Category: Politics

By Barikui Felix As a step towards ending the constant clash between farmers and herders in the Rivers State, the State Government has set up a Farmers and Herders Committee to handle issues relating to their activities across the state. Recall that just recently, herders reportedly killed a young man in the Ogoni axis of…

By Uko Okon Operatives of the the Akwa Ibom State Police Command has foiled an armed robbery attempt at the Annex B Estate in Ikot Ator Village, Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area. The incident occured on Wednesday after the police received a distressed call reporting an ongoing armed robbery. This was contained in a statement…

By Uko Okon The Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo, Thursday, sentenced two armed robbers to death by hanging for robbing tricycle operators, popularly known as “keke riders,” at gunpoint in the capital city. One of the condemned criminals, Lance Corporal Promise Okokon Usoro, is a former soldier who was dismissed from the 6…

By Emamuzo Iboma Professor Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, has been inaugurated as the new National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The swearing-in ceremony took place precisely at 2:52 PM on Thursday. Yilwatda’s appointment was announced during the 14th meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee…

The Director General, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Hajiya Binta Bello has alerted of the increasing challenges in human trafficking where traffickers have continued to deceive victims with pseudo job opportunities and harvested their organs.. Addressing a press conference on activities lined up for this year’s World Day Against…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Africa Centre for Strategic Studies (ACSS) have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening strategic collaboration in addressing emerging regional threats, particularly misinformation, disinformation, and rising insecurity across West Africa. During a high-level engagement, the Director of ACSS, Ms. Amanda Dory, led a delegation in discussions with…

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar has called for global cooperation in the efforts towards tackling disinformation and misinformation. He made the call on Wednesday in Abuja during the Diplomatic Correspondents Association of Nigeria (DICAN) Diplomatic/Security International Conference 2025. The conference was themed: “Nigeria’s 4Ds Foreign Policy Strategy in an Era of Global Insecurity,…

Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa has described the killing of two Nigerian traders in South Africa by “unknown gunmen” as intolerable and senseless, calling on the government of the southern African country to fish out the culprits. Dabiri-Erewa in a statement signed by the Commission’s spokesperson, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, said the Nigerian…

The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has shut down a popular entertainment centre, Ibiza Nite Club and 13 other facilities in Abuja for various environmental crimes. Addressing the media on the latest clampdown, the Director General of NESREA, Prof. Innocent Barikor, on Wednesday warned facilities against violating environmental laws, promising that the…

In a concerted effort to curb the misuse of Nigeria’s digital and cyber space, Advocacy for Policy and Innovation (API), in collaboration with the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), convened a two-day workshop to deepen public discourse and stakeholder engagement on emerging digital governance frameworks and online safety in Nigeria. The initiative aims not…