May 2025 – Page 29 – Rise Africa

Natasha Lawyers Raise Alarm Over Selective Justice

28.05.2025

Following the Federal Government’s decision to file criminal charges against suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, her legal team on Wednesday raised alarm over what it described as a disturbing pattern of selective justice despite multiple unresolved petitions she lodged earlier this year. According to a statement released by her counsel, Uju Nwoduwu, the team outlined 12...

Nigeria’s Debt Stock To Hit $115.73bn As Tinubu Seeks Approval For Fresh $21.5bn Loan

28.05.2025

Despite the celebrations that greeted the news of paying off a large part of loans owed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently, Nigeria is getting more enmeshed in further borrowing as President Bola Tinubu yesterday transmitted three letters to the National Assembly requesting legislative approval for a new external borrowing plan amounting to over $21.5...

Ooni Donates 3 Acres Of Land To ICIR To Promote Yoruba Tradition

28.05.2025

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Eniitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja 11, has donated three acres of land to the International Council for Ifa Religion (ICIR) for construction of World Ifa Temple and to promote the activities of the council and establish the largest pilgrimage site for Yoruba traditional worshippers across the world. This was revealed on...

No Child’ll Be Left Out In Tinubu’s Govt On Education –Minister

28.05.2025

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Prof, Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, yesterday, said that no child would be left out in education in President Bola Tinubu’s government. The minister stated this while launching the NHGSFP alternate education programme for out-of-school children in commemoration of the President’s second term in office. The programme was launched...

Ibas To Defend Rivers’ Budget Before Joint NASS C’ttee

28.05.2025

The Senate, yesterday, revealed that the Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral IbokEte Ibas (rtd) and his team would defend the state’s 2025 budget before the Joint National Assembly Ad-hoc Committee to Oversee Emergency Rule in Rivers State. The Senate also, assured Nigerians that it had determined to ensure the people of Rivers State...

Economic Crimes: Jedy-Agba Seeks Transparency, Openness In Utilisation Of Recovered Assets

28.05.2025

The Solicitor General of the Federation, Beatrice Jedy-Agba, yesterday called for transparency and openness in the utilisation of assets recovered from perpetrators of economic crimes both within the country and abroad. She opined that the purpose of asset recovery would be defeated if repatriated funds are mismanaged or improperly allocated. Speaking at the opening of...

Court Compels EFCC To Release CBN, Bank Records In N20bn Fraud Trial Against Ex-AMCON Boss

28.05.2025

A Lagos State Special Offences Court, Ikeja, has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to provide critical evidence in the N20 billion fraud case against former Managing Director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Ahmed Kuru. Justice Rahman Oshodi, presiding over the matter at the Ikeja court, directed the EFCC to...

‘We Need Controversy To Eat’, Speed Darlington Apologises Over Viral Video About Sleeping With Minor

28.05.2025

Controversial Nigerian singer and internet personality, Darlington Okoye, popularly known as Speed Darlington or Akpi, has defended himself amid backlash over a video in which he claimed to have slept with a 15-year-old girl. In a follow-up video posted on Wednesday via his social media handle, Akpi claimed the controversial remark was a publicity stunt...

Children’s Day: Tinubu Condemns Bullying, Promises Better Future, Environment

28.05.2025

President Bola Tinubu has charged Nigerian children to speak up against bullying, assuring them that their dreams and voices matter in the society. This charge was conveyed in the President’s remarks commemorating the 2025 National Children Day yesterday. Tinubu who urged stakeholders and duty bearers to embed child rights in all their budgets and policies...

Alumni Beg Otti To Rescue School From Mismanagement

28.05.2025

The Alumni of the prestigious Eziama High School in Aba have pleaded with GoviAlex Otti to quickly intervene by taking over the school from the church in charge to save it from complete collapse. New Telegraph reports that Eziama High School was among the schools handed over to missions (churches); by the Abia state government...