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By: Awajis Josiah-Chijindu  The Women in Innovation and Tech Initiative, WITI has called on the Rivers State House of Assembly to include gender mainstream into the Rivers State Climate Change Bill with focus on education.  Executive Director WITI, Deborah Iroegbu while speaking at the sideline of the Stakeholders engagement meeting on ''Incorporating Provision for Education in the Rivers State Climate Change Bill 2026'', said government institutions, CSOs and the media were gathered  together by the organization to brainstorm on the way forward for the educational system in Rivers State. The WITI Executive Director, explained that Climate issues like flooding  affects the ability of schools  in Rivers State to maintain clean and safe education.  She noted that there is reduction in attendance to school as students find it difficult to attend schools when flooding occurs. The Executive Director who seeks the inclusion of the provision for education into the...

  The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, was today, 26th September 2026, honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the St. Gregory’s College Old Boys Association at a grand reception held in Lagos State. The IGP was honoured alongside the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Olayemi Cardoso at the event, which celebrated distinguished old boys who have made remarkable contributions in their respective fields of national service and leadership. The award recognised the IGP’s distinguished career in public service, leadership and over three decades of service to the Nigeria Police Force, as well as his professional accomplishments since leaving St. Gregory’s College, where he completed his secondary education in 1985. The recognition highlighted the IGP’s journey through frontline policing, criminal investigation, intelligence operations, international peacekeeping and senior command responsibilities.  Since joining the Nigeria Police Force as a C...

By: Awajis Josiah-Chijindu As the sixth Conference and Retreat for Senior Police Officers (CARSPO 2026) comes to an end today 23rd of September, in Owerri Imo State, the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has charged senior officers to translate the knowledge and resolutions from the three-day retreat into practical action across Commands and Formations. IGP Disu stressed that the true measure of the conference would be the changes recorded across the Force after participants return to their respective Commands. The IGP directed participating officers to adopt a train-the-trainers approach by cascading lessons from the conference to Deputy Commissioners of Police, Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers, tactical commanders and other personnel under their supervision.  A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Ani Iniedu, said ahead of the 2027 General Elections, the Inspector General of Police  urged Commands to strengthen operational planning...

  Residents of Rivers State have been assured that all those involved in the killing of a young lady in Ahoada West Local Government Area will be brought to justice. The chairman of Ahoada West Local Government Area, Mr. Eugene Epelle, gave the assurance while leading his team, alongside security operatives, to Ogoda Community, where the body of the unnamed victim was recovered from a stream. Speaking after the recovery of the body, the Chairman, condemned the killing and confirmed that two suspects are currently in police custody in connection with the incident. "It was just yesterday. We were informed that there was a deceased person in the forest of Ogoda community, in Ahoada West Local Government Area. Without wasting time, we swung into action — the DPO, the JTF commander, all the security officers in Ahoada West, and my team," Epelle said. "We mobilised and were able to arrest two young men who are being investigated, based on information linking them to the death ...

 By:  Lanre Olagunju  There is something curious about the Nigerian relationship with the police. We complain about them. We criticise them. We film them. We sometimes mock them. But when the armed robbers arrive, we call the police. When kidnappers invade a community, we call the police.  When violence breaks out at night, when a missing child needs to be found or when an armed criminal is on the loose, the same institution many Nigerians love to hate suddenly becomes the institution we expect to save us. But what do we owe those we ask to protect us? Nigeria has lost police officers repeatedly this year while they were doing the job we expect them to do. Since March, publicly reported incidents alone show at least 21 police officers killed in eight separate operational incidents that I could verify.  Two officers were killed at a border checkpoint in Kebbi in March. Four died while repelling a terrorist attack in Borno in April. Three Explosive Ordnance Dispos...

  By: Awajis Josiah-Chijindu  A mother and her Four children were burnt to death in a fire incident that engulfed their house in Okochiri community, Okirika Local Government Area of Rivers State in the early hours of today Friday, September 18, 2026. We gathered that the fire was put out through the efforts of community youths. According to sources,the fire was caused by petrol which was ignited by a spark. Confirming the incident in a telephone interview with our correspondent, the Commander of the Civilian Joint Task Force in Okirika, Mr. Igwe Godswill, said the details of the incident were still sketchy. He said, “We just heard the news this morning about the fire. There are no proper details as to what happened, but when we got there this morning, we saw that about four children and their mother, a total of five persons, were burnt and had died. “But the police had already arrived and taken proper details of what happened. It is so disheartening that this is happening agai...

  By NDUKA V. A. ANYANWU MEDIA CAMPAIGN TEAM The 2027 General Election is fast approaching, and the people of Ahiazu Mbaise and Ezinihitte Mbaise Federal Constituency are once again faced with an important decision concerning who will represent them in the Green Chamber of the National Assembly. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released its candidate information for the 2027 Presidential and National Assembly elections, including the House of Representatives contest for Ahiazu Mbaise/Ezinihitte Federal Constituency. According to the campaign's presentation of the list, seventeen (17) candidates are contesting the Federal Constituency seat. That is no longer news.  *BUT WHAT REALLY MATTERS?*  It is not simply about the number of candidates. It is about capacity, antecedents, accessibility, vision and the development agenda each candidate brings to the table. The candidates listed by the campaign are: 1. NDUKA VALENTINE, ALOYSIUS ANYANWU — APGA 2. ON...