May 2025 – Page 186 – Rise Africa

Issues Over Shrinking Space For Women In Parliament Will Special Seats For Women In Parliament Break The Glass Ceiling?

09.05.2025

FELIX NWANERI writes on the move by the National Assembly to address underrepresentation of women at the federal and state legislative houses through creation of extra seats that will be exclusively reserved for them It is indisputable that more women are actively getting involved in policy decisions and implementation in their respective countries. However, the...

Emergency Rule: Rivers People Feel Marginalised In Their Own State –Epelle

09.05.2025

Jake Epelle is the Chief Executive Officer/Founder of TAF Africa. In this interview monitored on Arise Television, he speaks on recent developments in Rivers State, actions of the state’s sole administrator, Ibok-Ete Ibas, and other issues, ANAYO EZUGWU writes What are your thoughts on the state of emergency in Rivers State and the activities of...

Abia To Convert New Govt House Into Five-Star Hotel

09.05.2025

The Abia State Government on Thursday said it will convert the proposed new Government House at Ogurube Layout, Umuahia, into a five-star hotel. The Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu who disclosed during a media tour of the site, also revealed that a new governor’s office and lodge will be built at the current Government House...

Group Supports Ex-IGP Adamu’s Declaration

09.05.2025

A coalition of formal and informal traders under the Allied Group of Nasarawa Professionals (AGNP) has declared its strong support for former Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, following his official declaration to contest the 2027 Nasarawa State governorship election. In a statement issued on Friday from its State headquarters in Keffi, the group described Adamu’s entrance...

2026: APC Groups Demand Guber Ticket For Osun West

09.05.2025

Two major All Progressives Congress (APC) interest groups in Osun State have called on the party’s leadership to zone the 2026 governorship ticket to Osun West Senatorial District, citing decades of political marginalisation. The Progressives Frontliners (TPF) and the Coalition of Osun APC Interest Groups (COAIG) made the appeal in a joint statement delivered in...

State Assembly Crisis: Govs Alia, Lawal Shun Reps’ Summons

09.05.2025

The Governor of Benue State, Hyacinth Alia, and his Zamfara State counterpart, Dauda Lawal, yesterday failed to honour the invitation of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions Committee over the crisis rocking the assemblies in the two states. The governors and leadership of their state assemblies were summoned last week following a petition...

NSA, NNPCL, Others Laud PINL’s Engagement With Host Communities

09.05.2025

The Director of Energy Security at the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), Ojukaye Flag-Amachree, has commended Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL) for its proactive engagement with host communities along the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP), praising the company’s efforts to bolster national pipeline security. Flag-Amachree, represented by Dr. Young Harry Amachree at a recent...

MyLagosApp Seeks Synergy With Lagos Tourism Ministry

09.05.2025

To enhance residents’ and tourists’ experience through effective service delivery, the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, has established a robust relationship with the creators of MyLagosApp, a digital one-stop solution to integrate tourism, hospitality, transportation, and entertainment activities across Lagos State. The Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mr....

Killings: MBF Backs TY Danjuma’s Call For Self-Defence, Insists On State Police

09.05.2025

The Middle Belt Forum (MBF), yesterday, broke its silence on the intractable killings of unarmed people of Benue State as it backed the earlier call by former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Gen Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, urging Nigerians to resort to self-defence to curb ongoing massacre of the people. Besides, the forum admonished President Bola...

China Accuses Taiwan Of Indulging In Separatist Activities

09.05.2025

China has accused Taiwan of indulging in separatist activities and colluding with external forces to undermine the One China Policy, describing these actions as provocative and a calculated attempt to divide the country. Director Political Sector, Chinese Embassy in Nigeria,Zhu Songbo, said this yesterday at a media discourse on “The “OneChina Principle as the Bedrock...