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By Newscount According to Comrade Yahaya Oluwaseun, Secretary of Concerned Members of PASAN, the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) National Assembly Chapter Congress held on Monday, April 7, 2025, at the Senate Conference Hall, Room 231, ended abruptly due to disagreements over the agenda and alleged disregard for the association’s constitution. The congress was […]

By George Ozalla The European Union (EU) and the Christian Blind Mission (CBM) have launched a three-year disability project targeted at promoting inclusive development and sustainability for persons with disabilities in Delta and Benue states as pilot program. The Disability Rights Advocacy Project for Inclusive Development seeks to empower stakeholders to support inclusiveness in society, […]

Pro-democracy and civil rights advocacy group: HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA(HURIWA) has urged the nation’s former first lady and wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan Mrs. Patience Jonathan to be magnanimous and to show the rich Christian virtue of forgiveness which the lenten season exemplifies by withdrawing the criminal case against over a dozen […]

By Newscount NUJ FCT Chair, Grace Ike, has made history by becoming the first female chairperson in the NUJ FCT Council’s 41-year history, and now she’s added another feather to her cap by winning the African Leadership Excellence Award at the African Legendary Award (AFRILA 2025). Ike’s outstanding leadership, humanitarian efforts, and strong influence as […]

Will Mele Kyari, the former Group CEO of the NNPCL, become an unsung hero? Time will tell. One intriguing aspect of Nigeria is how citizens, in most cases, tend to believe that a previous administration was better than the current one, despite having criticized it at the time. President Bola Tinubu has been praised for […]

By George Ozalla The BBC’s decision to discontinue its flagship program “Hard Talk” has sparked widespread concern, with many believing the program’s cancellation will create a significant void in global media broadcasting. Frank Tietie, Esq., Executive Director of Citizens Advocacy for Social & Economic Rights (CASER) and Arise News (Legal) Analyst, has called on Arise […]

The attention of the Office of the President of the Senate has been drawn to another round of spurious and malicious accusations by Mr. Elisha Abbo, who unlawfully represented Adamawa North Senatorial District save a judicial intervention. He has again sought to blame the President of the Senate, His Excellency, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, for […]

–criticises Tinubu’s foreign trip amidst unprecedented insecurity in his country For many months, the most notorious terrorists mastermind Turji Bello and several other terrorists have defied the deadline given by the service chiefs including the Chief of Defence Staff General Christopher Musa and the chief of Army staff Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede to neutralise them […]

PRESS RELEASE OUTCOME OF THE REVIEW OF SIGNATURES/THUMBPRINTS OF THE PETITIONERS FOR THE RECALL OF THE SENATOR REPRESENTING KOGI CENTRAL SENATORIAL DISTRICT The Commission held its regular weekly meeting today, Thursday 3rd April 2025. Among other issues, the meeting considered and approved the report of its physical count of the signatures/thumbprints forwarded with the petition […]

In a press release signed by Ikechukwu Ani, Head, Press and Public Relations, the Police Service Commission has announced the appointment of Monday Agbonika as the new Commissioner of Police for Edo State. This was disclosed on Thursday, 3rd April 2025, as Agbonika takes over from CP Betty Enekpen Isokpan Otimenyin. The Commission’s leadership, led […]