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The Senate on Thursday disclosed that about 85 per cent of the N1.48 trillion 2025 budget submitted by the Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), was originally drafted by suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Chairman of the Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on Emergency Governance in Rivers State, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, revealed this during […]

Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission officials sealing off France, Belgium and Italy visa centres in Abuja. Photo: Vanguard Officials of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has sealing off France, Belgium and Italy visa centres in Abuja. Photo: Vanguard The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has sealed off France, Belgium and Italy […]

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday set up a committee to help restore sustainable peace to Benue State following last Friday’s massacre in Yelewata community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, which saw around 200 people killed. Members of the peace committee selected by the President include former Military Governor of Benue State, Gen […]

President Bola Tinubu during a visit to some of  the hospitalised victims of the killings  The Northern Elders Forum on Wednesday strongly condemned what they described as the persistent wave of killings and violence engulfing Benue State, describing the situation as a “genocide” and a direct consequence of government inaction, political complicity, and systemic collapse. […]

Speaker, House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas The House of Representatives Committee on Nutrition and Food Security, on Tuesday, commenced a probe into how the N1.12tn meant for the execution of the Anchors Borrowers Programme was allegedly diverted by Ministries, Departments and Agencies. The panel is also probing the NIRSAL Micro Finance Bank on how it […]

Senate President Godswill Akpabio The 17 candidates nominated by President Bola Tinubu to oversee the affairs of Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, Rivers State Civil Service Commission and Rivers State Local Government Service Commission have officially declared their assets before the Code of Conduct Bureau. The assets declaration came on the heel of security clearance […]

President Bola Tinubu consoles a survivor of the Yelewata attack during a visit to a hospital in Makurdi, Benue State… on Wednesday. Photo: State House President Bola Tinubu consoles a survivor of the Yelewata attack during a visit to a hospital in Makurdi, Benue State… on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. Photo: State House President Bola […]

Says Ebiseni not speaking for mainstream Afenifere, but betrayers The spokesman of the Yoruba sociopolitical organisation, Afenifere, in Ondo State, Chief Eric Oluwole, has knocked a former commissioner in the state, Chief Sola Ebiseni, over his opposition to the realignment of the Lagos-Calabar coastal road project by the Federal Government. He distanced the overall mainstream […]

Benue State Government has declared Wednesday, June 18, 2025, a public holiday ahead of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s visit to the state. A statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Serumun Deborah Aber, said the President will embark on a one-day condolence visit to sympathise with the government and people of Benue following a […]

Tinubu, Shettima A political storm is brewing within the ruling All Progressives Congress as growing speculation over the fate of Vice President Kashim Shettima in the 2027 presidential race triggered outrage, chaos, and urgent crisis management efforts by party leaders. The rumour that President Bola Tinubu may consider replacing Shettima as his running mate ahead […]