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By Blessing Odega The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has commenced two days free medical outreach in Amper-West community, Mangu Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau. Mr Jonathan Yavala, NYSC State Coordinator, said at the commencement of the outreach on Wednesday that the essence of the NYSC Health Initiative for Rural Dwellers (HIRD), was to…
By Thompson Yamput Constituents of Kogi Central Senatorial District may have begun recalling Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as signature collection reportedly started in some areas of the district. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports on Wednesday in Lokoja that constituents gathered at various signature collection points across the five Local Government Areas comprising the…
By Austyn Ochu Humanity is given to dreaming dreams: it is either in the unconscious, by processing ideas and sensory information in our sleep or through random brain activities geared towards finding creative solutions to problems. Either way, Dreaming is as old as man. It is a universal phenomenon that is either divinely inspired or…
By Admin Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday strongly criticized the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, calling it an act of political manipulation and bad faith. Atiku, in a statement posted on his official Facebook page, accused President Bola Tinubu of playing a partisan role in the ongoing political crisis…
By Admin Text of the Broadcast by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, declaring State of Emergency in Rivers state on Tuesday 18 March 2025 Fellow Nigerians, I feel greatly disturbed at the turn we have come to regarding the political crisis in Rivers State. Like many of you, I have watched…
By Admin A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Justice Equity and Transparency Group, has expressed concern over the prolonged adjournments in the alleged kidney harvest case involving Noah Kekere and Yusuf Abdulahi. The group, in a statement signed on Tuesday by its North Central Zone Coordinator, Barr. Silas Ibrahim, decried the persecution of the defendants in the…
By Taiye Olayemi The Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria (PenOp) has assured the National Pension Commission (PenCom) that its members will comply with the recent directive to settle all pension benefits within three working days. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the National Pension Commission has mandated Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs)…
By Dan Nandom The Democratic Front has urged the Rivers state governor Simlayi Fubara and other political stakeholders in the state to ensure that the Supreme Court ruling is sacrosanct In a statement signed by its Chairman, Mallam Danjuma Muhammad and Secretary, Chief Wale Adedayo, TDF urged them to also toe the reconciliatory path laid…
By Isaiah Eka The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has rescued two young boys from Akwa Ibom who were trafficked to Taraba for labour exploitation.The Uyo Zonal Commander of NAPTIP, Mr Emmanuel Awhen, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Uyo on Monday. According…
By Admin The Akwa Ibom State Police Command on Monday says it has arrested a 32-year-old Ndifreke Isaiah-Nelson for allegedly murdering his girlfriend, 39-year-old Emem Monday Effang. Thw suspect was alleged to have stolen his victim’s mobile phone after committing the dastardly act. The Command’s Spokesman, DSP Timfon John, in a statement signed in Uyo,…
