Port Harcourt, Rivers State Tensions are running high in Rivers State as Governor Siminalayi Fubara remains steadfast in his decision to proceed with the local government elections scheduled for tomorrow. The governor has raised serious allegations against the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the entire Police Force, accusing them of acting in the interests of an Abuja-based politician to disrupt the electoral process. Fubara made these claims during a…

The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has called on the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) to enforce the water transportation code. This initiative aims to standardize operations, minimize boat accidents, and foster a more structured environment for potential investors in the sector. In a statement released on Friday by his spokesman, Ismail Omipidan, Oyetola highlighted that night travel and overloading are among the primary causes of boat…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has issued a stark warning of an impending indefinite strike due to the Federal Government’s failure to honor a 2009 agreement. This announcement was made by Prof. Timothy Namo, the Bauchi Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, during a press conference held on Friday in Jos. Namo emphasized that the union’s National Executive Council (NEC), which convened from August 17 to August 18, has grown…

With each Nigerian senator reportedly being paid a whopping N21 million monthly, while a whole university is given a paltry N5 million to run the affairs of the school in the same period, university unions are aghast at how insensitive the Nigerian government can be. The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, raised this concern on Thursday during the opening of a two-day national…

The governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has launched a scathing attack on the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun over the controversy surrounding the conduct of local government election in the state. The visibly angry governor spoke to journalists at the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) office in Port Harcourt on Friday morning, stressing that there appeared to be a more-than-professional relationship between the police boss and “someone…

Following years of severe condemnation, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye has apologized for saying that any believer who does not pay tithes will not make heaven. The highly revered cleric tendered his apology on Friday while delivering a message at the ongoing annual national youth convention at the RCCG Redemption City on Lagos – Ibadan Expressway. He said: “I am…

After weeks of arduous efforts to meet the bail conditions imposed on them by the trial court, three of the 10 persons charged with treason over the August #EndBadGovernance protest have been released from detention. The defendants, Opaluwa Eleojo, Michael Adaramoye and Mosiu Sadiq, were released from the Nigerian Correctional Centre in Kuje, Abuja, on Thursday after fulfilling their bail conditions and completing all necessary paperwork. They joined three other…

Perceived selective payment of the N70,000 new minimum wage by the Federal Government is already generating tension among federal public workers, as those yet to be paid have lamented the development. Also, the workers are worried and angered by the delay in the payment of their salaries. Most of those affected are workers of federal universities and some staff of Ministries, Departments and Agencies, (MDAs), who lashed the government, lamenting…

President Bola Tinubu has expressed his condolences to the government and people of Niger State following a tragic boat mishap that occurred on Tuesday night in Mokwa Local Government Area. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President directed the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) to thoroughly investigate the frequent occurrence of boat accidents in the state and nationwide. He further urged…

With a day to the October 5 local government election in Rivers State, the Rivers State Police Command has said it would comply fully with the judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja which barred it from participating in the election. Disclosing this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Thursday, the spokesperson for the state police command, Grace Iringe-Koko, said the decision is a sequel to the directives…

The online experience is bound to get better for internet users as tech giant, Google has released a new feature that will allow people to search the internet by taking a video. Video search will let people point their camera at something, ask a question about it, and get search results. Android and iPhone users globally will gain access to the feature from 1700 GMT by enabling ‘AI Overviews’ in…

As the Middle East gallops dangerously towards a regional war, at least 18 people have been killed in an Israeli air strike in the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm, the Palestinian health ministry said late on Thursday. According to the Palestinian Authority-run news agency, Wafa, the air strike had hit a cafe in the Tulkarm refugee camp where many civilians had been present. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said…