Lumiscape Charity Foundation (LCF) in partnership with Zephyr Interior Design Academy (ZIDA) has empowered 84 single mothers with interior design skills through its inaugural empowerment initiative. The month-long programme, supported by Haraya and Popit, combined three weeks of virtual training with a physical workshop and scholarship presentation ceremony held at Haraya, Abuja on August 15,…
Athletes of Yenagoa-based Samkay Athletics Club excelled at the one-day Dynamic Athletics Meet held at the Yaba College of Technology Sports Complex, Yaba, Lagos, at the weekend. Odi-born emerging talent, Samson Teibowei, won the U-18 men’s 800m event with a time of 1:56.27secs, just about two seconds off his Personal Best. Teibowei also made a…
The President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, has approved the establishment of a training camp at Iowa State University in the United States as part of preparations for the 2026 World Wrestling Championships. The championships are scheduled to hold in Astana, Kazakhstan, from October 24 to November 1, 2026. The camp…
The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2027 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has congratulated Governor Ademola Adeleke on his re-election in the Osun State governorship election, describing it as a significant democratic achievement. Obi, in a statement titled “Osun: When The People Stand, Democracy Wins” and signed by his spokesperson, Idris…
The Lumiscape Charity Foundation (LCF), in partnership with the Zephyr Interior Design Academy (ZIDA), has concluded its inaugural empowerment initiative, equipping 84 single mothers with foundational skills in interior design. The month-long programme, tagged the LCF x ZIDA Empowerment Initiative, combined three weeks of virtual training with a physical workshop and scholarship presentation ceremony held…
by Tari Amgbare The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Governor Ademola Adeleke winner of the 2026 Osun State governorship election. Adeleke, who contested on the platform of the Accord Party, polled 511,067 votes to defeat his closest rival, Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 444,815 votes. The…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Great Joshua MacIver, has declared his intention to contest the 2027 governorship election in Bayelsa State. MacIver declared his ambition in a letter addressed to the state chairman and the State Working Committee, SWC, of the party in Yenagoa. He said competence, experience, commitment, transparency and welfare…
The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Basin Development Authority, Prince Ebitimi Amgbare, has dismissed allegations that the Federal Government is using state institutions to intimidate opposition parties ahead of the Osun State governorship election. Amgbare said this while fielding questions from newsmen in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. He said President Bola Tinubu’s directive…
The Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the Niger Delta Herald has accused the Governor Douye Diri administration of failing to deliver meaningful development despite huge revenues accruing to Bayelsa State. The publisher, who spoke at a press conference titled “A Press Conference on the Failure of Governance in Bayelsa State” held at the Ernest Ikoli Press…
Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri says Nigeria must embrace true fiscal federalism and the rule of law for its democracy to thrive. Diri, who identified justice, equity and fairness as the pillars of democracy, said the absence of the three has made the country’s democracy to falter. The governor spoke yesterday at the 2026 Goodluck…
