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The appointment of Professor Stephen Sinikiem Azaiki, OON, as the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Third Governing Council of Ritman University in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, marks a significant juncture in Nigerian higher education governance. Conveyed through an official letter dated June 24, 2026, by the Founder and Visitor of the university, Senator Emmanuel Ibok Essien, the four-year appointment …

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Goods has committed to working with the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) to resolve funding constraints and lingering community issues delaying the completion of the abandoned Ikot Ekpene-Ikot Abasi 330kV Double Circuit Transmission Line Project (Lot 18T). According to a statement released on Thursday by the head of the Corporate Communications and …

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Post views: 31 By Akeem Busari The Nigerian football community is still in shock over the Super Falcons’ unexpected 3-2 defeat to debutants Malawi, in the opening group match of the ongoing WAFCON 2026 in Morocco. Many football fans, stakeholders and enthusiasts have lashed out strongly against the team for what has been described as their worst performance at …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) revealed that cash circulating outside the banking system fell from N5. 41 trillion to N4.92 trillion in the six month period starting December 2025 and June 2026 The CBN, in its latest report entitled ‘Money and Credit Statistics’, attributed the decline to the increasing use of electronic payments or digital platforms by Nigerians to …

Please Godwin When the National Assembly forwarded the amendment bill to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) for presidential assent, one provision immediately dominated public discourse. It wasn’t about tougher penalties for traffic offenses or broader reforms in road safety administration. This concerned the proposed restriction on preaching, street vending and trading within moving commercial vehicles. Predictably, social media exploded. …

This year’s Nigerian Football Federation Elective Congress, scheduled for Saturday, September 26 in Lafia, the capital of Nasarawa State, has now been postponed by 24 hours. The elective Congress will now take place on Sunday 27 September in the same city which will introduce the members of the NFF Executive Committee for the next four years. At an extraordinary general …

Almost eight years after the gruesome murder of Delta State University undergraduate, Elozino Ogege, the Delta State High Court, sitting in Ogwashi-Uku, has sentenced two men to death by hanging for their roles in the crime. The court of first instance, chaired by Justice Ngozi Azinge, convicted the two defendants after finding them guilty of the kidnapping and murder of …

The Federal High Court in Abuja has set November 2, 2026, to rule in a case challenging the emergence of Donald Duke as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party for the 2027 general elections. Justice Mohammed Umar reserved the matter for judgment on Tuesday after lawyers representing the parties adopted their written submissions. Abdullahi Muhammad appeared for the …

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