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The National Secretariat of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, has taken a firm stance against the harassment of Comrade Ladi Bala, immediate past National Chairperson of the association, by the Managing Director of the National Railway Corporation, NRC, Kayode Opeifa, and is hereby demanding a public apology published...

The National Good Governance Advocates (NGGA) has hailed Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), the Sole Administrator of Rivers State, for his transformative leadership and meticulous stewardship of resources, which have driven unprecedented development in the state. In its detailed report made public at a press conference in Abuja, the NGGA...

….as Mining Marshals warn against biased reporting, seek media backing The Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ajao Adewale, has revealed that illegal mining has become a powerful cartel-driven enterprise bankrolled by influential Nigerians, fueling banditry and costing the country an estimated $9 billion (₦13.7 trillion) annually. Speaking at...

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) is intensifying its efforts to clear illegal settlements and shanties that are a threat to security and a roadblock to development projects in Abuja. This ongoing crackdown on criminal hideouts, particularly in Durumi and Area 1 in Garki, is a direct response to the...

Niger State Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago recently expressed his strong support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s reform agenda, saying the changes have positively impacted the entire country. Governor Bago met with members of the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee on the Baro Inland Port.  He commended the President for providing...

Former Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), Mr. Femi Soneye, has called on the Federal Government to support the Nigerian media with targeted incentives, including tax reliefs and import duty waivers on essential media tools. Soneye made the appeal in Abuja on Tuesday...

Barely three days after the oversight visit of the Ad-Hoc Committee of the House of Representatives on Rivers State Administration, a Group, Coalition for Civil Service Reforms (CCSR), has paid great tribute to the Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd.), acknowledging the reforms of the Civil Service and reviving...

In a stunning upset during Saturday’s Garki-Babura federal constituency bye-election, the All Progressives Congress (APC) suffered a significant defeat to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the polling unit of the Minister of Defence, Alhaji Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, in Babura Kofar Arewa Primary School, Jigawa State. Badaru, a prominent APC...

The Ad-Hoc Committee of the House of Representatives on Rivers State Administration has mandated an immediate overhaul of the crumbling Rivers State Secretariat complex and the urgent relocation of civil servants from unsafe work environments. The directive followed an emergency inspection led by Committee Chairman Professor Julius Ihonvbere, who assessed...

The House of Representatives Adhoc Committee on the Oversight of the Administrator of Rivers State has commended the sole administrator, Ibok-Eket Ibas, for what it described as remarkable progress in stabilising the state during emergency rule, pledging its support for the restoration of democratic governance in the state. The committee,...