The devastating flood that ravaged parts of Igarra, headquarters of Akoko-Edo Local Government, has left communities in grief and families displaced. Homes, farmlands, and livelihoods have been swept away, and the pain is felt across Akoko-Edo. “I extend my heartfelt sympathy to all victims, families, and residents affected by this disaster. My thoughts and prayers…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio says he has never seen the national assembly’s budget despite presiding over the upper legislative chamber. TheCable had reported that despite billions of naira spent refurbishing the chambers, lawmakers continue to grapple with malfunctioning microphones and faulty electronic voting devices, forcing both chambers to adopt manual voting on key constitutional amendments….
President Bola Tinubu says Nigeria is open for business and ready to welcome local and foreign investors as he inaugurated the sales office and experience centre for the multi-billion-dollar Abuja City Walk development. Represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima at the event on Thursday, Tinubu described the project as a major milestone under the renewed hope…
Returnee from Ivory Coast Appreciates Edo Women Affairs Ministry for Saving Her and Her Baby A returnee from Ivory Coast, Miss Elizabeth Pius, has expressed profound gratitude to the Edo State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development for the timely intervention that ensured the safe delivery of her baby through a successful Caesarean Section….
The federal government’s final repatriation flight from South Africa has landed in Lagos with 308 Nigerians on board. The aircraft, which also conveyed three government officials, touched down at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at about 11:30am on Wednesday. Over 1,500 nationals were repatriated during the exercise. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, minister of foreign affairs, said President…
The Edo State Government, through the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, has successfully reunited three children who were found roaming the streets around Iyaro in Igusi Community, Benin City, with their parents, following prompt intervention by the Ministry. The children had become the subject of a viral social media video alleging that they…
The family of Madam Evbu Iyahen Eguasa, the elderly mentally challenged woman recently rescued from an uninhabitable house along Upper Lawani Street in Benin City by the Edo State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, has expressed profound appreciation to the Edo State Government and the Honourable Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development,…
The family of Madam Evbu Iyahen Eguasa, the elderly mentally challenged woman recently rescued from an uninhabitable house along Upper Lawani Street in Benin City by the Edo State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, has expressed profound appreciation to the Edo State Government and the Honourable Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development,…
A54-year-old Nigerian Catholic priest, Reverend Benjamin Okwy Madu, has died by suicide in Massachusetts, United States, days after he was ordered to leave the country and return to Nigeria for a new assignment despite reportedly expressing fears for his safety if he returned home. Madu died on July 2 at his residence in Lynnfield, Massachusetts,…
The Federal Fire Service (FFS) says six persons were rescued alive after a section of Whitefield Rice Mills Processing Company collapsed in Gezawa LGA of Kano state. Kazeem Sholadaye, state controller of the FFS, said in a statement on Tuesday that the service received a distress call at about 6:45 pm on Monday and immediately…
