Safeguarding Press Freedom and Democratic Accountability in Nigeria – a speech delivered by the Executive Director, Media Rights Agenda (MRA), Edetaen Ojo, at the 2025 Annual Congress and Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the International Press Institute (IPI) Nigeria, which held on December 2 and 3, 2025 at Nicon Luxury Hotel, Abuja. Permit me to…
Governor of Kaduna state, Senator Uba Sani has congratulated Al’amin Idris, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Interface Africa for emerging the overall winner of the 2025 NextGen Innovation Challenge held in London, United Kingdom. The event, organised by the National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI) and UKALD Management Consultancy, featured over 3,000 participants from…
The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum (SMBLF), have rejected reject the nomination of the Delta state governor, Ifeanyi Okowa as Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a statement on Friday, SMBLF described Okowa’s acceptance of the nomination as “a betrayal of the highest order.” The group also alleged that the…
By Patience Dombin, Jos The Plateau state government has vowed that it will continue to enforce all town planning laws and regulations to ensure public safety and orderliness across towns and cities in the state. The state governor, Simon Lalong, stated this when the President of the Nigeria Institute of Town Planners (NITP), Olutoye Ayinde,…
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, has lampoon security personnel who facilitate the movement of weapons to terrorists, bandits, and other criminal elements. Ribadu stated this on Thursday in Abuja during the destruction of arms by the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW). He said, “The worst human…
The Nigeria Police Force has intercepted a notorious arms supply syndicate responsible for arming bandits in Benue and other North-Central states, recovering a cache of weapons including a rocket launcher, multiple AK-47 rifles, and thousands of rounds of live ammunition. This breakthrough, which followed a series of coordinated intelligence-led operations by operatives of the Force…
