Secretary of the Forum of CEOs of State Social Health Insurance Agencies (SSHIA) in Nigeria and the Executive Secretary of the Rivers State Contributory Health Protection Programme (RIVCHPP), Dr. Vetty Agala, has joined other health experts in advocating greater data visibility to build public trust and strengthen the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF). The…
Lî Ny’údū Úpātá III of Úpātá Kingdom, His Majesty Dr. Felix Enene Otuwarikpo, has celebrated nine years on the ancient throne of the Úpātá people. The anniversary was observed quietly across Upata Kingdom, while the monarch call for greater unity among Ekpeye traditional rulers and the people of Ekpeye. In a statement issued on Wednesday…
The Rivers State Police Command has commenced investigation into the circumstances surrounding the alleged confinement of a 16-year-old girl, identified by police as Joy, in a bathroom at Abuloma, Port Harcourt. The teenager was reportedly rescued by police operatives following a distress call from neighbours who allegedly heard her cries from the residence. The incident…
The Akwa Ibom State Government has extended the deadline for the registration of tricycles and buses and the issuance of QR codes to September 30, 2026.youThe government warned that commercial tricycles and buses that fail to register, be duly captured and obtain QR codes by the new deadline will not be allowed to operate on…
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP OlatunjiDisu, has proposed the establishment of an Orange Economy Security and Intellectual Property Coordination Desk within an appropriate existing structure of the Nigeria Police Force. Disu made the proposal on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, while delivering a lecture to participants of Senior Executive Course 48, 2026, at the National Institute…
For nearly ten years, social media had a painful habit. Every few months, a rumor would spread that Uncle Olu Jacobs was dead. Bloggers rushed to make quick posts, people shared sad emojis, and his family had to step up to quiet the noise. His wife, Joke Silva, spent years gently telling the world that…
Nigeria’s naira-denominated government bonds are reentering a J.P. Morgan bond benchmark more than a decade after the country was dropped from the global investment bank’s flagship emerging-market index. J.P. Morgan has included Nigerian government bonds with a 7.4 per cent weighting in its new Government Bond Index–Emerging Markets Edge (GBI-EM Edge), a benchmark for local…
Nigeria’s return to the J.P. Morgan bond index after 11 years may sound like an investors’ and economists’ story. But beneath the finance-speak is a simpler question: what does it actually change for Nigeria? To summarize, the development could make Nigerian government bonds more visible and accessible to international investors, potentially bringing additional demand into…
The Executive Director and Founder, Mother of Good Counsel Initiative (MOGCI), Lady Doris Onyeneke, PhD, has raised concerns over the growing vulnerability of the girl-child to early sexual activity, poverty, cultists p, kidnapping and other social vices. Onyeneke called for concerted efforts by parents, communities, government agencies and other stakeholders to protect girls and promote…
The National Youth Service Corps NYSC, Rivers State, has persisted in its call for the immediate release of fund for the commencement of the 2,000-bed hostel facility for corps members deployed to the state. State NYSC Coordinator, Mr Moses Oleghe, expressed worry over the accommodation challenged following the incessant increase in the number of corps…
