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Jul

2025

CHAMA announces scholarship award for Enyimba Medical Invasion

NEWS#CHAMAMissionMinistriesInternational, #Dr.OluguUkpai

CHAMA announces scholarship award forEnyimba Medical Invasion The Chairman of the Organizing Committee of CHAMA 2025 Invasion, Apostle Okure, has expressed gratitude to CHAMA CEO Dr. Olugu Ukpai for the proposed scholarship award during the upcoming Enyimba Medical Invasion 2025. The event which is slated for August 8 up until 14, 2025, is geared towards providing medical care and support to the needy. The medical mission targets to conduct at least 150 surgeries and free treatment to beneficiaries from a team of Doctors from USA, UK, Canada in conjunction with their Nigerian counterparts. Notably, CHAMA Mission Ministries (CMM) International has…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

ZENITH Bank Recognised Emerges Nigeria’s Best Bank At Euromoney Awards For Excellence 2025

BANKING SECTOR, NEWS#Barclays, #CitiBank, #EuromoneyAwardsExcellence, #HSBC, #MorganStanley, #StandarBankandDevelopmentBank of Singapore, #ZenithBank, (DBS)

ZENITH Bank Recognised Emerges Nigeria's Best Bank At Euromoney Awards For Excellence 2025 Zenith Bank Plc has been named “Nigeria’s Best Bank” at the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2025, emerging as Nigeria’s standout performer, and clinching the biggest and most coveted country award. The award, which was presented to the bank on Thursday, July 17, 2025 at The Peninsula, London, is a testament to its commitment to delivering exceptional banking services, innovative products and superior value to its customers and shareholders. Euromoney’s Awards for Excellence are one of the most highly coveted awards that matter to banks and bankers who…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

Ensure Budgetary allocations to Oil Host Communities Reflect people’s priorities, FENRAD urges PIA

NEWS#FENRAD, #HCDTFs, #OilHostCommunityDevelopmentTrustFunds, #PetroleumIndustryAct

Ensure Budgetary allocations to Oil Host Communities Reflect people's priorities, FENRAD urges PIA A clarion call has been made to ensure transparency, community needs assessment and implementation in Host Community Development Trust Funds under the umbrella of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), 2021. The Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy & Development (FENRAD )an Environmental Rights Advocacy Organization has called for greater transparency, accountability, and community participation in the implementation of the Host Community Development Trust Funds (HCDTFs) as provided for under the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), 2021. As the PIA mandates the creation of HCDTFs to ensure oil-bearing communities benefit…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

13 EBONYI INDIGENES:WANEP Condemns gruesome massacre, charges Anambra govt. on security

NEWS#CharlesChukwumuSoludo, #FENRAD, #Killingof13EbonyiindigenesinAnambra, #WANEP, #WestAfricanNetworkforPeacebuilding

13 EBONYI INDIGENES:WANEP Condemns gruesome massacre, charges Anambra govt. on security The West African Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) Southeast Nigeriahas expressed grief over the unwarranted, gruesome massacring of 13 innocent Ebonyi indigenes in Ogboji community, Orumba, South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The group expressed utter dismay in a statement jointly signed by Comrade Nelson Nnanna NwaforSoutheast Zonal Coordinator, WANEP, and the state coordinators across the Southeast region which was made available to Famousreporters.com today, July 19, 2025, lamenting that thirteen lives were "lost under circumstances that defy comprehension and humanity". The group, amidst devastation, called for efficient collaboration…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

Police Operatives Nab Kidnappers, Rescue 31 Victims In Taraba, Edo State

NEWS, SECURITY#kidnap, #Kidnapvictims

Police Operatives Nab Kidnappers, Rescue 31 Victims In Taraba, Edo State In a sustained effort against banditry and kidnapping, the Nigeria Police Force has again recorded significant breakthroughs in Taraba and Edo States, successfully rescuing thirty-one (31) kidnapped victims in two separate coordinated operations, National Association of Online Security News Publishers, NAOSNP can report. In Edo State on Friday, July 11th, 2025, at about 7:20 pm, police operatives of the state command responded to an attack along the Fugar-Agenebode road in Etsako East Local Government Area, where suspected kidnappers ambushed commuters, resulting in the death of two persons and the…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

Implement ECOWAS Court Judgment on Blasphemy Laws, MRA Urges FG

NEWS#ACHPR, #AfricanCharter, #Blasphemy, #ECOWAS, #HumanAndPeoples’Rights, #ICCPR, #InternationalCovenantOnCivilandPoliticalRights, #KanoState’sblasphemylaws, #MondayArunsi, #MRA

Implement ECOWAS Court Judgment on Blasphemy Laws, MRA Urges FG Mr. Monday Arunsi, Acting Head of MRA’s Legal DepartmentLagos, Wednesday, July 16, 2025: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on the Federal Government to take urgent measures to implement and give full effect to the April 9, 2025 judgment of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, which declared aspects of Kano State’s blasphemy laws a violation of Nigeria’s obligations under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Urging the Government to promptly comply with the Court’s directive to bring…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

Art, Culture, Tourism, Ministry Refutes Misleading Article

NEWS#HannatuMusaMusawa

Art, Culture, Tourism, Ministry Refutes Misleading Article The Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy has distanced itself from claims made in a July 12, 2025 article published by African Travel Times, titled “A Bitter Irony: UAE’s Sanctions Undermine African Trust After Africa-Backed Win for UN Tourism Role.” In a press statement signed by the Minister, Hannatu Musa Musawa, the Ministry emphasized that the views expressed in the article do not represent the position of the Minister, the Ministry, or the Federal Government of Nigeria. According to the statement, Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) maintain…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

Judge Again Bars Sowore From Attending Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial Scheduled Today

NEWS#BiafraAgitation, #ipob, #MaziNnamdiKanu, #OmoyeleSowore

Judge Again Bars Sowore From Attending Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial Scheduled Today The trial, slated for today, Friday, July 18, has drawn significant public interest. The Federal High Court in Abuja once again has restricted Human Rights Activist and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore from attending the ongoing trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), citing limited courtroom space.

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

Our Hearts Are Heavy, Gaidam Mourns Ex-President Buhari

NEWS#death, #IbrahimGaidam, #MohammaduBuhari, #MohammaduBuhariisdead

Our Hearts Are Heavy, Gaidam Mourns Ex-President Buhari The Minister of Police Affairs, Senator Ibrahim Gaidam, has condoled with the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and the immediate family of the departed former President of Nigeria, General Muhammadu Buhari on the death of the ex-military and democratic leader. In his letter of condolence personally e-signed by the Honorable Minister and made available to the National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP), the Honorable Minister acknowledged Buhari as a true leader and dedicated servant of the nation. Details below: Letter of Condolence to the Family of Ex-President Muhammadu…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

CEHRAWS demands Rights-based, Community-Inclusive Policing from Otti

NEWS#CEHRAWS, #FundamentalHumanRights, #SecurityTrustFund

CEHRAWS demands Rights-based, Community-Inclusive Policing from Otti Press statement… The Centre for Human Rights Advocacy and Wholesome Society (CEHRAWS) has acknowledged and commended what it described as "the thoughtful, broad-spectrum address delivered by His Excellency, Dr. Alex C. Otti, OFR, Governor of Abia State, at the Security Trust Fund Luncheon held on July 10, 2025, at the International Conference Centre, Umuahia." Governor Otti’s articulation of security as a “shared responsibility” aligns with CEHRAWS’ long-standing advocacy for inclusive, community-anchored and rights-based security approach. We affirm the importance of multi-stakeholder contributions to building and sustaining safe, peaceful communities, and commend the State…