Rivers State Government has released the sum of N16. 6 billion for the upgradeof facilities at the Rivers Sate University (RSU). Announcing the release to journalists in Port Harcourt, Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim said N9 billion of that sum will serve as take-off grant... Read more
The Opu-Nembe Council of Chiefs in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa has condemned the activities of some errant youths who disrupted a Federal Government road project in the area. The chiefs made the condemnation in a statement on Thursday signed by the Chairman, Opu-Nembe Council of Chiefs,... Read more
FBN Holdings PLC (“FBNHoldings), Nigeria’s leading financial holdings company, has announced the appointments of Mr. Seni Adetu and Mrs. Juliet Anammah as Independent Non-Executive directors, while Mr. Otu Hughes has been appointed as a Non-Executive director. These appointments are subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria (“CBN”).... Read more
The Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Efiong Akwa, has called for a collaboration with the United States government in its efforts to produce a revised Regional Development Master Plan for the Niger Delta region. Akwa made the call when a delegation from the United... Read more
. Growing Regional Trade Investment and Technology Transfer As Focus . Initiative showcased key investment, trade and insurance pillars designed to improve trade between Arab and African countries, targeted at key sectors including agro-food, health, and pharmaceuticals amongst others JEDDAH, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, February 4, 2021/ — Under... Read more
Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri remain without electricity after it was attacked by jihadi fighters in late January, as engineers from the Transmission Company of Nigeria continue to work tirelessly to restore electricity. Since militants of the Islamic State in the West African Province blew up a power grid on January... Read more
The apex Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere on Monday urged the international community to intervene in the crisis between herdsmen and farmers in Nigeria to stem the tide. It also backed Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, who warned of an imminent civil war if the herdsmen crisis rocking the South-west... Read more
Thousands of Nigerians have taken to Twitter to express their determination to stage another protest over the ruling of the Lagos State Judicial Panel allowing the Lekki Concession Company to regain possession and reopen the Lekki tollgate. ARISE News had reported how five of the nine members of the Lagos Judicial... Read more
By Col. Dauda Gora (rtd) Hausa land, history and people yearning for freedom. Nigerians, 50 years old and above who attended Primary School in any part of what used to be Northern Nigeria, must have been taught during History lessons about the 7 Hausa States of Biram, Kano, Katsina,... Read more
Days after relieving his discredited heads of military units for gross incompetence in the face of nationwide insecurity, President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded their names as nominees to Nigeria’s Senate for approval as non-career ambassadors. The nomination of the military personnel was conveyed in a release from Abuja and... Read more
