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  • State of Emergency: Opposition figures, lawyer take stand as tension envelopes Rivers

    By Ifunanya | March 19, 2025 | Comments Off on State of Emergency: Opposition figures, lawyer take stand as tension envelopes Rivers

    The declaration of the State of Emergency in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu has triggered palpable tension in the state. Media Talk Africa reports that President Tinubu on Tuesday during a nationwide broadcast, declared […]

  • Gov Okpebholo laments inability to access state-owned newspaper’s facilities after retrieving it from consultant

    By Ifunanya | March 19, 2025 | Comments Off on Gov Okpebholo laments inability to access state-owned newspaper’s facilities after retrieving it from consultant

    There was drama at the premises of Bendel Newspapers Company Limited, BNCL, the publisher of The Nigerian Observer, as Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo was unable to access the office for an inspection of facilities—41 […]

  • ‘Terrorism, evil attack’ – Elon Musk reacts to multiple Tesla cars set on fire

    By Ifunanya | March 19, 2025 | Comments Off on ‘Terrorism, evil attack’ – Elon Musk reacts to multiple Tesla cars set on fire

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk has blamed “terrorism” after multiple cars reportedly caught fire at one of his facilities in Las Vegas, United States. Several Tesla vehicles were set ablaze in Las Vegas on Tuesday, according […]

  • Israel: Freed hostages warn of risk to captives as fighting resumes

    By Ifunanya | March 19, 2025 | Comments Off on Israel: Freed hostages warn of risk to captives as fighting resumes

    Freed hostages Sasha Troufanov, Iair Horn, and Keith Siegel spoke publicly at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, expressing concern over the resumption of IDF airstrikes against Hamas, which ended the fragile Gaza ceasefire and hostage […]

  • Edo: Gov Okpebholo, PDP on collision course over $10m Nigerian Observer probe

    By Ifunanya | March 19, 2025 | Comments Off on Edo: Gov Okpebholo, PDP on collision course over $10m Nigerian Observer probe

    The verbal war between the Edo State Government and the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, remains unabated, as both sides are once again at odds over the state of the government-owned newspaper, […]

  • Rivers crisis: National Assembly has to approve Tinubu’s state of emergency – Senator Abaribe

    By Ifunanya | March 19, 2025 | Comments Off on Rivers crisis: National Assembly has to approve Tinubu’s state of emergency – Senator Abaribe

    The Senator representing Aba South Senatorial District in the Nigerian Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has stated that the Constitution requires the National Assembly to approve the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. Media […]

  • Rivers crisis: Reasons Fubara ignored Tinubu – Tonye Cole

    By Ifunanya | March 19, 2025 | Comments Off on Rivers crisis: Reasons Fubara ignored Tinubu – Tonye Cole

    The All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in the 2023 Rivers State election, Tonye Cole, has shared his opinion on why Governor Siminalayi Fubara might have ignored President Bola Tinubu, as the President claimed in […]

  • State of emergency: Tinubu lacks power to remove Gov Fubara – CUPP

    By Ifunanya | March 18, 2025 | Comments Off on State of emergency: Tinubu lacks power to remove Gov Fubara – CUPP

    The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has described President Bola Tinubu’s action as a dangerous precedent for Nigeria’s democracy. This follows President Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State on Tuesday […]

  • SUBEB boss urges Ekiti headteachers to be more diligent

    By Ifunanya | March 18, 2025 | Comments Off on SUBEB boss urges Ekiti headteachers to be more diligent

    The Executive Chairman of Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Prof. Femi Akinwumi, has charged the headteachers of public primary schools in the state to be more proactive in sustaining the current achievements in […]

  • Plots to use SDP against APC in 2027 ‘dead on arrival’ – Barau

    By Ifunanya | March 18, 2025 | Comments Off on Plots to use SDP against APC in 2027 ‘dead on arrival’ – Barau

    Deputy Senate President Jibrin Barau on Tuesday declared that politicians defecting to the Social Democratic Party, SDP, with the aim of using it to challenge the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2027 are on […]

  • Naira records first appreciation against dollar on black market

    By Ifunanya | March 18, 2025 | Comments Off on Naira records first appreciation against dollar on black market

    The naira recorded its first gain this week against the dollar at the parallel foreign exchange market on Tuesday. This comes as a Bureau de Change operator in Wuse Zone 4, Abuja, Idris Yunusa, confirmed […]

  • Arsenal women lose 2-0 in first leg of Champions League quarter-final

    By Ifunanya | March 18, 2025 | Comments Off on Arsenal women lose 2-0 in first leg of Champions League quarter-final

    Real Madrid Women have won the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final against Arsenal. The Spanish side secured a 2-0 victory under soggy conditions at the Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium. Heavy rain in Madrid […]

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