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Stakeholders of Ohafia local government area of Abia State have initiated moves to ensure a candidate from the area wins Abia North senatorial seat currently occupied by Orji Kalu in 2027. The stakeholders comprised elders, youths, women, religious leaders, community and student leaders as well as political party members, professionals in various fields, and concerned […]
Rivers State government has applauded an indigenous oil firm, Renaissance America Energy Company Limited, for upgrading the Obio Cottage Hospital, Rumuobiakani, Port Harcourt, to transit from paper documentation of patient information to digital documentation for effective and accurate record keeping. Acting permanent secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr. Vincent Wachuku, gave the commendation yesterday while commissioning […]
Regalo Hope Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, has trained over 1,000 Federal University of Technology, Owerri, FUTO students on digital footprint, cloud computing, professional positioning, communication skills, and other digital and vocational intelligence. The training, held at the school, was organised in partnership with the FUTO Career Service Centre and included students and lecturers from various […]
Operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have smashed a kidnapping syndicate and successfully neutralised the gang leader in the ongoing offensive against criminal elements in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP TImfon John, who disclosed this to journalists yesterday at the State Command’s headquarters, Ikot Akpanabia […]
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bayelsa State has announced that the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise will resume on August 18, 2025, with both online and physical registration options available for residents. This was disclosed by the resident electoral commissioner (REC), Mallam Isah Shaka Ehimeakhe, while addressing journalists yesterday at the Prof. Mahmood Yakubu […]
The Center for Human Rights and Accountability Network (CHRAN) has warned members of the Board of Trustees (BoT) saddled with the responsibility of managing the Host Community Development Trust Funds (HCDTF) against fraud and corruption. In Akwa Ibom State, LEADERSHIP learnt that some local government areas – Eket Mbo, Onna, Ikot Abasi, Mkpat Enin, Eastern […]
After over a year of protracted delays, the pro-chancellor and chairman of the Governing Council of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Engr. Kayode Olubunmi Ojo, has described the appointment of Prof. Simon Uchenna Ortuanya as the 16th substantive vice-chancellor of the university as complying with due process. He stated that the appointment marked a […]
Lagos State governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated Nigeria’s national women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, for winning the African championship at the 2025 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Women’s AfroBasket. He commended the Coach Rena Makama-led female national team for defeating the Malian side, 78-64, in a thrilling Afrobasket finals match on Sunday night at the Palais […]
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in Nigeria has lamented the low rate of exclusive breastfeeding of infants in Nigeria despite global and national campaigns on the benefits of breastfeeding. Available statistics showed that only 29 per cent of Nigerian infants are exclusively breastfed in the country. This statistic comes as the world […]
Ahead of the 2026 governorship election in Osun State, an aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State, Dr. Akin Ogunbiyi, has said that he is well equipped to make the state a successful entrepreneurial state if voted as its next governor. Ogunbiyi, who expressed this capability to newsmen in Osogbo […]