A former Commissioner for Works and elder statesman in Rivers State, Chief David Briggs, has strongly criticised the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, for his recent comments about former Governor Peter Odili. Briggs, who served under Odili, accused Wike of benefiting from crises and speaking recklessly, claiming that Wike’s actions are only worsening the ongoing political tension in Rivers State. In an interview with journalists in Port Harcourt on…

The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed that 18 individuals sustained severe injuries following a gas explosion in the Oroazi community of Port Harcourt on Sunday evening. The explosion, which occurred at a gas refilling shop, caused significant damage to surrounding buildings. The incident is part of a troubling series of gas-related explosions and Improvised Explosive Device (IED) occurrences that have been reported in the state since the start of…

Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Yahaya, has reiterated his administration’s commitment to addressing the long-standing gratuity liabilities for retirees in the state. Speaking on Monday, December 6, during the presentation of cheques and the payment of backlog gratuities to state retirees, Yahaya revealed that his government has cleared ₦17.2 billion of the ₦21 billion inherited from previous administrations. Yahaya, who assumed office in 2019, acknowledged the gravity of the responsibility his…

Dr Titus Okunrounmu, a former Director of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has called on the Federal Government to strategically reduce the cost of governance in 2025 in order to address rising recurrent expenditures. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday, in Ota, Ogun State, Okunrounmu emphasised that the current financial burden posed by high governance costs was placing a strain on the country’s…

A popular businesswoman and socialite, Princess Kadijat Adebisi Edionseri, widely known as Cash Madam, has died, aged 89. Edionseri, who was the Iya Sunnah of Egbaland, Yewaland, and Ogun State died after a brief illness on Sunday, January 5, 2025, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Her death was announced in a statement on behalf of the family by one of her children, Dr Adebayo Adebowale. The statement noted that…

The police have deployed operatives to find assailants who killed three children of a native doctor murdered at their home in Nise community in the Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State, the spokesman for the state police command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, has said. Reports say the yet-to-be-identified killers scaled the fence of the building where they gained entry into the compound to carry out the act and subsequently…

As The Federal Government pursues an aggressive development in the nation’s transportation system, a mammoth N41.49 billion has been allocated specifically for rail infrastructure and modernization projects of the total N49.74 trillion proposed 2025 budget. From the information obtained from the copy of the Federal Government’s Final Budget Proposal for the 2025 fiscal year, which outlines plans for extensive infrastructure development, the Ministry of Transport will receive a total allocation…

Nigerian-born British politician and leader of the UK Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch and the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, and eight other Nigerians, have been listed among the 100 Most Reputable Africans for 2025. According to NAN, the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu was also named in the list, which was released on Sunday by Reputation Poll International (RPI), in partnership…

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja, Nigeria, on Monday, January 6, for Accra, the capital of the Republic of Ghana, to attend the inauguration of President-elect John Dramani Mahama, which is scheduled to be held the same day. This was contained in a statement on Sunday by presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga. Mahama, who served as the 12th president of Ghana between 2011 and 2017, was reelected in December 2024. He…

The Rivers State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Hon. Evans Bipi has that a total of seven people sustained severe injuries from a collapsed three-storey building at Aboga along Igwuruta-Etche road in Ikwerre. In a statement Bipi shared today through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Emeka Idika, he noted that the building under construction collapsed on Saturday. The Commissioner attributed the collapse of the building…

In a landmark moment for the Nigerian Army, Hajara Egbunu has made history as the first female soldier from the Infantry Corps to achieve the rank of Army Warrant Officer. A statement shared on their social media platform today, noted that the historic promotion ceremony took place on Friday, January 3, 2025, at the Command Conference Room in Abuja. This achievement underscored the growing recognition of women’s contributions within the…

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has detained a woman, Khadija Ali for allegedly abandoning her one-day-old baby along a bush path in Abuja. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, Josephine Adeh, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. She said the abandoned one-day-old baby was recovered and rescued along a bush path near Crush Rock, behind an uncompleted Red Bricks Market in Mpape area.…