Education General

Akwa Ibom Approves ₦1.3bn for Students’ Bursaries, Increases Award to ₦50,000

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has approved the release of ₦1.3 billion for the payment of bursaries to eligible students across the state. The governor also approved an increase in the bursary award from ₦20,000 to ₦50,000 per beneficiary as part of efforts to support students and ease the financial burden of tertiary education.

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Education General

Concerned Rivers State University Students Demand Improved Facilities at Satellite Campuses

Concerned students of Rivers State University have called on the institution’s management to urgently improve infrastructure and learning facilities across its satellite campuses, particularly the Faculty of Social Sciences campus in Emohua. In an open letter addressed to the university management, the students said the appeal was aimed at drawing attention to the pressing infrastructural

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Education General

New UNIPORT Vice Chancellor Unveils Eight-Point Agenda, Vows Academic Excellence

The 10th Vice Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt, Professor Princewill Chike, has pledged to position the institution as a globally respected university known for academic excellence, innovation, and impactful research. Professor Chike made the commitment during his official handover and assumption of office ceremony, where he unveiled an eight-point agenda focused on research

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General Oil and Gas

Conscience of Ogoni People Rejects Fresh Conditions for Oil Resumption

The leadership of the Conscience of Ogoni People has criticised fresh conditions reportedly set by a faction of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) ahead of the planned resumption of oil exploration in Ogoniland. The factional President of MOSOP, Andah Wai-Ogosu, had called on the Federal Government to fully fund the

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General Judiciary

Rivers High Court Dismisses Fundamental Rights Suit Against Emohua Monarch, Awards N2m Costs

By Uchendu Ejiowhor A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has dismissed a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Eze Godspower Onuekwa and other members of the Omu-Ogboh Royal Family in Emohua Kingdom against the Paramount Ruler of Emohua Kingdom, His Royal Majesty King Sergeant Chidi-Awuse, the Nigeria Police Force, the Rivers State

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Foreign General

Bangkok Bar Fire Kills 27, Leaves Eight Critically Injured

At least 27 people have been killed and eight others critically injured after a massive fire swept through a bar in Bangkok, Thailand. The fire broke out late Sunday near the stage of the entertainment venue in the city’s Chatuchak district before spreading rapidly, cutting off power and filling the building with smoke. Videos shared

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Community General

Upata Monarch Calls for Stronger Security Around Oil Facilities

The Paramount Ruler of Upata Kingdom in Ahoada East Local Government Area, King Felix Otuwarikpo, has called for stronger security around oil facilities to curb illegal activities contributing to oil spills. Speaking at an event in Port Harcourt, the monarch said host communities should not be blamed for pipeline failures caused by ageing and obsolete

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Community General Oil and Gas

MOSOP Lists Conditions for Oil Production Resumption in Ogoniland

The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has outlined conditions it says must be met before oil production can resume in Ogoniland. MOSOP President, Andah Wai-Ogosu, called on the Federal Government to unbundle OML 11 to enable Ogoni people to form cooperatives and participate directly in oil exploration in line with the

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Community General

Alesa Community Seeks Government Action Over Land Grabbing, Grazing

Residents of Alesa Community in Eleme Local Government Area have called on the government to urgently intervene over alleged land grabbing and the destruction of farmlands by grazing cattle. Chairman of the Community Development Committee, Joseph Osadji, alleged that armed individuals, sometimes accompanied by persons in security uniforms, intimidate landowners and illegally take over ancestral

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Features General Judiciary

#NBADecides2026: What future for an independent bar? By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

Three score and three years ago, a defining dispute erupted in the old Western Region of Nigeria over the scope and reach of constitutional conventions in determining or terminating the tenure of high-level political leadership. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, which ultimately had to pronounce on the matter, described conventions in that case as “a

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