Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has pledged full support for the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) as part of efforts to expand job creation and empower youth and women across the state. The governor made the commitment while receiving NDE Director-General Silas Agara and his team at Government House, Port Harcourt. He commended President Bola Tinubu’s job-creation...

The escalating kidnapping and banditry crisis in northern Nigeria has sparked urgent responses from local governments. In light of the recent surge in attacks, especially targeting educational institutions, the 19 Northern governors have called an emergency meeting scheduled for November 29, 2025, in Kaduna State. This move comes after the South-West governors convened in Ibadan to discuss...

ABUJA — Former Vice President and 2023 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has condemned President Bola Tinubu over the suspension and subsequent reinstatement of Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and members of the State House of Assembly, describing the move as unconstitutional. In a statement posted Thursday on his official X handle, Atiku said...

Amnesty International has criticised the Nigerian government for failing to investigate the killing of at least 150 pro-Biafra protesters in the South-East during the administration of late President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement issued on Monday via its official X account, Amnesty International Nigeria said security agencies, led by the military, carried out a campaign of extrajudicial...

had just gotten married, the kind of marriage people congratulated you endlessly for. The wedding pictures were still fresh, gifts unopened, prayers still echoing in my ears. Everyone said I was lucky. I believed them at least in public. But behind the beautiful photos and perfect smiles was a quiet loneliness I didn’t anticipate. My husband was a good man, responsible and hardworking,...