odong village, Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area. According to…
By Uko Okon A cross section of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Akwa Ibom State has petitioned the State Commissioner of Police, calling for the investigation, arrest, and prosecution of Mr. Harry Udoh for allegedly parading himself as the Chairman of a non-existent group, “Akwa Ibom Civil Society Organisations Forum”. According to the petition, written…
The Chairman of the Nigerian Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa has disclosed that about 7000 Nigerian immigrants are stranded in Libya. She made the disclosure at the official launch of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), strategic plan for Nigeria, 2025-2027, in Abuja. Speaking on Tuesday evening, Dabiri-Etewa said: “As we speak 7000 Nigerians are…
The Edo State Government has intensified its sweeping campaign against cultism, criminal gangs, and ritual practices. It has sealed multiple properties linked to suspected cult leaders following the discovery of a shrine in Egbaen community and a violent confrontation in Evboyare that claimed a life. The coordinated operation, codenamed “Operation Flush Out Cultists and Kidnappers”,…
Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) have arrested eight persons suspected to be members of the notorious human trafficking syndicate operating between Nigeria and Ghana. The agency rescued 29 victims, most of foreign nationals of some West African Countries, during the raid. The press officer of NAPTIP, Vincent…
The Edo State House of Assembly on Wednesday confirmed eight nominees for appointments as commissioners. They are Prof. Ikponmwosa Ignatius Omorodion, Prince Kassim Afegbua, Nosa Adams, Yakubu Oshiorenua, Felix Akhabue, Ohimai Ehijimetor, Eugenia Abdallah and Godwin Afekokhe Eshieshi. The confirmation followed a request from Governor Monday Okpebholo, which was considered by the House Committee on…
Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, convicted and sentenced one Salami Ponmile Bassit to three months imprisonment for internet fraud. He was jailed after being arraigned on Wednesday by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a…
Concerned stakeholders in the agriculture, environmental, and public health sectors have cautioned Nigeria against rushing into large-scale industrial animal farming investments without critically assessing their long-term implications. This call was made during a stakeholders’ workshop on the Implications of Industrial Animal Farming in Nigeria, held in Abuja, where participants warned that multinational agribusiness giant, JBS…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the sudden demise of Ambassador Taofik Obasanjo Coker, the Consul General of Nigeria in Buea, Republic of Cameroon, who unfortunately passed on after a brief illness on Saturday, 16th August 2025. According to a statement by the spokesperson of the ministry, Kimiebi Ebienfa, Ambassador Coker was a hardworking…