Category: ABAVO NEWS

Julius Berger expands CSR footprint with Women’s Health Initiatives in Abuja, Lagos

  Leading engineering construction company, Julius Berger Nigeria PLC, has broadened its Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR efforts with major women’s health advocacy programs in Abuja and Lagos.   Last Tuesday, the company partnered with the FCT Women Affairs Secretariat and the Family Peace and Women Empowerment Initiative (FAPWEI) to host the 2025 Women’s Health and… Continue reading Julius Berger expands CSR footprint with Women’s Health Initiatives in Abuja, Lagos

N6trn: Court orders Tinubu govt to publish NDDC forensic audit report, name those indicted

  The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, in a landmark judgment, has ordered President Bola Tinubu to direct the office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice to widely publish the names of those indicted in the alleged misappropriation of over N6 trillion meant to implement the abandoned 13,777 projects and… Continue reading N6trn: Court orders Tinubu govt to publish NDDC forensic audit report, name those indicted

GOVERNORS, DUE PROCESS AND DEMOLITION IN NIGERIA BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

  For democracy to work, citizens must be enlightened. The issue is not about demolition. I am against demolitions. Nearly all the governors in Nigeria are guilty of that because they do it without due process.   To demolish the abode of a person, the government must go to court and obtain a judgement before… Continue reading GOVERNORS, DUE PROCESS AND DEMOLITION IN NIGERIA BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

National Network Set To Celebrate 21st Anniversary November 26

Press Statement The foremost Port Harcourt-based newspaper, National Network is set for the celebration of its 21st Anniversary scheduled for Wednesday, November 26, 2025 at the Lasien Pavillion Royal located at 22 Forces Avenue, Old GRA, Port Harcourt. A statement to that effect signed by the Editor-in-Chief/General Manager of the newspaper, Chris Konkwo, PhD who is also the… Continue reading National Network Set To Celebrate 21st Anniversary November 26

SANWO-OLU MOURNS CO-FOUNDER OF NEWSWATCH, DAN AGBESE

PRESS RELEASE The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has mourned the passage of renowned journalist and one of the founders of Newswatch Magazine, Chief Dan Agbese, describing his death as a colossal loss to the media industry in Nigeria. Governor Sanwo-Olu, in a condolence message issued on Tuesday by his Special Adviser on… Continue reading SANWO-OLU MOURNS CO-FOUNDER OF NEWSWATCH, DAN AGBESE

GOVERNORS, DUE PROCESS AND DEMOLITION IN NIGERIA BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

GOVERNORS, DUE PROCESS AND DEMOLITION IN NIGERIA BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE   For democracy to work, citizens must be enlightened. The issue is not about demolition. I am against demolitions. Nearly all the governors in Nigeria are guilty of that because they do it without due process.   To demolish the abode of a person,… Continue reading GOVERNORS, DUE PROCESS AND DEMOLITION IN NIGERIA BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

PREPARATIONS IN TOP GEAR FOR ELSIE AJAYI IKOLI’S BURIAL CEREMONIES

CAKASA, WEMA, POLARIS MOURN IJAW LEADERS EXPRESS GRIEF LAGOS RESIDENTS COMFORT ANTHONY GEORGE-IKOLI CHARIS MICROFINANCE BANK EXTOLS LATE MATRIARCH’S VIRTUES   Preparations are in top gear as the family of First Republic politician, nationalist and pioneering journalist, Ernest Sissei Ikoli, gets set to bid farewell to a woman of profound moral scruples, stickler for hard… Continue reading PREPARATIONS IN TOP GEAR FOR ELSIE AJAYI IKOLI’S BURIAL CEREMONIES

MILITARY, SUBORDINATION AND THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

  In a society that is based on the rule of law and hierarchy, there should be no room for any serving army officer to comment on what happened between Wike and Yerima.   It is disgraceful for any general to intimidate the public by saying that the action is a threat to national security.… Continue reading MILITARY, SUBORDINATION AND THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

Prominent leaders, technocrats, others expected in Lagos as Elsie Ajayi Ikoli begins final journey

  The Ernest Sisei Ikoli Foundation on Monday announced that prominent leaders, technocrats and business moguls are expected to converge on Lagos on Friday, November 28, 2025, as the remains of Madam Elsie Ajayi Ikoli are laid to rest. The Foundation also confirmed Elsie Ajayi Ikoli’s body will lie in state for one hour in… Continue reading Prominent leaders, technocrats, others expected in Lagos as Elsie Ajayi Ikoli begins final journey