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Mrs. Patricia Okereke (Nee Onwubiko), the eldest sister of founder of foremost civil rights advocacy group in Nigeria, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has passed on, May 1, 2025 in Abuja, Nigeria's capital. Confirmation of the unfortunate news came in a statement by the National Coordinator, HURIWA, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, the activist who was a National Commissioner of the Nigerian Human Rights Commission. The HURIWA founder disclosed that Mrs. Okereke, who was a mother of six and had many grand children, died after a very brief illness in the wee hours of May 1, 2025. Comrade Onwubiko said…

By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Authorities of Rev. Fr. Moses Orshio Adasu University (former Benue State University), Makurdi, Benue State, have denied allegations that some management staff of the institution pocketed about N2 billion in a sleaze claim currently rocking the institution. Denying the embezzlement allegation when journalists under the auspices of the Forum of Investigative Journalists visited the university, the Vice Chancellor (VC), Professor Joe Tor Iorapuu, who was represented by the Deputy Vice Chancellor (DVC), Administration, Professor Mike Odey, explained that since the institution depended largely on internally generated revenue for sustenance, the alleged siphoning of money would have…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan To ensure a seamless and credible process, Ekiti State chapter of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced a shift in the date for its Local Government congress. Initially scheduled for May 3, the congress will now hold on May 7, following logistical adjustments deemed necessary by the party. The party's Caretaker Committee Chairman, Chief Dare Adeleke, has assured the party that it would be a seamless exercise. He informed members and stakeholders of the party’s commitment to transparency, unity and due process. According to Adeleke, the decision to postpone the congress was informed by…

In a groundbreaking initiative aimed at advancing entrepreneurship and sustainable innovation among young Nigerians, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Education Secretariat, in collaboration with Brunel University, London, has launched the Abuja Innovation Challenge. Speaking during the training of teachers on entrepreneurship education, the Director/ Secretary, FCT Secondary Education Board (SEB), Dr Sani Mohammed Ladan, said the Challenge is part of a wider programme designed to nurture creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills among secondary school students in the Territory while building a better and prosperous capital city. Dr Ladan explained that the theme of the Challenge which is 'Building a Better…

By our reporter An operative of the Department of State Service (DSS) and witness of the Federal Government (FG) in the terrorism trial of leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, today told the Federal High Court,Abuja, that no weapon of terrorism or violence was found on the IPOB leader when he was arrested in Lagos on October 15, 2015. That was during the Muhammadu Buhari presidency. Codenamed PWAAA, the witness who was in the team that arrested Kanu, spoke under cross examination by lawyer to the Biafra agitator, Kanu Agabi, SAN, a former Attorney General of the…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan, and other reports In their numbers, public and private sector workers converged on the Eagle Square, Abuja, Nigeria's capital, and indeed all parts of the country, today for this year's international Labour Day. The Federal Government (FG) had within the week announced the day as a public holiday. Employees unionized under the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) took part in the celebration. At the Eagle Square Abuja, workers, who arrived in different types of vehicles, were spotted chanting solidarity songs. Most of them were seen with placards bearing inscriptions of their various…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Oyo State government has disclosed that the sum of N60 million is being paid to its pensioners monthly, in a bid to clear their arrears. Chairman, Oyo State Pension Board, Hon.Tunji Adekunle, stated this at a press briefing in his office on Wednesday. He also confirmed that a total number of 22, 212 pensioners were currently on the board's payroll, as of April 2025. He was quoted in a statement by the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, on Thursday, May 1. Adekunle emphasised that Governor Seyi Makinde’s administration remained "deeply committed to…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu The remains of Chief Dubem Onyia, Nigeria’s former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, will be laid to rest on Friday, May 2, at his Enugu Ngwo home,Enugu State. The one-time House of Representatives member passed away on March 10, 2025, at the age of 73 in Abuja, following a brief illness. According to the information contained in the burial arrangement signed by his son, Engr. Emeka Ike Onyia, on behalf of the family, the final journey of the late elder statesman had already begun with a requiem mass in his honour at the Holy Trinity…

By John Ekah, Gusau Factional members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly have sacked all principal officers and standing committees and appointed two vital committees. They justified their action as being designed to give the legislature better focus. These were disclosed by the factional Speaker, Hon. Bashar Aliyu Gummi, shortly after the house plenary which was held in Gusau, the state capital. He said two standing committees -those of Ethics and Privileges as well as Works and Infrastructure -have been immediately reconstituted, to be chaired by Hon. Masama and Hon. Bashir Sarkin Zango, respectively. The House resolved to file…

By Ademola Adegoke Opposition stalwart, Dele Momodu, has taken a hard look at the nation's political landscape --current and in the near future --and concluded that only a formidable presidential candidate from the North can effectively counter President Bola Tinubu in 2027. He took the position while speaking on Arise TV's 'Morning Show' programme. Momodu's confidence lay in what he described as the North's strategic phalanx in the nation's presidential election configurations. However, he said, presently the North feels marginalized under Tinubu and is unhappy, raring to transform this seeming bitterness into votes against his administration in 2027. Only today…