Former Governor of Bayelsa State Seriake Dickson has said that influential figures who he referred to as “big players” in Lagos and Abuja play significant roles...
A Lawyer, Benson Enikuomehin has stated categorically that there were no governorship primaries held by the All-Progressives Congress in Ondo State over the weekend. Speaking with...
Lawyer and Executive Director of Citizens Advocacy For Social and Economic Rights (CESAR), Frank Tietie has said that the EFCC did not conduct itself properly in...
Following the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Debo Ologunagba has addressed the disparity in...
The Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Nigeria, Elsie Attufuah has commended Nigeria’s progress in response to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals...
Former Senior Media Adviser to Former Vice-President Namadi Sambo, Umar Sani, has said that it is the turn of the North-Central to complete its tenure in...
Former secretary general of Ijaw youth council and a member of Governor Diri’s team to Igbomotoru community, Alfred Kemepade has called for a total root cause...
In anticipation of the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Former PDP Legal Adviser, Mark Jacob joined an interview with ARISE...
The Paramount Ruler of Da-IKE Group of Houses and Communities in Rivers State, High Chief Sobomabo Jackrich-Egberipapa has said that militants in Nigeria deliberately partner up...
Ahead of the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday, Former National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kola Ologbodiyan has...
The Chief Executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, Gbenga Komolafe has stated that there has been a drastic reduction in crude oil theft since...
Following Iran’s attack on Israel, Former Nigerian Diplomat, Joe Keshi joined an interview with ARISE NEWS on Monday during which he criticised Iran’s actions against Israel,...
Elder Statesman and Former Military Governor of Ondo State, Chief Bode George, has said that the recent attack by suspected Yoruba Nation agitators in Oyo State...
As Nigeria commemorates a decade since the harrowing abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls, the founder and Board Chair of School of Politics, Policy and Governance and former...
Following the refurbishment of the third mainland bridge, attention has turned to enhancing safety and curbing accidents, due to the fact that some drivers constantly disregard...
Nigeria’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, has said that the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is provoking Iran in a deliberate effort to...
As the conflict between the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Labour Party continues, the leadership of the Labour Party has threatened to take the NLC...
Labour Party Chieftain Kenneth Okonkwo has said that the All-Progressives’ Congress (APC) should stop referring to Peter Obi to fix the crisis in the Labour Party...
The Group Chief Executive Officer of Landmark Group, Paul Onwuanibe, has said that the Nigerian government should return the construction of the coastal road to the...
Toju Chike-Obi the Co-founder and Medical Director of Healthcore Ltd, has opined that mental health checks should be one of the tests that candidates running for public...
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo has said that the government is working hard to address the legal issues hindering the capacity of...
Professor of Energy and Electricity law, Yemi Oke has advised the federal government to target direct subsidies towards the consumers and not on production. In an interview...
Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, Lt. General Christopher Musa, has said that some of the traditional rulers and communities in Delta State, are complicit in the...
The Deputy Chairman of the Joint Action Front (JAF) and Human Rights Activist, Achike Chude, has said that it is unrealistic for the Socio-Economic Rights and...
Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace Allen Onyema, while soliciting government’s support for the ease of doing business for all indigenous airlines, has revealed that Air Peace is...
Following his condolence visit along with some former top government officials to the Russian embassy in Abuja, former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode said during an...
Nigeria is set to revitalise its auto industry, with plans to fully build its own vehicles within the next decade, according to the minister of Trade,...
On Thursday, the chairman of Bayelsa Traditional Rulers Council, King Bubaraye Dakolo in an interview with ARISE NEWS, spoke about recent developments following the murder of...
In 2014, a confab report was produced by a national conference, aiming to enshrine the rights of the multitude of ethnic groups in a new constitution...
Following the victory of opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye in the just concluded Senegal presidential election, a member of West Africa Democracy Solidarity Network (WADEMOS), Austin...
The former Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mike Ejiofor has stated that the escape of Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla from custody has sparked...
Kaduna State governor, Uba Sani has insisted that no ransom was paid for the release of the abducted school children who were released on Sunday. In...
Former Deputy Director of Defense Administration, Commodore Kunle Olawunmi has said the massacre of soldiers in Okuama community in Delta State is politically influenced as most of the...
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The former attorney general of the federation and minister of Justice, Michael Aondoakaa (SAN) has denied being involved in the negotiation of compensation between the Kano...
As troops of the Nigerian army continue the manhunt for the fleeing militant leader and gang members who killed 17 soldiers, the invasion of the soldiers...
Recently, a collaborative effort between the CashToken Rewards Africa and the Nigerian Lottery Regulatory Commission led to the proposal of a national patronage reward programme that...
Former Editor of Guardian Newspaper and Niger Delta leader of thought, Abraham Ogbodo, has said that the ambush and murder of the troops from the 181...
The former Head of Reintegration of the Presidential Amnesty Program, Alfred Kemapado, has said that the reports of people being killed, and houses being razed in...
Amidst the protest by Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) members against the Labour Party’s planned National Convention set for March 27, the Party has rejected the...
Amidst the ongoing efforts to maintain peace and security in the troubled Niger Delta community of Okuama, the Delta State Commissioner of Police, Olufemi Abaniwonda, has...
The King of Evo Kingdom in Rivers State, his royal highness, Promise Chekwas has highlighted the critical need for community policing and intelligence gathering, asserting that such...
The Ijaw Nation Leader and elder statesman, Edwin Clark, has appealed to the Nigerian military to act maturely and not take the law into their own hands...
An indigene of Odi in Bayelsa State and former Lieutenant, Koku Imananagha, joined ARISE NEWS in an interview on Monday, to speak about the recent killings...
As Nigeria continues to seek solutions to the rising crisis of insecurity, Daniel Bwala, former spokesperson of the Atiku presidential campaign, has said the real perpetrators...
On Wednesday, Adai Edwin Adai, a member of the dissolved Atiku Presidential Technical Committee, spoke with ARISE NEWS in an interview, to exercise a right of...
The Executive Chairman of the Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS), Ayodele Subair, has said that about forty to fifty taxes will be taken down to single...
Senator representing the PDP Bauchi Central, Abdul Ningi has said the national Assembly has the right to tinker with the 2024 budget In an interview with...
In an interview with ARISE NEWS on Monday, a former Metallurgical Engineer of Ajaokuta Steel Company, David Esezobor, stated that the reason the Ajaokuta steel investment...
Former Federal Commissioner for Information and Culture, Major General I.B.M Haruna (Rtd) has emphasized the urgent need for a fundamental reorganization of the Nigerian Police Force to...
The Delta State Governor’s Chief Strategist to the, Festus Okubor, has said that Sheriff Oborevwori is working tirelessly to build and improve Delta State, and he...
The President and Chairman of Council of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Gabriel Idahosa, has said that the federal government’s new Expatriate Employment...
Lawmaker, Senator Ned Nwoko joined ARISE NEWS in an Interview on Tuesday, to discuss some of the details of his proposed bill, following the first reading...
Joining a discussion with ARISE NEWS on Monday, former National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman expressed concern over the performance of...
Nigerian businessman and founder of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, as part of ways to immortalise late banking icon, Herbert Wigwe, has named the road to the...
Addressing some of the challenges that the Pharmaceutical Society in Nigeria is currently dealing with, the President of the Pharmaceutical Society, Cyril Odianose Usifoh has suggested...
A Chieftain of the All-Progressive’s Congress (APC) and former Delta State House of Assembly Member, Efe Ofobruku, has said that subsidy on petroleum products is still...
Human Rights Campaigner and Politician, Omoyele Sowore has emphatically stated that the Nigerian Labour Congress has done a great damage to its image and has lost...
Economist and Director of Policy and Transparency, Kaduna Polytechnic, Ismael Mohammed Anchau has opined that if the Central Bank of Nigeria should have an interface or...
The Director of Escap Management and Economist, Esili Eigbe has said Nigeria as a nation lacks sufficient reserves to tackle the demands of FX in the...
Imo State’s former Commissioner for Finance, Professor Uche Uwaleke, has said that the decision of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to hike the Monetary Policy Rate...
Deputy president of the National Labour Congress, Kabir Ado Minjibir has clarified that contrary to the raised eyebrows and suspicion of many, there is no division...
The National legal Adviser of Labour party, Kehinde Edun has said neither the national chairman of the labour party, Julius Abure nor any other official of...
The President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Benedict Oramah, has said that the choice that was made by the...
The President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has debunked claims that the $3.3b loan that the Nigerian National...
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The President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has debunked claims that the $3.3b loan that the Nigerian National...
Former Nigerian lawmaker and former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has said that Nigeria is not dealing with a problem of food scarcity,...
Asue Ighodalo, the winner of the Peoples’ Democratic Party’s governorship primary in Edo State, has said he’s not bothered by a parallel election held by a...
The governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Sanwo-Olu has announced that his government will implement 25% Reduction In Public Transport Fee and Will Feed 1,500 People In...
Nigerian politician and professor of political economy, Pat Utomi, has said that the loans that are being taken by the Nigerian government are ‘meaningless’ and are...
Armstrong Takang, the Managing Director/CEO of the Ministry Of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) has said that the N100 million naira preparation fund set up by the institution...
A former Commissioner and a leader of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State, Prince Emmanuel Odigie, has alleged that the former governor of Edo State,...
The founder of Tingo Group, Dozy Mmubuosi, has said that he will ensure that the charges against him lead into a fair process, as he will...
Solomon Dalung, Nigeria’s former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, has expressed disappointment and has criticized the All Progressives Congress for not having a definitive political philosophy...
Nigeria’s former minister for foreign affairs, Bolaji Akinyemi, has said that Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, is involved in the death of major Russian opposition leader, Alexei...