March 9, 2025
Okpebholo launches girls’ farm project to boost agriculture
The Edo State government has launched the “Plant, Nurture, Eat–Edo Girls’ Farm Project” to promote youth empowerment and food security. The initiative, led by Ms Sally Suleiman, the Special Adviser on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to Governor Monday Okpebholo, was unveiled as part of activities marking the 2025 International Women’s Day. Ms Suleiman…
10,000 ELECTRIC VEHICLES FOR NIGERIA’S NORTH-EAST
The Tinubu administration will soon begin mass electric vehicle transportation in northeast Nigeria, with the Federal Executive Council clearing the last obstacle to implementing the plan. Last week, the Council approved contracts worth almost $100 million, or N151.9 billion, to supply buses and tricycles and establish charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. The council approved…
Rivers Politics: Governor Fubara, a Victim of His Indecision
By Alabi Umegbewe One of the factors for measuring a mature and competent leader is his ability to take thoughtful decisions and take responsibility for it. What is happening in Rivers State politics today is the consequences of the indecision of the governor. The aim of every political party is to take control of…
Police Arrest Three International Bank Cheques ‘Forgers’, Celebrities Impersonators
Operatives attached to the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Zone 2, Onikan, Lagos, have arrested three suspects with alleged specialty in forging cheques of international banks. The suspects, the police said, were also notorious for impersonating foreign celebrities. Innocent Odumosor, 27, Ajie Samuel Chukwudi, 31, and Godwin Divine, 19, were arrested at their…
PRESS RELEASE: NACJD Demands Immediate Reinstatement of Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan, Threatens Global Sanctions on Akpabio and Nigerian Senators
Washington, DC. The brazen and unlawful suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan by the Nigerian Senate is an outrageous assault on justice, democracy, and the rule of law. This disgraceful act—conveniently orchestrated on International Women’s Day—exposes the entrenched impunity within Nigeria’s highest legislative body. The Nigerian American Coalition for Justice and Democracy (NACJD) unequivocally condemns…
Saraki to Akpabio: Don’t Politicize Call for Due Process in Senate
Former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has cautioned Senate President Godswill Akpabio against politicizing and trivializing the call for due process in the investigation of allegations levelled against him by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Saraki in a statement e-signed by Yusuph Olaniyonu, the head of his media office in Abuja described Akpabio’s claim that…
DAILY HOPE DEVOTIONAL: MARCH 9 Topic: WAITING ON GOD. (2) Scriptures; Micah 7:7; Psalm 27: 14; 37: 7
Waiting is hard work, and I don’t know anyone who likes to wait. It’s especially difficult when there is no guarantee that our waiting will ever end in this lifetime. Desires we long for, prayers we’ve been praying, and news we’re waiting to hear can tempt us to be impatient, discouraged, worrisome and even wonder…