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SURE-P Empowers 1,080 In N’ Delta
Zonal Coordinator, Delta South Senatorial District of the Subsidy Reinvestment Programme (SURE-P), Alhaji Isa Clark, says the programme has empowered 1,080 poor people in the Niger Delta. Clark said in...
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Delta Tasks LGAs On Off-Street Parks
The Delta State Commissioner for Transport, Mr Ben Igbakpa, has urged local governments in the state to establish off-street vehicle parks. The commissioner, who made the call in an interview in Asaba...
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NDDC Commissions Projects In Abia
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has commissioned 80 solar powered street lighting and road projects in Umuorie community in Abia State. The acting Managing Director of NDDC, Dr Christy...
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Gunmen Kill 9-Yr Old Girl In Bayelsa
Gbaraun community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has been thrown into mourning following the shooting to death of a nine-year-old girl by armed gunmen suspected to be pirates....
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Uduaghan Restores Peace As Monarch Reclaims Title
The effort of the Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan to restore peace in Itsekiri has paid off as the Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse II, last Tuesday, bowed to the wishes of...
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Immigration Nabs Camerounians For Theft Of Baby
Two suspected Cameroonian ladies, Ngala Nungu (47) and Mrs. Mende Cecilia (54), have been arrested by men of the Nigeria Immigration Service at the Calabar Seaport for allegedly stealing a five-day old...
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CAN, CAC Disown Niger Delta Bishops Forum
The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has disassociated the umbrella Christian body from a group of clergymen that attempted to wade into the political...
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C’River Trains 1,500 Youths In Skills Acquisition
The Manager of Technology Incubation Centre in Calabar, a unit of the Federal Ministry of Technology, Mr Edidor Unoh, says the centre has trained 1,500 youths on different skills. Unoh made this known...
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Edo Spends N36bn On Projects In 5 Years
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has said that the state government spent N36 billion on the execution of various projects in the state between 2008 and 2013. Oshimhole made this known on...
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Medicine Dealers Lose Suit Against Pharmacists
A Federal High Court has dismissed suit by Registered Trustees of Nigerian Association of Patent and Proprietary Medicine Dealers challenging authority of Pharmacists Council of Nigeria to regulate...
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A’ Ibom Earmarks N48m For Food Festival
The Akwa Ibom State Tourism Board has set aside N48 million to organise a food festival scheduled to hold from November 26 to 30. An official of the Board, Mr Ukpong Umoh, disclosed this in an...
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FG Inaugurates Akhigbe’s Burial Committee
The Federal Government has set up an eight-member committee with the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Dele Ezeoba as the Chairman,for the burial of former Chief of General Staff, Vice Admiral Mike...
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Delta Trains 280 Youths In Entrepreneurship
The Delta Government says it is training 280 youths in various entrepreneurial programme to enable them to be self-employed. The Commissioner in charge of the Directorate of Youths, Mr Ebifa Ijomah,...
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Group Harps On PPP Ventures
The Executive Director, Women Action Initiative, Mrs Henrietta Agun,a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has called for more Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in the nation’s socio-economic...
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NGO Educates Pupils On Pneumonia
Over 300 pupils in Calabar have been sensitised against Pneumonia by a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), the Society for Health Enlightenment Initiative (SO-HEALTHI). The Chief Executive Officer...
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SURE-P Spends N60bn On East-West Road
About N60 billion has been spent under the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) funds through the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs for construction of East-West Road since 2012. The...
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Monarch Urges FG To Develop S’South
In spite of the strategic roles played by the South-South region of the country in the economic development of the nation, States within the zone are yet to get the desired development attention. To...
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Police Nab Two Electric Fuse Thieves
Two people believed to have specialised in stealing electrical fuse and other appliances have been apprehended by the special anti-crime outfit of the police popularly known as Operation Doo Akpoo....
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NMA Wants FG To Probe Iyayi’s Death
The Nigeria Medical Asso ciation (NMA), has called on the Federal Government to constitute an official inquiry into the road accident that claimed the life of Prof. Festus Iyayi. The association also...
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Imoke Assures On Calabar Carnival
Cross River State Gover nor, Liyel Imoke, has flagged off the 2013 Carnival Calabar at Tinapa Business and Leisure Resort with the promise that this year’s edition will be bigger and better. It would...
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