Vice President Kashim Shettima has launched the Niger Delta Agricultural Development and Investment Fund and inaugurated a Coordinating Council to drive agricultural development and investment across the Niger Delta region. According to a statement by Seledi Thompson-Wakama, Director, Corporate Affairs, the Vice President unveiled the initiative during the Niger Delta Agricultural Development and Investment Summit […]
The schoolchildren and teachers abducted by suspected bandits in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State have regained their freedom after spending 56 days in captivity. The rescue was confirmed on Friday by the Presidency through the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, who said the victims were freed during […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State has criticised the state government for allegedly blaming the Federal Government for worsening hunger and poverty in the state. The party described the response by the Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, Mrs. Ebiuwou Koku-Obiyai, to its recent statement on hardship as disappointing and insensitive. In a […]
A major push to reform the justice sector is underway in Bayelsa State, as stakeholders look for innovative ways to clear court backlogs and make legal remedies accessible to everyday citizens. At the second Multi-Door Courthouse Sensitization Conference in Yenagoa, top jurists and government officials converged to chat a critical shift: moving away from endless […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says it has indefinitely suspended its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. IPOB added that Kanu has also been delisted as the director of Radio Biafra in a bid to reposition the organisation and strengthen its operations. The decision was contained in a statement released on Thursday by Chikadibia Edoziem, head of […]
The first woman president of OPEC and Nigeria’s former oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, was has been cleared of bribery charges in a UK trial. Her defence defence lawyer Jonathan Laidlaw in a statement said, that she was cleared of six charges of bribery at Southwark Crown Court on 17 June 2026, after a five-month trial. […]
A woman collapsed after she and her partner were each sentenced to 100 lashes for engaging in sexual relations outside of marriage under Sharia law in Indonesia’s Aceh province. The punishment was carried out publicly in Banda Aceh, the provincial capital on the northern tip of Sumatra Island. The woman, whose identity was not disclosed, […]
Former Head of State, Gen Yakubu Gowon (retd.), has blamed the late Biafran leader, Lt Col Odumegwu Ojukwu, for the failure of the landmark Aburi accord of January 1967. He accused the secessionist leader of attending the peace meeting in Ghana with pre-prepared positions and misrepresenting the outcome of the discussions to the people of […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former Minister of Power, Mamman Saleh, recently sentenced to 75 years imprisonment. Chairman of the EFCC, Mr Ola Olukoyede, said he was arrested on Tuesday morning about 3.30am in the Rigasa area of Kaduna State. According to the EFCC boss, he was arrested alongside two […]
The Ijaw National Congress (INC) says it will pursue the creation of Toru-Ebe and Oil Rivers states to a logical conclusion in order to address the prevailing marginalisation of the Ijaw ethnic group. The President of the INC, Macdonald Igbadiwei, stated this on Thursday in Warri during the inauguration of the ninth executive of the […]