Current matters

•Revalidates Four Projects The Rivers State Executive Council has revoked the ₦134bn contract awarded to the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) for the renovation, retrofitting, and furnishing of the Rivers State Secretariat Complex by the State of Emergency Administration. The council directed the immediate refund of the ₦20bn mobilization […]

By Barth Ikiebe The Senate has confirmed Professor Joash Amupitan as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission. Amupitan was confirmed after a voice vote conducted by Senate President Godswill Akpabio and after undergoing screening and answering questions posed by the lawmakers. He had arrived at the National […]

By Barth Ikiebe Photo: Ms Omolola Oloworaran, PenCom Director-General, National Pension Commission, PenCom, has assured that all Federal Government workers retiring between October and December this year will receive their pension benefits before Dec. 15, 2025. PenCom Director-General, Omolola Oloworaran, gave the assurance at a two-day sensitisation workshop for employees […]

By Ken Chiwendu Ahmedabad, the largest city in the state of Gujarat, India has been recommended as the host city for the 2030 Commonwealth Games In a statement,Commonwealth Sport said on Wednesday that the Indian city has been chosen ahead of a rival bid from Abuja in Nigeria, to host […]

By Daniel Peters A new era of economic growth and development is unfolding in Nigeria as foreign investors demonstrate confidence in the country’s reforms. At the Nigeria Investors Forum held on the sidelines of the 2025 WBG/IMF Annual Meetings in Washington D.C., on Wednesday, the Central Bank Governor and leader […]

By Barth Ikiebe Security agencies have been urged to intensify efforts in combating terrorism, kidnapping, and banditry, which continue to endanger socio-economic activities across the country. The National Chairman of the South West, East and North of Nigeria Initiative, SOWENON, Dr. Sam Jenfa, made the appeal in an interview with […]

By Barth Ikiebe Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has sworn in 20 Commissioners screened and confirmed by the Edo State House of Assembly. Governor Okpebholo had, between November 12, 2024, the day of his inauguration as governor and January 2025, appointed nine Commissioners. The governor, who had been governing the […]

Bayelsa State Governor,Duoye Diri has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party PDP.. Also, twenty three members of the House of Assembly including the Speaker,Rt . Hon. Abraham Ingobere have dumped the PDP. The resignation was said to have been announced by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Daniel Alabra […]

Nigeria’s First Lady and National Coordinator of the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has called on farmers in Rivers State to take full advantage of the agricultural empowerment support programme by growing their seedlings, nurturing livestock, and producing high yields to help build a food-secured Nigeria. Represented by […]

By Barth Ikiebe L-R Nigeria has taken a significant step towards deepening its economic partnership with international development agencies, following a high-level bilateral meeting between the Federal Ministry of Finance and representatives of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA). The meeting, which took […]