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The Edo State Executive Council has approved a revised supplementary budget of N799.820 billion for the 2025 fiscal year, up from the initial N675.220 billion, representing an increase of approximately N125 billion or 18 percent. The approval followed an emergency executive council meeting presided over by Governor Monday Okpebholo on Monday, September 29, 2025. Briefing […]
In a strong condemnation of the killing of Arise News anchor, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has vowed that her killers will be apprehended and brought to justice. The minister, in a statement issued on Tuesday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications, Lere Olayinka, described Maduagwu’s death […]
A coalition of civil society organisations, faith leaders, and trade groups has strongly condemned the recent actions of the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) following strike by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), and the Trade […]
Kogi State Government has expressed deep shock and sadness over the tragic death of ARISE News Anchor, Ms. Somtochukwu Christelle Maduagwu, who was killed during an alleged armed robbery in Abuja. A statement by the state’s Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Femi Fanwo, said Maduagwu’s tragic passing was not only a loss to her […]
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists attacked Kirawa, a border community with Cameroun Republic in Gwoza local government area of Borno State, killing one civilian and abducted a male resident of the community on Monday. The terrorists also set ablaze several houses, including the palace of the District Head of Kirawa, Alhaji Abdulrahaman Abubakar, alongside shops and […]
Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has adjourned the arraignment of Omoyele Sowore and two others on Cybercrime charges to October 27. The arraignment could not proceed due to the inability of the federal government to serve the charge sheet on Sowore. When the matter was called, Sowore through his […]
A presidential hopeful, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has warned that Northern Nigeria risks sliding into war if urgent and coordinated national action was not taken to stem the growing wave of terrorism and banditry. Olawepo-Hashim, in a statement, extended condolences to the families of victims of the recent bandit attack in Oke Ode in Ifelodun local […]
An internet and mobile phone blackout has hit Afghanistan, as part of a Taliban crackdown on immorality.
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT Council, has expressed deep grief over the killing of Somtochukwu Christelle Maduagwu, a news anchor with ARISE News Channel, who died on Monday, September 29, 2025, following an armed robbery attack at her residence in the Katampe area of Abuja. In a statement signed by its Secretary, Comrade […]
The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has revealed that her husband, Bola Tinubu‘s controversial Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket in the 2023 elections, caused divisions within her local church and strained long-standing political alliances. In her new memoir, ‘The Journey of Grace: Giving Thanks in All Things’, released to mark her 65th birthday, the First Lady recounted […]
