Category: Politics

By Tracy Ohovwere In line with Governor Monday Okpebholo’s SHINE agenda, the Edo State Government has intensified efforts to enhance the expertise of agricultural professionals through a two-day capacity-building programme organized by the John Odigie Oyegun Public Service Academy (JOOPSA). The training, which held from Wednesday, July 23 to Thursday, July 24, 2025, focused on…

By Tracy Ohovwere The Federal Government has commissioned a state-of-the-art Oncology Centre at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Benin City, in a significant step toward improving cancer care in Nigeria. The inauguration, held on Thursday, was led by the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate. He was joined…

By Barikui Felix In furtherance of its policy of inclusivity, Project Coordinator of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), Professor Nenibarini Zabbey, has affirmed that women will form 45 per cent of the workforce in the next round of projects in Ogoniland. The move he said is aimed at bridging the gap for women and…

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,…