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U.S. honors outstanding Mandela Washington Fellows, welcomes home 2025 cohort
Maureen Aguta
The U.S. Mission in Nigeria hosted a Welcome Reception December 9 in honor of 54 talented young Nigerian professionals who completed the prestigious 2025 Mandela Washington Fellowship (MWF) for Young African Leaders…
AIT honours MWUN’s Taofeek Adeleke as 2025 Outstanding Staff, Union hails his “unmatched dedication”
Maureen Aguta
The African Independent Television (AIT) has named Comrade Taofeek Adeleke the Best Maritime Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MWUN) Staff for 2025, recognising his exceptional service, vigilance, and…
MARCON names NPA’s Onyemekara Maritime PR Professional of the Year
Maureen Aguta
The Maritime Correspondents Organisation of Nigeria (MARCON) has named the General Manager, Corporate & Strategic Communications of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ikechukwu Onyemekara, as the…
Zik’s blueprint still Nigeria’s escape route from crisis—Akagburuonye warns at inaugural memorial…
Maureen Aguta
Legal luminary and business mogul, Chief Barrister Obioma Akagburuonye, has urged governments at all levels to prioritise economic freedom and educational empowerment as the surest pathways to securing…
Obi slams Tinubu Govt over Kanu conviction, says decision ‘inflames tension, distracts from…
Maureen Aguta
Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has criticised the conviction of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, warning that the development risks inflaming tensions in a…
Nigeria’s trade future in focus as FIRS unveils single window at MARCON retreat
Maureen Aguta
The Maritime Correspondents’ Organisation of Nigeria (MARCON) has announced that the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) will headline this year’s All Maritime Journalists Retreat, where senior…
Bandits abduct pupils in Niger community as government blames school for ignoring security warning
Maureen Aguta
The Niger State Government has condemned the abduction of pupils from St. Mary’s School in the Papiri area of Agwara Local Government, describing the incident as a tragic consequence of…
Canadian Mayor honours Nigerian philanthropist, Akagburuonye — A new chapter for Nigeria–Canada…
By Maureen Aguta
The Mayor of Brampton, Canada, Patrick Brown, has honoured renowned Nigerian philanthropist and legal icon, Chief (Barr.) Success Obioma Akagburuonye, popularly known as Akaraugo,…
Ned Nwoko justifies polygamy, denies assaulting Regina Daniels
Maureen Aguta
Senator Ned Nwoko has stirred another round of public debate after declaring that men married to only one wife “deserve pity,” insisting that polygamy provides “balance and stability” in a man’s life.…
Ohanaeze faults Southeast exclusion from gas projects
Joseph Irikefe
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide Forum of State Presidents has condemned the Federal Government for excluding the Southeast from Nigeria’s gas pipeline infrastructure.
The group expressed its…