June 2025 – Page 88 – Rise Africa

NSITF Presents N18.6m Cheque To Family Of Deceased Employee

19.06.2025

The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) has presented a cheque of ₦18,652,908.20 as death benefits to the family of a deceased employee of the Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria, who lost his life in a road traffic accident while returning from work. Managing Director of the Fund, Oluwaseun Faleye, made the presentation on Wednesday,...

S’Arabia Seals Deal To Drill 78 Solar Powered Wells In Nigeria

19.06.2025

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) has signed a cooperation agreement with a civil society organization to implement a project that will drill 78 medium-depth, solarpowered wells across 10 states in Nigeria. The initiative which was consummated via video conference yesterday, is expected to benefit approximately 733,350 individuals. However, the Saudi Press...

Tinubu’s Visit To Benue’ll Help Address Insecurity — Abbas

19.06.2025

Chairman of the Osun Amotekun Corps Board, AIG Wale Abbas (Rtd), has said President Bola Tinubu’s recent visit to Benue State could mark a turning point in efforts to address the state’s persistent insecurity and killings. President Tinubu visited Benue following the brutal murder of over 200 residents recently—an incident that sparked national outrage and...

Stop Rewriting Yoruba History, Group Warns Igbo Writers

19.06.2025

Atunto, a Yoruba socio-cultural organisation comprising prominent Yoruba stakeholders across the globe, has strongly condemned recent narratives suggesting that the Igbo people once occupied Ile-Ife, the ancestral homeland of the Yoruba in Osun State. In a statement jointly signed by its Chairmen—Chief Banji Ayiloge (Diaspora) and Dr. Oluwatoyin Atte (Homeland)—on Thursday, the group dismissed such...

UNICEF Urges Smarter Budgeting For Children’s Rights

19.06.2025

As Nigeria marks the Day of the African Child, UNICEF has called for urgent reforms in how national and subnational governments plan, allocate, and implement budgets aimed at safeguarding the rights of children. At a media dialogue in Lagos, UNICEF’s Chief of Field Office, Celine Lafoucriere, and Programme and Social Policy Manager, Muhammad Okorie, expressed...

Ex- Vice President Sambo Denies Defection To APC, Reaffirms Loyalty To PDP

19.06.2025

Former Vice President of Nigeria, Arc. Mohammed Namadi Sambo, has categorically dismissed reports suggesting he has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The clarification comes amid viral claims and a widely circulated photograph purportedly linking him to the ruling party. The speculation gained traction on Wednesday following the...

Nigeria Military Not Occupying Force – FG

19.06.2025

The Federal Government has urged Nigerians to view the military as an integral part of society and not as an occupying force. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made the call at a conference on Civil-Military Relations organised by the Defence Headquarters in Abuja on Thursday. He expressed concern over the trust deficit...

You Caused Nigerian Civil War, Not Ojukwu

19.06.2025

The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) has faulted former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, over his recent comments blaming the late Biafran leader, General Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, for the Nigerian Civil War. COSEYL insists that it was Gowon’s refusal to honour the Aburi Accord that ultimately triggered the conflict. Responding to Gowon’s...

Reps Warn 13 Oil COYS Owing FG $456.9m To Pay Or Face Sanctions

19.06.2025

The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has issued a strong warning to 13 noncompliant oil companies, threatening constitutional sanctions over their persistent failure to respond to official summons and public invitations. These companies are alleged to owe the Nigerian government $456,952,216.51 in unremitted oil revenues. Spokesperson for the House, Akin Rotimi, in a...

Benue Massacre: Adebayo Faults Tinubu’s Visit

19.06.2025

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Adewole Adebayo, has expressed disappointment over the manner in which President Bola Tinubu’s recent visit to Benue State was conducted following the killing of residents by a militant group. In a strongly worded statement, Adebayo criticized the visit, describing it as politicized and lacking the...