Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo has hinted of plans to probe the reported sinking of $10 million in the State-owned newspaper, The Nigerian Observer by the immediate-past governor of the State, Godwin Obaseki. Governor Okpebholo disclosed this when he led top officials of his administration on an unscheduled visit to the premises of the Observer titles to inspect facilities on ground. The Governor and his entourage were shocked as they could not gain access to the buildings where all the machines purportedly bought by the previous administration were kept. Obaseki’s Special Adviser on Media Projects, Crusoe Osagie as well…
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By Tony Obiechina Abuja The European Union (EU) has donated the sum of 46 million Euros to fund the program “Sustainable Social Protection System in Nigeria.” This was revealed at the launch of the program at the United Nations House in Abuja, according to a statement signed by Mrs Osagie Jacobs Julie Director, Information and Public Relations at the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning. The intervention program conceived by the ministry and the European Union (EU), is geared towards strengthening the gaps in the national Social Protection Register as a planning tool. The program which will be implemented initially…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers state, accusing President Ahmed Bola Tinubu of “political manipulation and outright bad faith.” According to him, “Anyone paying attention to the unfolding crisis knows that Bola Tinubu has been a vested partisan actor in the political turmoil engulfing Rivers. His blatant refusal — or calculated negligence — in preventing this escalation is nothing short of disgraceful. Beyond the political scheming in Rivers, the brazen security breaches that led to the condemnable destruction of national infrastructure in the state land squarely on the President’s…
By Lanre Ogundipe The Psalmist calls the attention of those who identify as believers to the fundamentals of true worship and acceptable service unto God. Psalm 24:3 enunciates the parameters of acceptable worship, of the almighty. “Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord, or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully…” In Nigeria, religious pretentiousness displayed as true piety, has, to a large degree, replaced true godliness. Book of Isaiah chapter 58, unequivocally denounces religious observations that…
Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared a State of Emergency in Rivers State with effect from today, 18th March, 2025. Read the full broadcast bellow: 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 with concern the development with the hope that the parties involved would allow good sense to prevail at the soonest, but all that hope burned out without any solution to the crisis. With the crisis persisting, there is no way democratic governance, which we have all fought and…
From left; Osagie Okunbor, managing director & country chair Shell Production Development Company; Demola Adeyemi Bero, director, Renaissance; Gbite Falade, director, Renaissance; Layi Fatona, chairman, Renaissance; Tony Attah, managing director, Renaissance; Bayo Ojulari, executive vice president and chief operating officer, Renaissance and Marno De Jong, senior vice president Shell Nigeria at a ceremony in Port Harcourt to mark Renaissance acquisition of SPDC assets . READ ALSO:
The President of the Nigeria Wheelchair Basketball Federation, Seyi Johnson, has praised the Corporate Social sagacity of BetKing for it’s support to the growth of the Sport in the Country. Wheelchair Basketball which represents one of the fastest growing Para-Sports in the Country, has been boosted with the partnership and Sponsorship from BetKing. Prompt News reports that the President of the Federation, Seyi Johnson said BetKing has shown that they are a true lover of Nigerian Sports and special sports in particular, with all its doing for the Federation. ” On behalf of the Nigeria Wheelchair Basketball, the entire board…
A warning has gone out to Nigerians against externalising the allegation of sexual harassment against the Senate president, Godswill Akpabio. “Externalising the rift will never be as harmful to Senator Akpabio as it will harm Nigeria and over a long time,” says Senator Abdulhamid Ahmed Mallam-Madori, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Police Affairs. Senator Mallam-Madori said in a statement in Abuja that he doesn’t think the members of the opposition and some individuals orchestrating the externalisation realise this. He contends that the fire is coming on Senator Akpabio not entirely because of the allegation but because he is a…
Tansian University, Umunya, has once again benefited from the generosity of Mr. Peter Obi, former Governor of Anambra State and the 2023 Labour Party Presidential Candidate, who donated N10 million to the institution’s College of Nursing at Oba. During his visit, Obi reiterated that education, healthcare, and poverty alleviation are crucial pillars for Nigeria’s development. He emphasised that nations that have made significant progress did so by investing in human capital development through quality education. He urged Nigerian leaders to make these sectors priorities, stressing that education remains the most effective tool for breaking the cycle of poverty. While presenting…
***Directs adoption of hybrid learning models By Tony Obiechina Abuja The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa has directed universities to adopt what he called hybrid learning models in order to stem the year shortfalls in admissions into tertiary institutions. About 75 per cent of potential students are said to be denied entry into tertiary institutions in the country. Worried by this development, the Minister, has therefore charged universities to tackle the significant shortfall in admissions. Alausa gave the charge during a meeting with Vice Chancellors of Federal universities in Abuja on Friday. The minister also instructed all institutions to…