U.S. robotaxi operator Waymo is breaking into a new market. After unveiling roadmaps to bring its self-driving cars to Germany and the United Kingdom, it’s now setting its sights east. On Sept. 18, Waymo announced plans to launch in Singapore by 2028, marking its first entry into Southeast Asia. The announcement came just days after…
The Rivers State Police Command has announced a temporary restriction on the movement of persons, vehicles, and motorcycles in seven Local Government Areas ahead of the Rivers South-East Senatorial District By-Election scheduled for Saturday, June 20. The affected areas – Andoni, Tai, Khana, Gokana, Eleme, Oyigbo and Opobo/Nkoro – will be under restriction from…
A major national security and economic sabotage has unfolded in Nigeria’s South-East as suspected pipeline vandals have excavated and removed more than three kilometres of a strategic high-pressure petroleum pipeline that transports refined petroleum products from Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to Kaduna in Northern Nigeria. A SaharaReporters investigation revealed that the large-scale vandalisation occurred in…
Governors Hope Uzodimma of Imo State and Alex Otti of Abia State have expressed sharply differing views on the creation of new states in the South-East, as debates intensify over the ongoing review of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution. Speaking during the public hearing on constitutional reform held in Owerri on Saturday, Uzodimma called for the creation…
Fortune’s Southeast Asia 500, which measures the largest companies in the region by revenue, covers seven economies: Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Singapore. Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy in terms of both GDP and population, has the biggest footprint on the list, covering more than a fifth of the total ranking with…
Indian startup brings pregnancy AI solutions to rural Vietnam, Laos Women’s health startup Doto Health from India has entered into a strategic partnership to expand across Southeast Asia. It signed a memorandum of understanding with human development organisation FHI 360, Alive & Thrive, which is a global program focused on mother, child, and youth nutrition,…
National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu has said that the ‘sit-at-home’ order enforced in the South-East by separatist groups is fast losing its grip, with security conditions in the region showing marked improvements. Speaking at the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Summit in Abuja on Thursday, where the Federal Government presented its two-year scorecard, Ribadu…
The embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has sent a message to the European Union, EU, and United States, US. He urged them to conduct an impartial investigation into state sponsored insecurity in the Southeast. Kanu made the call during a meeting with his legal team to…
“There?ll be huge consequences if Nigeria continues to neglects the South-East” – Joe Igbokwe Warns Editorial Team 13 April 2025 News Joe Igbokwe, a prominent chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, has issued a strong warning regarding the continued neglect of Nigeria’s South-East region. In a statement posted on his…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Joe Igbokwe, has issued a stern warning about the potential consequences of the continued marginalization of the South-East geo-political region. Igbokwe, who made the statement via his Facebook page on Saturday, expressed deep concern over what he described as systemic neglect of the region…
