Month: March 2025

Iliyasu GaduIlgad2009@gmail.com08035355706 (Texts only) I have studiously remained non-partisan in the on-going political impasse in Rivers state all this while for two reasons; to allow efforts by well-meaning Rivers indigenes and other Nigerians a chance for peaceful resolution of the contentious issues, and also because having lived and interacted deeply […]

By Barth Ikiebe President Bola Tinubu has appointed Bishop Matthew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, as the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the Federal University of Applied Sciences, Kachia, Kaduna State. Special Adviser to the President, Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, confirmed this on Monday […]

By Barth Ikiebe Nigeria’s private sector has unveiled a pioneering investment fund to revolutionize agricultural landscape and drive food security. This initiative takes the form of a private sector-led Large-Scale Agribusiness Financing Programme, presented to the Federal Government as a collaborative effort to drive food sovereignty through large-scale investment in […]

Warns -lawmakers bound to plunge state into unimaginable crisis. The Rivers State Government has reacted to the allegations of gross misconduct handed out by members of the state House of Assembly. The lawmakers loyal to Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory had levelled allegations of gross misconduct against […]

The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, March 17, 2025 arraigned one Catherine Ijeoma Ugwu before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court Maiduguri. The defendant was arraigned on a four -count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence, criminal misappropriation […]

Ijeoma Wilfred Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have arrested Ndifreke Isaiah Nelson,a 32- year – old man for allegedly strangling his girlfriend, Emem Monday Effanga, 39, to death in her apartment over altercation involving her phone. Confirming the incident on Monday in a statement,the Police Public Relations […]

By John Obi Operatives of the Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , EFCC, have arrested popular TikTok influencer, Murja Ibrahim Kunya, for allegedly abusing and mutilating the Naira. Specifically, Kunya was arrested for allegedly spraying Naira notes for fun during her stay in a hotel […]

By John Obi The Adamawa State Police Command says it has recorded another significant breakthrough in its fight against violent crimes, as operatives attached to Divisional police headquarters, Jada have arrested two suspects for the brutal murder of a 10-year-old boy in Jada Local Government Area. In a statement signed […]

Ken Chiwendu Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted cocaine concealed in prayer beads and locally made shoes. According to the agency, the suspects were intercepted while attempting to smuggle the illicit substances into the Holy Land. Femi Babafemi, the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, […]

By Barth Ikiebe The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has restated its commitment to enhance professionalism and integrity in driving the nation’s fight against economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption. The commitment was re-echoed in Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State on Saturday, March 15, 2025 by top brass […]