January 2025 – Rise Africa

Edo Security Corps Arrests Three Kidnappers In Uromi

31.01.2025

The Edo State Security Corps has arrested three young men in Uromi, Esan North East Local Government Area, in connection with a kidnapping incident. New Telegraph gathered that the arrest was made possible by a distress call from a woman, Mrs Ufuha Rita, who was being targeted by the kidnappers. According to the Commander of...

IGP Tenure Elongation May Spell Doom On Nat’l Security

31.01.2025

A human rights lawyer, Hamza Nuhu Dantani Esq, has faulted the National Assembly passage of the Police Act which paved the way for the tenure elongation of Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun. The human rights activist insisted the IGP’s tenure extension, the sequel to President Bola Tinubu’s bidding for Egbetokun to remain in...

Osifeso Lauds Tinubu’s Commitment To Fight Against Hunger

31.01.2025

The Aare Atunluse of Awori Kingdom and the Chairman, Mapcotec Nigeria Limited, Aare (Surveyor), Dr Segun Osifeso has applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his administration’s commitment to finding sustainable solutions to alleviate the sufferings of Nigerians. Aare Osifeso, who made these remarks during a chat with newsmen in Lagos on Friday, saluted President Tinubu’s...

Kano Govt Takes Bold Step With New Climate Change Policy To Combat Environmental Challenges

31.01.2025

The Kano State Executive Council has approved a comprehensive Climate Change Policy Framework to address environmental degradation and climate change. This was contained in a statement issued by the governor’s spokesperson Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa on Friday. Championed by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, the policy aims to protect public health, reduce emissions, and foster sustainable...

Meranda’s Experience, Education, Family Background”ll Not Allow Her Derail

31.01.2025

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a renowned Public Affairs Commentator, Otunba Yomi Adelowo, has said that with the newly elected Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Honourable Mojisola Lasbat Meranda’s experience, education, family background, leadership skills and competence, she possesses the requisites to effectively function as Speaker of...

ACReSAL Trains Communities On Peace-Building, Climate Change Adaption

31.01.2025

The Zamfara Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) in collaboration with Nongovernmental Organization Health Standard Concern Organization (HESCO) has trained 200 selected from the three LGAs comprising Gusau, Kaura Namoda and Bungudu of Zamfara State to foster a culture of peace, non-violence, and environmental conservation. In a paper presentation by the Technical Officer of HESCO,...

KWSG Seeks Partnership For Large-Scale Farming

31.01.2025

The Kwara State Government has urged communities, commercial farms, and schools, with at least 10 hectares of contiguous cleared land, to partner with it in the large-scale production of soybeans, cassava, and sorghum. The initiative, spearheaded by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, aims to boost agricultural productivity, enhance food security, and promote economic...

Ned Nwoko Announces Resignation From PDP

31.01.2025

The Senator representing Delta North in the 10th National Assembly, Senator Ned Nwoko, on Friday, formally announced his resignation from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). This was contained in a resignation letter addressed to the party leadership in Ward 8, Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State, dated Thursday, January 30 and sighted on Friday....

CSOs Lauds Ondo Govt Transparency, Urges FG To Address Inflation

31.01.2025

The Forum of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) has condemned the lack of transparency and accountability demonstrated by some state governments in budgetary allocations. Speaking at a press conference on Friday in Lagos, the leaders of the groups, from prominent Civil Society and Pro-Democracy organizations said other state governments should emulate Ondo State in practising an...

ADC Signs MoU With COPDEM Group, Farmers Club Of Africa

31.01.2025

…Plans congresses, N’ Convention As part of an effort to be the face of opposition in 2027, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) is set to accommodate other parties and groups that may merge with the party. A report emerged last week that dissatisfied former President Muhammad Buhari Ministers and associates in the ruling All Progressives...