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By Barikui Felix The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has donated supportive aids and mobility devices to persons living with disabilities in Bayelsa State. Speaking at an awareness programme organised for people with disabilities at the NDDC Bayelsa State office in Yenagoa, the Commission’s Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, urged persons with disabilities to maintain…
The Federal Government has declared Friday, June 6th, and Monday, June 9th, 2025, public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-ul-Adha celebration. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Dr Magdalene Ajani, made the declaration on behalf of the Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja. The Minister,…
A game for children and young people to learn, engage, and apply peace-building tools such as dialogue, mediation, tolerance, and inclusion has commenced. The game, Peace Creatives Competition Nigeria 2025 commenced in Abuja on Thursday as part of activities to mark the International Day of Peace and was a collaboration of the Institute for Peace…
The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, says Nigeria has recorded zero cases of piracy on its waterways in the last five years. Ogalla disclosed this while fielding questions from newsmen on the sidelines of the passing-out parade of the 2025 set of young sailors held at the Nigerian Navy School, Ikot Ntuen,…
By Katherine Abayomi The Chairman of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Hon. Dr. Gift Worlu, has identified with victims of the recent fire outbreak in the Oro-Owo community of Rumueme Kingdom, pledging government support and advocating improved housing safety standards to prevent future disasters. Dr. Worlu visited the community on Tuesday to conduct an on-the-spot assessment…
By Emamuzo Iboma The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has accused President Bola Tinubu of further entrenching Nigeria and its citizens in poverty while providing them with false statistics. In a statement posted on his X page on Monday, Peter Obi asserted that under Tinubu’s leadership, Nigeria has become one of the world’s…
Police Inspector Maxwell Zabu shoots himself dead at former Rivers LGA Chairman’s residence, didn’t he?”
Food security: Group demands women’s access to food processing infrastructure Uko Okon, Uyo A nongovernmental organisation, the Clement Isong Foundation, has demanded access to food processing infrastructure for women to boost food security in Nigeria, highlighting the crucial role women play in ensuring food security, particularly in rural areas. The Foundation emphasised that women are…
Prince Woke The Executive Director of Social Development Integrated Centre (Social Action), Dr.Isaac Osuoka, has asserted that scriptures are deliberately misinterpreted in churches to rob the poor. Mr Osuoka asserted the Niger Delta Anti-Corruption Learning Summit, which was held in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, May 27th, 2025, with the theme “Building Stakeholders’ Resilience for Sustained…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed that all public universities finalize their 2025 admissions by October 31, with private universities due by November 30 and all other tertiary institutions required to wrap up admissions before December 31. The timeline stems from deliberations at the 2025 Policy Meeting chaired by the Education Minister. …