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The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum, has insisted there is no going back on the party’s national convention, billed for November in Ibadan, Oyo State. Damagum spoke on Tuesday during the inauguration of the 110-member National Convention Organizing Committee (NCOC) in Abuja. “As you know, the 2025 National Convention is…
Katherine Abayomi. Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral (Rtd.) Ibok-Ete Ibas, CFR, has approved the appointment of the under-listed persons as Permanent Secretaries. Imaonyani Roselin Ephraim-George, Dr. Mina T. Ikuru, Dabite Sokari George, Soibitein Duke Harry, Lauretta Davies Dimkpa, Uche R. Ideozu, Chimenum Mpi, Jeremiah Egwu, Nicholas Iminabo Wokoma, Vera Sam Dike and Aleruchi Akani….
Will communities rise up to “Ogonize” and “Yasunize” their territories, rejecting exploitation and protecting the environment, or will corporate interests prevail?
Katherine Abayomi. The people of Ogoni in Rivers State continue to endure the devastating consequences of decades-long oil pollution, even as fresh revelations expose massive fraud and mismanagement of funds intended for their development and environmental restoration. It has been alleged that the sum of $300 million was paid by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company…
A non-governmental organization, SINOAFRIK Media Documentation and Development Network, has expressed concern over the misrepresentation of a recent visit by Andy Liu, the Head of the Taipei Trade Office in Nigeria, to Nigeria’s First Lady, Remi Tinubu as a diplomatic visit. The organisation, in a press statement on Monday signed by its Executive Director, Austin…
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, June 19, 2025, arraigned Adonu Kingsley Ifeanyi, a suspected Ponzi scheme operator, before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. Adonu was arraigned on a five-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of…
…Assures Nigerians, No Cause for Alarm Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, as part of her visit to Ghana to douse the tension brought about by the demand by Ghanaians for expulsion of Nigerians from their country, has appealed for calm. The minister, who spoke at a joint press briefing with Ghana’s…
By Tracy Ohovwore Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has directed the urgent renovation of the Doctors’ Residence at Ezoti following reports of its dilapidated condition. The directive was issued after an on-site inspection led by the Head of Service, Dr. Anthony Okungbowa, who was accompanied by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Health,…
Will justice be served, or will the suspect’s fate be determined by the intricacies of the investigation? The case’s outcome hangs in the balance, as the police dig deeper into the details.
UN Coordinator Leads March Against Violence on Women Stella Peters The United Nations Resident Coordinator, Mohammed Fall, led some prominent women activists in a march on the major streets of the Nigerian capital city of Abuja on Saturday to demand the end of violence against women. The march was part of activities marking the 16…