With the 2023 General Elections in few days to come, the number of women involved in politics and governance still appears to be a far cry from a balanced society in Nigeria. A recent statistics of women in politics published by BellaNaija on the 1st of February 2023 revealed that […]
Month: February 2023
Rotary Donates Over N1.5million worth of Foodstuff To Flood Victims in Rivers Community.
Dozens of families affected by the 2022 floods in ONELGA and Ahoada East local government areas are now smiling again after they received food stuff worth over one point five million naira donated to them by the Rotary Club of Port Harcourt Rebisi. The response is coming after some flood […]
BSN Committed To More Bible Translations.
The Bible Society of Nigeria ( BSN)has restated its commitment to continue to play a leading role in the translation of the Written Word of God and to publish the Scriptures without doctrinal notes or comments. The Chairman of the Rivers/Bayelsa Area of the Society, Omoni Ayo-Tamuno, BSN-SPM disclosed this […]
Clergymen in Rivers endorse Tinubu for President.
….say decision taken after careful scrutiny of manifesto No fewer than 100 pastors in Rivers State have endorsed Bola Tinubu the APC’s presidential candidate for president. Nigeria goes to poll on The endorsement comes just 4 days to the first leg of the general election which is the Presidential and […]
BREAKING: PSC Delists Naja’atu Muhammad From Election Monitoring Team.
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has revoked the appointment of Hajiya Naja’atu Mohammed, as one of the 45 member team assigned to supervise the conduct of police officers during the 2023 general elections. Muhammed was listed by the PSC as one of those to monitor the police officers during the […]
Elections: Editors Urge INEC, Security Agencies,Others To Walk The Talk.
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the security agencies and other stakeholders not to let the people down, as the nation is at the threshold of another democratic transition of government with Presidential and National Assembly elections scheduled for Saturday February 25, […]
Reports on Raiding Tinubu’s House Fake – EFCC.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has debunked reports that its operatives raided the home of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu where it recovered the sum of N400billion This is contained in a statement signed by the Head, Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren on Sunday, The statement captioned EFCC Press Release: […]
Banks shun CBN directive, collect old N500, N1000 notes.
By Ken Chiwendu Commercial banks in the country are asking their customers to bring in their old N1000,N500 notes to their branches nationwide saying they are and open on Saturday Prominent among the banks are,Guaranty Trust Bank ( GTCO), Eco Bank,UBA, and First Bank. The banks request runs contrary to […]
State of the Nation: APC National Chairman schedules emergency meeting with State Governors
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has summoned governors elected on the platform of the party to an emergency meeting.The invite for the emergency meeting was made known in a terse statement on Friday night. The statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary […]
Buhari’s Broadcast Wanton disregard for rule of law – Gbajiabiamila.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has described the broadcast of President Muhammadu Buhari on scarcity of naira notes as “disregard” for rule of law . Gbajiabiamila said this on Thursday in a statement by his media aide,Lanre Lasisi The Supreme Court had on 8 February restrained […]