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Akwa Ibom Govt Orders Demolition Of Illegal Structures At Industrial Layout Uko Okon, Uyo The Akwa Ibom State Government has ordered the demolition of all illegal structures at the Industrial Layout in Itam, Uyo metropolis. The Chairman of the Uyo Capital City Development Authority (UCCDA), Mr. Anietie Eka, who gave the order while inspecting the…
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has approved a substantial increase in rural allowances for health workers as part of efforts to address the shortage of medical personnel in remote communities across the state. The governor announced the decision after inspecting several government projects in the northern axis of Borno. The inspection covered Government Secondary School,…
13 Dies in Edo from Lassa Fever Tracy Ohovwore, Benin City The Edo state government has recorded an outbreak of Lassa fever, which has killed 13 persons across Etsako West, Esan West, and Esan North central local government area of the state. The Director of the Ministry of Health, Dr Stephenson Ojeibo, revealed that the…
ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) has called on Nigerians to tap into the billion dollars plastic waste industry. The call was made on Wednesday in Abuja by the Country Director, ActionAid Nigeria, Andrew Mamedu at the “Beat Plastic Pollution Innovation Day” in commemoration of World Environment Day. Mamedu, who was represented by Chair of ActionAid Nigeria Young…
The Abuja Rail Mass Transit (ARMT) project has recorded over four million passengers in last 15 months. Besides, the country received the first batch of students trained in China and also officially launched its local training program in Abuja in what is described as another significant milestone in the Nigeria’s rail system supported by the…
Eighteen-year-old Faith Joseph, on Thursday, narrated how she refused to engage in prostitution in Mali after traffickers tricked her into believing that she was going to work in a supermarket in Lagos. Joseph said she was working as a maid in Afuze, Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State, when she was offered a…
By Prince Woke The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Rivers State Chapter, has emphasized that individual blood donations can make a significant life-saving difference. In a statement released on Saturday, June 14, 2025, Dr. Siene Orogun, Public Relations Officer of NMA Rivers, quoted the Chairman of NMA Rivers, Dr. Tamunokuro Diamond, as saying that the organization…
Environmental Activists Call for End to ‘Green Colonialism’ Environmental activists and scholars have decried how transnationals are exploiting countries in the Global South through extractivism and false solutions, and only interested in making profits at the detriment of the people. The activists and scholars documented their positions in a book titled ‘The Geopolitics of Green…
…As Party Thugs Harass Journalists The Edo State local government by-election to fill vacant councillorship positions was held on Saturday in 15 of the 18 local government areas across the state. The election was conducted by the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission (EDSIEC), despite an ex parte order earlier issued by the High Court restraining…
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, has secured the conviction and sentencing of four Filipinos and seven Nigerians for cyberterrorism and internet fraud before Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. The convicted Filipinos are Reyna Mae Eriba, Chyna Samonte,…