Okpebholo seeks wider support as UNIBEN launches ₦100bn Trust Development Fund
Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has called on corporate organisations, alumni, philanthropists and development partners to support the University of Benin’s ₦100 billion Trust Development Fund, saying the government…
JOSEF advocates family empowerment to tackle insecurity
EKPOMA – The Josemaria Escriva Foundation (JOSEF) has advocated the empowerment of families as a key strategy for achieving safer communities and addressing insecurity in Nigeria. The Chief Responsibility Officer…
Ex-NUJ president demands Release of detained journalist Stanley Ugagbe
Former President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists and the African Union of Journalists, Lanre Ogundipe, has condemned the arrest and continued detention of journalist Stanley Ugagbe, warning that treating…
TA LÓ Ń PE ÌYÁ ALÁKÀRÀ SẸ́RÉ? What the Yoruba were Really Teaching Us About Labour, Poverty, and National Aspiration
There are folk songs that entertain. There are others that educate. Then there are those rare compositions that outlive generations because they quietly preserve the philosophy of a people. One…
N100bn Trust Fund: UNIBEN attracts billions in cash, projects
Benin: The University of Benin on Saturday launched its N100 billion Trust Development Fund (TDF), attracting billions of naira in cash donations and project commitments. These commitments were made by…
NOUN law graduates demand admission into Nigerian Law School, plan peaceful procession to Abuja
The National Executive Committee of the National Association of NOUN Law Graduates has expressed deep concern over the continued non-admission of qualified Law graduates of the National Open University of…
BudgIT demands probe into ₦1.3bn allocation to ‘fake’ presidential agency
BudgIT has called for an urgent independent investigation into the ₦1.302 billion allocation made to the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, also referred to as the Presidential Economic Advisory…
Army takes free healthcare to Edo community, treats over 3,000 residents
Benin: The 4 Brigade of the Nigerian Army on Saturday, provided free medical services to more than 3,000 residents of Amufi and neighbouring communities in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of…
Fresh twist in PFIPC saga as purported National Assembly letters surface
The controversy surrounding the alleged Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) has taken a new dimension following the emergence of two purported official letters from the National Assembly addressed to…
Controversy trail PFIPC’s legal status as calls for investigation heightens
The legal status of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) has come under increasing public scrutiny amid allegations that the organization is not a duly established agency of the…