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The Federal Government has inaugurated the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) for the 2025 Independence Day celebration. The committee is saddled with the responsibility of planning, organising, and executing all approved programmes to commemorate Nigeria’s 65th Independence anniversary. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, explained the importance of unity and patriotism in…
The Ijaw and Urhobo ethnic groups of Warri Federal Constituency have declared their boycott of the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise, demanding that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) must first implement the final report of the Supreme Court-ordered fresh delineation of electoral wards and units in the constituency. The protesters who stormed the…
By Uko Okon The Ekid people of Eket and Esit Eket Local Government Areas in Akwa Ibom State have issued a warning to Governor Umo Eno, accusing him of ‘inciting’ clashes between Eket and Ibeno communities over land ownership disputes. They asserted that the governor was fronting gov’t officials in land racketeering in Okoiyak Ekid…
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, led a delegation of North East governors to meet with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday. The meeting, held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, focused on critical issues affecting the North East, including urgent completion of 17 vital road projects and the resumption of oil exploration in the…
Over 10 victims of a ghastly accident on the Benin–Auchi highway were rescued on Saturday through the swift intervention of Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo. The governor, who was travelling with his convoy to Irrua in Esan Central Local Government Area, met a traffic gridlock shortly after the bypass and alighted to assess the cause….
A university don, Prof. Ben Binebai, has applauded the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) for throwing its weight behind the quest for justice and fairness by the marginalised Ijaw and Urhobo communities in the Warri Federal Constituency of Delta State. Binebai, a professor of Theatre Arts with the Niger Delta University (NDU), lauded…
The Movement for the Transformation of Nigeria, (MOTiON), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) has expressed the need for Nigerians to confront government with the challenges they are facing as a result of absence of good governance especially as regards insecurity and non-availability of needed infrastructure. The NGO made the call at the weekend during a visit…
By Uko Okon The Akwa Ibom Government has dismissed the allegation of 15 percent deduction of workers’ salaries for tithe in the state as false and malicious. The Commissioner for Information, Mr Aniekan Umanah disclosed this in a statement in Uyo on Sunday. According to him, the report making the round is “a reckless fabrication,…
By Emamuzo Iboma The Journalists for Democratic Rights (JODER) has strongly condemned the alleged harassment of journalists by Kunle Fagbemi, the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. In a statement released yesterday by JODER’s Executive Director, Adewale Adeoye, the organization voiced concern over a troubling pattern of hostility by aides of…
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…