Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday said he had fulfilled his promise to stand by the vulnerable amid the global economic hardship. A statement on Wednesday, quoted...
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...
Prominent Nigerian nightlife promoter, Cubana Chief Priest, has pleaded not guilty to charges related to the abuse of the Nigerian currency, the naira. Following his not...
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...
The Coroner Inquest set up to unravel the death of a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, Sylvester Junior Oromoni, who died under controversial circumstances, on...
The federal government has disclosed that Nigeria would lead Africa and play a leading role in the global Artificial Intelligence (AI) ecosystem, after the development of...
The twenty seven party leaders of Ganduje ward in Dawakin Tofa local government area of Kano State stormed the state headquarters to All Progressives Congress (APC)...
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...
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday joined the Muslim faithful in Lagos to observe Eid-el-Fitr prayers, urging Nigerians to continue to have faith in his government and...
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 newly appointed Deputy Governor of Edo State, Omobayo Godwins, has said that he does not believe there will be any breach between himself and Edo’s...
The bold move by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to eliminate subsidies for 15% of electricity consumers in Nigeria has triggered an outcry from the...
In a swift response to the impeachment of Comrade Philip Shaibu by the Edo State House of Assembly on Monday morning, Governor Godwin Obaseki swiftly appointed...
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development Festus Kenyamo has said that he received a letter from Emirates saying they are ready to resume flights to Nigeria....
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...
Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, has commended President Bola Tinubu for his forward thinking approach to Nigeria’s economic development, especially by easing challenges faced by...
Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, in an interview with ARISE News on Wednesday, addressed the accusations by the residents of Niger Delta...
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 Executive Director of the Federal Housing Authority, Ezekiel Nya-Etok has said that he believes President Tinubu will surpass the housing target he made to provide...
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...
Bassirou Diomaye Faye has on Tuesday, been sworn in as Senegal’s youngest president, promising reforms after recent election victory. The 44-year-old pan-Africanist leftwinger, who has now made...
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,...
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Air Peace Airlines, Allen Onyema, has said that Nigeria’s leading airline is planning to begin flights to New York and...
Nigerians have commended Air Peace for its successful inaugural flight from Lagos to London on Saturday, March 30, 2024, with 260 passengers marking the resumption of...
Ahead of the Air Peace inaugural flight from Lagos to London, which takes off Friday night/Saturday morning, the Nigerian High Commission in London has displayed congratulatory...
President Bola Tinubu has called on religious leaders to refrain from vilifying or denigrating the nation in their sermons. Speaking during Ramadan Iftar with traditional rulers...
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...
President Bola Tinubu has announced the conferment of national honours on 18 members of the Nigerian Army who were killed in Delta State on March 14....
President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, condemned what he described as the ‘reprehensible acts’ perpetrated by kidnappers across the country, declaring that individuals involved in such despicable...
https://cdn.veri.app/2547c694-b10d-43de-ba7e-bc5d90ecd4fb.mp4 In a bid to curb soaring inflation rates, the Central Bank Monetary Policy Committee has taken decisive action by increasing its key monetary policy rate...
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...
The Nigerian Army has handed over 131 of the 137 rescued Kuriga schoolchildren to the Kaduna State governor, Senator Uba Sani. General Officer Commanding (GOC) I...
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...
In a testament to its unwavering dedication to empowering African entrepreneurs, the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), on Friday, announced the selection of over 1,000 promising entrepreneurs...
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...
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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...
Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta state on Tuesday briefed President Bola Tinubu on the 16 soldiers that were gruesomely murdered last weekend in Okuoma community in...
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...
Operatives of the Joint Task Force (JTF) on the trail of killers of military officers on Monday barred journalists from accessing Okuama community in Ughelli South...
Nigeria’s military on Sunday, continued their siege on Okuoma community in Ughelli South Local Government area of Delta State in search of the killers of four...
A large part of the Okuama community in Delta State, Nigeria, has been set ablaze following the tragic killing of 16 soldiers, with strong allegations pointing...
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...
https://cdn.veri.app/51380045-3925-455b-b12b-a035865d4e6b.mp4 Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani says kidnapped children from Kaduna were moved to neighboring states. He made this revelation while speaking to state house correspondents...
A former deputy governor of Kogi State, Samson Achuba has insisted that the immediate past governor of the state, Yahaya Bello worked to ensure that the...
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...
In a bid to alleviate the sufferings of Nigerians the Lagos PDP Governorship Candidate in the 2023 election, Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, has urged...
Following Senator Abdul Ningi’s allegations which suggested discrepancies in the 2024 budget, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Business, Titus Tartenger Zam, joined...
The launch of the Nigerian Student Loan Scheme which was set to take place on Thursday has been postponed till further notice by the Nigerian government....
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...
Vice President Kashim Shettima has implored Nigerians to be patient with the President Bola Tinubu-led governmentat the centre, saying the President has very beautiful plans to...
Thousands of Nigerians and foreigners on Saturday, trooped into Isiokpo community in Ikwerre Local Government Area in Rivers State, for the burial of the Group Chief...
Nigeria’s Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, told the governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, that if there is nothing in the struggle for politics, he (Fubara) should...
Celebrated annually on March 8, the International Women’s Day honours the achievements of women, confronts gender biases, and serves as a call to action for accelerating...
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...
UPDATED Sani Abdullahi a teacher at Government Secondary School Kuriga, Chikun LGA of Kaduna state has disclosed that one person was killed while about 280 pupils...
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...
The President of the Africa Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has said that the AfDB is, over a 10-year period, investing $25 billion in Africa’s agricultural...
For family and friends of the late Herbert Wigwe, it was indeed a sad night of sober reflection of his life and legacy, as they gathered...
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Wednesday led the nation to mourn former Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc, Chief Herbert Wigwe, and his family,...
The late Herbert Wigwe’s personal and technical assistant, Olusola Faleye, has said that the late banking icon had agreed with his suggestion that it would be...
Plenary at the Senate was on Tuesday reportedly delayed for about 30 minutes following power outage. The outage was caused by the faulty generator powering the...
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...