Mary Akanbi 4th September, 2025 The Federal Government has declared Friday, September 5, 2025, a public holiday to commemorate Eid-ul-Mawlid, the birth of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him). In a statement issued by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr. Magdalene Ajani, on behalf of the Minister, the government congratulated Muslims in Nigeria and…
Mary Akanbi 6th August, 2025 A public interest lawyer, Maduabuchi Idam on Monday, 4th of August, 2025 petitioned the Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, on the need to ban or regulate the contents of Big Brother Naija reality television show. Idam said the programme should be banned or regulated for promoting obscene,…
Mary Akanbi 14th July, 2025 By: Lauretta Onochie Garrison Commander From Daura’s plains, a leader rose so tall, Responding to Nigeria’s earnest call. With steady hands and gaze both firm and keen, He strove to build a nation strong and clean. Against corruption, battles fought with might, To steer the ship of state towards the…
Mary Akanbi 14th July, 2025 The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, 15 July, a public holiday in honour of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari’s death. The government said it was in furtherance of the seven days of national mourning declared by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration…
Mary Akanbi 13th July, 2025 Nigeria’s former President Muhammadu Buhari has passed away in a London hospital at the age of 82 The family of former President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, has announced his death in a London clinic on Sunday afternoon. The brief statement, signed by his spokesman Garba Shehu, confirmed the passing. The statement…
Mary Akanbi 6th July, 2025 In a Press Release Statement by the Nigeria Police Force on a high profile corporate fraud case involving three Ghanaian nationals—Samuel Esson Jonah, Kojo Mensah Ansah, Victor Quainoo and a Nigerian accomplice, Abu Arome, the Nigerian Police stated that it had concluded it’s investigation into the multi-billion naira corporate fraud…
Mary Akanbi 23rd May, 2025 Part 1 In a remarkable tale of transformation, Prophet Joshua Iginla, President of Champions Royal Assembly, has, in conjunction with community stakeholders, helped revolutionize the once-neglected farm land community of Chikakore in Kubwa, Abuja. A decade ago, God guided Prophet Iginla to this predominantly farmland, characterized by limited accessibility, sparse…
Mary Akanbi 5th May, 2025 Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has strongly criticised the arrest of social media activist Martin Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), calling the manner of the arrest deeply troubling and reminiscent of an abduction. Otse was reportedly picked up by police officers on Friday at a Guaranty…
Mary Akanbi 1st May, 2025 By Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja. Your Excellency, Governor Sir Siminialayi Fubara, GSSRS, Sir, My name is Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja, I am an indigene of Mietamuno Jaja family, of the Saturday Jaja War Canoe House of Opobo Kingdom, Rivers State!!! I qualified as a lawyer in Nigeria in the year…
Mary Akanbi 1st May, 2025 By Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja. Dear Professor Julius Ihonvbere, I write to you in your capacity as the Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Oversight of the State of Emergency in Rivers State. You are more than eminently qualified and prepared for this role considered the cognate…
