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By Barikui Felix In commemoration of the World Environment Day 2025, Journalists for Sustainable Development Initiative (JSDI) has taken climate advocacy to Kaa Community in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, training students on tree planting and climate awareness. The training, which formed part of JSDI’s Annual Tree Planting Awareness Campaign, was simultaneously held…
Budget Defence: NHRC Promises to Tackle Emerging Human Rights Challenges The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has presented its 2024 budget performance and defended its proposed 2025 budget before the Joint Committees on Human Rights of the Senate and House of Representatives. The budget presentation at the National Assembly Complex highlighted the Commission’s efforts to…
The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed and condemned the brutal attack carried out by suspected cultists on June 23, 2025, at about 8:00 p.m. in Ahoada East Local Government Area. According to a statement released on Tuesday, June 24, by the Command’s spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, armed assailants led by two individuals identified as…
The Edo State House of Assembly on Monday received a letter from the Executive, directing it to investigate two ongoing projects initiated by the administration of Governor Godwin Obaseki. The projects are the Radisson Hotel and the Museum of West African Art, both situated at the Government Reservation Area and Sapele Road respectively. The letter,…
The Federal Government is targeting the creation of at least 20,000 jobs annually through the launch of the second phase of the Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme (NJFP) aimed at connecting high-potential graduates with real-world work experience, training, and mentorship. This was disclosed during the inauguration of the Project Steering Committee of the NJFP 2.0 by…
By Israel Adebiyi In an animal village long lost to history, chickens lived under constant siege. Hawks had taken over the skies and terrorised the land. They came at will, snatching chickens from their homes, carrying them off in broad daylight, leaving feathers and grief behind. There was no warning, no mercy and no pattern….
ECOWAS Court Kicks Off Final Training Session on its Electronic Case Management System (ECMS) Honourable President of the Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS, Justice Ricardo Cláudio Monteiro Gonçalves, on 10 February 2025, officially opened the final phase of the General Group Training on the new Electronic Case Management System (ECMS) at the Zuma Resorts, Niger…
Katherine Abayomi. Years of spills have left soil and mangrove forests saturated with hydrocarbons and heavy metals, and 5–10 % of Nigeria’s mangroves have already been destroyed by oil contamination and settlement. The Trans Niger pipeline ruptured on May 6, 2025, releasing thousands of barrels of crude into B-Dere community in Ogoniland—marking the second major spill…
The Federal Government and the National Assembly have backed the planned commencement of the Computer-Based Test (CBT) by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). WAEC had earlier disclosed plans to fully migrate from paper-based examination to CBT in 2026, a move that generated controversy in some quarters. But while addressing members of the National Assembly…
Will the Uhunoma Foundation’s efforts to empower women at the grassroots level yield tangible results, or will the challenges prove insurmountable?