June 2025 – Page 76 – Rise Africa

Nigeria Needs Complete Police Reform, Not Cosmetic Changes – Ojukwu

20.06.2025

Retired Commissioner of Police and Security expert, Emmanuel Ojukwu, has suggested that the Nigerian Police Force should be scrapped and rebuilt from the ground up, citing decades of structural failure, poor training, and institutional neglect as his reason. Speaking on “Frontline”, a current affairs programme on Eagle 102.5 FM, Ilese Ijebu, monitored by Friday Telegraph,...

Community Protest Alleged Imposition Of Candidate

20.06.2025

Members of the Ukhomuyio Community, Okpella, Etsako East Local Government Area, on Friday, protested planned installation of Michael Sado as the Okuokpellagbe of Okpella. The protesters said the selection of Sado was in violation of Declaration of the Customary Law regulating succession to the traditional title of Okuokpellagbe. They said Sado was picked by a...

Africa Re, UNICEF Sign $1.5m Deal To Empower Nigerian Youths

20.06.2025

UNICEF and African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) has signed a landmark agreement to support climate change education and green skills development for children and young people in Nigeria. The signing ceremony took place at Africa Re’s headquarters in Victoria Island, Lagos. Under the agreement, the African Reinsurance Corporation will contribute US$1.5 million over a five-year...

Afenifere Applauds Tinubu’s Affirmation On State Police

20.06.2025

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his resolve to establish state police in Nigeria, describing the move as long overdue. In a statement made available to New Telegraph by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi, Afenifere said the President’s pronouncements and actions on the matter show clear commitment...

FG Rallies W’African Nations For Regional Economic Sovereignty

20.06.2025

The Federal Government of Nigeria on Friday took a decisive step toward mobilising West African countries for regional economic sovereignty, affirming the region’s shared demographic and economic heritage rooted in trade and mobility. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, made the declaration in Abuja at the opening of the maiden edition of...

Gov Otti Reaffirms Statement On Using Sen Kalu’s Blueprint To Develop Abia

20.06.2025

Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has reaffirmed his earlier statement crediting Senator Orji Uzor Kalu’s development blueprint as the foundation for the ongoing infrastructural transformation in Aba and other parts of the state. Fielding questions from Journalists in Abia state on Thursday evening, during his monthly media parley tagged “Gov. Alex Otti Speaks to...

Residents Commend Abiodun As Ogun Intensifies Work On Ijebu-Ode Roads Reconstruction

20.06.2025

As the Ogun State government intensifies efforts on the re-construction of roads in Ijebu-Ode and its environs, residents of the town have commended the government for giving the town a facelift in the area of a good road network and other social amenities. The residents who bared their minds in a chat with newsmen said...

Umahi Conveys FG Appreciation To Otti

20.06.2025

The Minister of Works, Engr. Dave Umahi, has applauded Governor Alex Otti for his non discriminatory policy on road infrastructure, in which federal and State roads in Abia State are reconstructed simultaneously without compromising quality. Umahi, who sneaked to Abia State unannounced, visited Governor Otti after inspecting some ongoing federal roads in Abia State, which...

Successor-Predecessor Rift, Major Political Challenge – Ganduje

20.06.2025

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, on Friday, identified the friction between successors and their predecessors as one of the cardinal challenges confronting Nigerian politics. Ganduje made the observation when the Governor of Kogi State, Ahmed Usman Ododo, paid a courtesy visit to the APC National Working Committee...

Nigerian Artist Helen Nzete Features At The Inaugural Africa Art Basel

20.06.2025

Nigerian artist Helen Nzete is featuring at the maiden edition of Africa Art Basel in Switzerland, a new platform of Art Basel, focused on contemporary African Art. Africa Art Basel narrows down the mega fair which features nearly 300 exhibitors from across the globe, expanding its usual African gallery exhibitors from five to twenty. The...

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