Category: Politics

The Commission of the African Union has said the formulation of new action plan on drug control and crime prevention on the African continent would not be complete without inputs from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) because of its central role in law enforcement on the continent. The AU Commission stated this on…

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar has held a bilateral meeting with Minister for External Affairs, International Trade, Civil Aviation, and Diaspora Affairs of Saint Lucia, Alva Romanus Baptiste to explore new frontiers of cooperation and mutual engagement. Tuggar conveyed warm greetings from the Government and people of Nigeria to the Government and…

A validation workshop on the Draft Headnotes for the 2021-2024 Law Reports of the Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS has opened in Abuja, Nigeria. The workshop which was opened on Monday, aims to ensure that the draft headnotes for the Court’s 2021–2024 judgments accurately reflect the legal issues, decisions, and reasoning, and are ready for final…

By Emamuzo Iboma In a decisive step to combat land degradation, 39 land restoration projects led by grassroots organisations have been awarded USD 395,000 through the inaugural Small Grants Programme of the G20 Global Land Initiative (GLI), a flagship initiative of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). The selected projects, drawn from 22 countries,…

By Uko Okon The Police Command in Akwa Ibom has arrested two suspected vandals and recovered stolen items in Uyo metropolis. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Timfon John, in Uyo on Monday. According to the statement, the suspects were apprehended on June 29 along Ndiya Street…

By Katherine Abayomi The Rivers State Administrator, Vice Admiral (Rtd.) Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, has urged corps members to demonstrate the highest level of commitment in serving their host communities. He made the call during the closing ceremony of the 2025 Batch A Stream II orientation course for corps members deployed to Rivers State, held at…

By Emamuzo Iboma Six traditional chiefs have been stripped of their titles by the Ojora of Ijora and Iganmu Kingdom, Oba AbdulFatai Oyegbemi, for attending the Labour Party campaign flag-off in Apapa, Lagos State, where they allegedly impersonated the monarch without his consent. The affected chiefs are Chief Lateef Ojora (Bale Alaba Oro), Chief Saliu…

By Emamuzo Iboma President Bola Tinubu has unveiled an extensive fleet of over 2,000 tractors and modern farming equipment aimed at revolutionizing Nigeria’s agricultural sector. The equipment includes 2,000 disc ploughs, disc harrows, ridgers, 1,200 tractor-trailers, 500 seed drills, 300 boom sprayers, 10 harvesters, 12 mobile workshops, and more than 9,000 sets of spare parts,…

By Uko Okon The Akwa Ibom State Government has disbursed the sum of ₦20 million to the overall winners of the Governor’s Cup football competition. Ikot Abasi FC, the overall winners of the tournament, received ₦10 million. Uyo FC, which finished in second place, got ₦6 million, while Urefong Uruko, the third-place team, was awarded…

By Tracy Ohovwore In commemoration of the 2025 International Widows Day, observed annually on June 23, Family Empowerment for Change, Growth and Social Development (FECGSD), in collaboration with the Edo State Ministry of Health, organized a free medical screening for widows in Benin City. The outreach, themed “Hope In Action,” aimed to reignite the hopes…