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'They'll remain in confusion till 2027' - Akpabio mocks PDP, LP

Nigeria, March 9 -- Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Saturday mocked Nigeria's opposition parties, describing them as fragmented and unprepared for elections, while praising President Bola Tinubu ... Read More


Rivers Assembly rejects four Fubara commissioner-nominees, clears five

Nigeria, March 9 -- The Rivers State House of Assembly on Monday rejected four of the nine commissioner-nominees submitted by Governor Siminalayi Fubara after screening them for possible appointment i... Read More


Police arrest lab technician running illegal blood bank in hair salon

Nigeria, March 8 -- The police in Delta State, south-south Nigeria, have arrested a laboratory technician for allegedly operating an illegal blood bank from a hairdresser's salon and selling unscreene... Read More


Gunmen set ablaze ADC secretariat, block Amaechi convoy in Rivers

Nigeria, March 7 -- Armed thugs on Friday reportedly attacked members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Ubima Community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, destroying the party's... Read More


Nigerian lawmaker suspended 'indefinitely' over alleged assault on wife

Nigeria, March 5 -- The Cross River State House of Assembly has suspended a lawmaker, Ovat Agbor, representing Obubra I Constituency, indefinitely over alleged violent conduct against his wife. The d... Read More


Uma Ukpai's family releases funeral arrangements for late evangelist

Nigeria, March 4 -- The family of renowned Nigerian evangelist, Uma Ukpai, has announced the burial arrangements for the late preacher, revered as one of the fathers of Pentecostalism in Nigeria. The... Read More


Ex-presidential aide recounts ordeal after police arrested him for alleged forgery

Nigeria, Feb. 25 -- Former presidential aide and lawyer, Okoi Obono-Obla, has narrated what he described as a humiliating and unlawful arrest by the police in Cross River State, days after police said... Read More


Lecturer warns Akwa Ibom of underestimating Cross River's 'calculated' strategy

Nigeria, Feb. 25 -- A communication scholar, Udeme Nana, has warned that Akwa Ibom State may be underestimating what he described as Cross River State's "calculated" strategy in the renewed dispute ov... Read More


76 Oil Wells Controversy: Ex-senator faults Eno, alleges compromise

Nigeria, Feb. 23 -- A former senator and the 2023 governorship candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Akwa Ibom State, John Akpanudoedehe, has criticised the Akwa Ibom State Governor Umo... Read More


2027: Akpabio endorses nephew, Reps member for second term

Nigeria, Feb. 23 -- Senate President Godswill Akpabio has endorsed his nephew, Ukpong Akpabio, for a second term in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly ahead of the 2027 general elections. Mr Ukpon... Read More