May 2025 – Rise Africa

Akpabio Warns Second-Term Govs Against Choosing Subservient Successors

31.05.2025

The Senate President, Sen. Godswill Akpabio has cautioned second-term governors, particularly those on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to exercise wisdom and foresight when selecting their successors. The former governor of Akwa Ibom State gave this warning on Saturday while speaking against choosing candidates based on blind loyalty or superficial gestures of...

Protect Gov’t Infrastructure In Your Communities

31.05.2025

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has called on residents of Abuja to take ownership and ensure the protection of infrastructure provided by the government across various communities. Wike made the appeal on Saturday while inspecting ongoing road projects in Gwagwalada, Kwali, and Bwari Area Councils. He emphasized that President Bola...

NAF Launches Day, Night Special Operations

31.05.2025

The 115 Special Operations Group (SOG) of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has commenced continuous day and night operations in Rivers State and its environs to enhance security and protect vital economic infrastructure. According to Group Captain AA Opaleye, Commander of the 115 SOG, this strategic move is aimed at stabilising the security situation, deterring...

Tinubu Has No Pact With Soludo, Says APC Candidate Ukachukwu

31.05.2025

The All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in Anambra State, Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu, has denied claims that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has any pact with Governor Charles Soludo ahead of the November 8, 2025, election. Speaking during a reception at Chinua Achebe Airport, Umuleri, which also celebrated his running mate Senator Uche Ekwunife, Ukachukwu emphasized...

We’re In Coalition To Stop Weaponization Of Poverty

31.05.2025

Prominent opposition figures have reaffirmed their commitment to ousting the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 general elections. They used the platform of former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s 60th birthday celebration to reflect on the country’s economic and governance challenges over the last two years. The event...

We’ve Allowed Bandits Take Over Nigeria’s Leadership

31.05.2025

Former governor of Kaduna State and former chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Nasir El-Rufai on Saturday said bandits have been allowed to take the leadership of Nigeria. The former FCT Minister made this remark in Abuja while delivering a goodwill message at a public lecture tagged, ‘Weaponisation of poverty as a means of...

Wabara Lauds PDP Govs For Impressive Mid-Term Scorecard

31.05.2025

Former Senate President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Adolphus Wabara, has commended PDP governors for what he described as their “impactful second year in office.” In a statement issued on Saturday, Wabara said the governors have demonstrated “capacity, competence, and inclusivity — key values that...

Dan’iya Bags Traditional Title Of ‘Zaruman Kware’

31.05.2025

The District Head of Kware in Sokoto State, Alhaji Muhammadu Dan’iya, has conferred the traditional title of Zaruman Kware on the outgoing Medical Director of the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Kware, Professor Shehu Sale. The conferment ceremony, which took place on Saturday, coincided with the end of Prof. Sale’s tenure as Medical Director of the institution....

Lagos Indigenes Lament, Resolve To End Political Marginalisation

31.05.2025

Indigenes of Lagos State, under the umbrella of the IBILE Forum, have expressed deep concern over what they describe as economic and political marginalisation in their homeland. They have resolved to tackle the barriers that have hindered their access to opportunities in the past. Members of the forum, representing the five political divisions of Lagos...

APC Backs Aiyedatiwa’s Cabinet Appointments

31.05.2025

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State has defended Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa’s cabinet appointments, dismissing opposition claims by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as baseless and politically motivated. The PDP had recently accused the governor of breaching the constitution by failing to appoint a full complement of commissioners nearly 100 days after assuming office,...