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Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mustapha Mohammed The Rivers State Police Command has launched a comprehensive investigation into the violence that erupted in several local government areas in the state following the recent elections. The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mustapha Mohammed, highlighted during a discussion with journalists following an on-site evaluation of the three impacted LGAs on Wednesday. The Commissioner of Police has confirmed that a team of experienced officers has been appointed to lead the investigation. The police are also conducting intensive patrols to reassure residents and enhance security measures in the state. Mohammed emphasized the importance of…
Covenant University (CU), a private institution in Nigeria, has been ranked as the country’s best university in the Times Higher Education (THE) 2025 Rankings. The rankings, published annually by Times Higher Education, offer a comprehensive evaluation of universities worldwide. The 2025 edition features data from 1,907 universities across 108 countries and regions, assessing them on 18 indicators related to teaching, research environment, research quality, industry interaction, and international outlook. This year’s analysis involved over 134 million citations across 16.5 million research publications and included responses from 68,402 scholars globally. On the global stage, the University of Oxford continues its dominant…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has announced a 14.8% hike in the price of petrol in Abuja, raising it to ₦1,030 per litre from ₦897. This marks the second petrol price increase within the past month, following a previous rise in September, when the price surged from ₦615 to ₦897 per litre. According to a Vanguard correspondent who visited the NNPC Retail mega station in Abuja, many motorists expressed their shock and frustration over the latest price adjustment, highlighting the ongoing economic difficulties facing the nation. “It’s beyond belief. I have been in the queue for almost an…
The Court of Appeal in Enugu affirmed Hon. Simon Atigwe’s removal from the House of Representatives. State reporters informed that the court’s verdict backed the previous decision made by the Election Petition Tribunal against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) representative. The court, hence, validated the election of Hon. Dennis Nnamdi Agbo from the Labour Party (LP) as the winner of the re-run election held on February 3, 2024, for the Igbo-Eze North/Udenu Federal Constituency. This ruling was delivered unanimously by the three-member panel, with the chairman, Justice Ekanem, reading the decision. A lawyer for the Labour Party, Ifeanyi Ogenyi, corroborated…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has declared Julius Abure as the legitimate national chairman of the Labour Party (LP). Delivering the ruling on Tuesday, Justice Emeka Nwite affirmed Abure’s leadership and upheld the March 2024 Nnewi convention that produced the current party executives. The court also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise Abure as the authentic chair of the party, dismissing INEC’s earlier decision to invalidate his leadership. “I am of the view and so hold that the basis of these cogent verifiable documents, the defendant’s attempt to impeach the validity of the leadership of the…
The Gbemiga Abiodun Memorial Education Support Programme, established in memory of the late son of Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has awarded a total of N91,050,000 to 1000 students across primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions in the state. The late Gbemiga, also known as DJ Olu, was a popular figure in the entertainment industry and the official DJ to Davido. During the second edition of the programme, held at Christ Apostolic Grammar School in Iperu-Remo, a total of ₦39,750,000 was awarded to 159 beneficiaries from nine tertiary institutions in the state. Additionally, the foundation provided ₦14,700,000 to 294 primary…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has declared that he has no regrets for opposing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 presidential election. Wike, a former governor of Rivers State, stated that his decision was rooted in the PDP’s failure to uphold fairness, equity, and justice. Speaking on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Tuesday, Wike explained that while he supported the PDP at the state level during the election, he chose not to back the party’s presidential candidate due to what he perceived as the party’s abandonment of inclusivity. “For the presidential election, I said…
Controversial media personality, Darlington Okoye, popularly known as Speed Darlington, has been released on bail from police custody. Human rights lawyer, Deji Adeyanju confirmed that he was arrested in Lagos last Friday and then transferred to Abuja, where he was detained. The lawyer revealed that Darlington’s detention stemmed from a formal complaint filed by Burna Boy. He was accused of defaming and cyberstalking the Grammy Award winner. Darlington was released to his lawyer on Tuesday evening after meeting the bail conditions set by the police in Abuja. Adeyanju disclosed this in a post on his X account late Tuesday. He…
At a heated conference in Abuja, leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) clashed over who is responsible for the ongoing crisis within the party, which has persisted since its presidential primary ahead of the last general election. The PDP, Nigeria’s main opposition party, has been embroiled in internal strife since the controversial primary election. The party’s internal disputes have been widely blamed for its defeat in the general election by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). During the conference titled “Fix PDP to Fix Nigeria,” held on Tuesday in Abuja, Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere, a member of the House of…
Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu, has urged Nigerians to sympathise with the Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara, amid the crisis rocking the state. Recall that Fubara and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, have been entangled in a crisis over the political structure of the state. The crisis reignited due to the outcome of the local government area election and the destruction of LG secretariats. State reporters revealed that Momodu, while commenting on a video of Wike rebuking the former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, said the face-off between Wike and…