BY Prosper Okoye Nigerian non-governmental organisations have been urged to strengthen internal systems, seek more local funding and build partnerships to survive beyond their founders as foreign donor support dwindles.The call was made at a capacity-building programme organised by the Federal Capital Territory chapter of the Association of Orphanages and Vulnerable Children in Nigeria (AONN), […]
By Ndudirim Sylvia Iloka The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed allegations by former Vice President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, that the 2026 Service-Wide Vote (SWV) was designed to finance President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 2027 re-election campaign.In a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja, the ruling party described the allegation […]
By George Ozalla President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has assured Nigerians that the Federal Government is taking decisive steps to tackle insecurity across the country, expressing confidence that the challenge would soon become a thing of the past. Akpabio gave the assurance on Wednesday while receiving members of the Ladies Golf Association of Nigeria, […]
By George Ozalla Support has continued to build for the re-election of the Senator representing Anambra North Senatorial District, Senator Dr. Tony Okechukwu Nwoye, ahead of the 2027 general election, with his supporters urging the electorate to renew his mandate based on what they described as his track record of effective representation, accessibility and commitment […]
By George Ozalla The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Chief Tony Ojukwu, OFR, SAN, has declared that climate change is no longer merely an environmental challenge but a human rights issue, saying its devastating effects are increasingly threatening the lives, livelihoods and dignity of millions of Nigerians.Ojukwu made the assertion in […]
By George Ozalla L-R: Engr. Abraham Oshadami, Executive Commissioner, Technical Services, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC); Ms. Nonkqubela Jordan-Dyani, Director-General, Department of Communications and Digital Technologies, South Africa; Dr. Aminu Maida, Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, NCC; Mr. John Omo, Secretary-General, African Telecommunications Union (ATU); and Engr. Nadungu Gagare, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation […]
Perspective By: Chukwudi George Ozalla Every generation produces men and women whose lives continue to speak long after they are gone. Some are remembered because of the positions they occupied. Others are remembered because they lived by the principles they professed. The late Dr. Chukwuemeka Pius Ezeife, CON, fondly known as Okwadike Ndigbo, belonged to […]
By George Ozalla The Senate Committee on Finance on Monday subjected the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Taiwo Oyedele, to intense questioning over Nigeria’s rising debt profile, slow implementation of the 2026 budget, remittance of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) and operating surplus by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) into the […]
By George Ozalla The Federal Ministry of Defence and the Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Defence, Leah Katung-Babatunde, have separately dismissed reports alleging that the Minister of Defence, General Christopher Gwabin Musa (Rtd.), has resigned from office, describing the claim as false, malicious and the handiwork of mischief makers.The reports, which circulated […]
By George Ozalla The House of Representatives on Monday commenced a comprehensive investigation into the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), setting in motion a legislative probe to unravel how an agency without any known legal establishment found its way into the 2026 Appropriation Act with a budgetary allocation of about ₦1.3 billion.The investigative […]
