The coordinator of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Rivers State has urged policymakers and multinational corporations to shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy, stressing […]
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21 states allocate N133bn in security votes amid rising insecurity
Despite the worsening state of insecurity across Nigeria, at least 21 state governments have allocated a combined total of N132.73 billion to security votes in […]
Lagos DSVA seeks stronger collaboration against SGBV
The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) recently hosted a symposium aimed at improving the response to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) by […]
Fubara, Wike reconcile as peace returns to Rivers state
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has announced that he and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, have reconciled and agreed to […]
Kwankwaso sets conditions for possible NNPP-APC merger
The National Leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has declared that his party is open to a potential merger […]
Rivers: Eze urges Fubara to sack sole administrator’s appointees
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has called on Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, to immediately dismiss all officials appointed […]
Residents eager for progress as Fubara calls for unity after Rivers emergency rule
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has called on political leaders and citizens to embrace reconciliation and focus on development following the end of six months […]
NCDC hails vigilance as Nigeria boosts Ebola, Marburg readiness
NCDC Director General, Dr. Jide Idris, in a statement on Friday, confirmed that investigations into two suspected viral haemorrhagic fever cases in Abuja returned negative for Ebola and Marburg.
Fubara resumes duty, gives reasons for not challenging emergency rule
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara resumed office on Thursday after President Bola Tinubu lifted the emergency rule in the state. Fubara arrived in Port Harcourt, […]
Revamped US vaccine panel criticised over politicised child immunisation changes
A medical advisory group in the United States (US), reshaped under the influence of President Donald Trump’s health secretary and anti-vaccine campaigner Robert Kennedy Jr, […]