Edo Assembly Considers Dev, Property Agency Bill
A Bill for Law to provide for the establishment of the Edo State Development and Property Agency on Wednesday, passed second reading during plenary on at the Edo House of Assembly. Leading the debate...
View ArticleNDDC, Others Partner On e-Learning In N’Delta
Niger Delta Development- Commission (NDDC), Microsoft and other Silicon Valley companies in the United States have begun an e-learning project to revolutionise education in the Niger Delta. The...
View ArticleNGO Wants Laws To Protect IDPs In S’South
A non-governmental organisation under the aegis of Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has called on governors of the South South zone to make laws that will protect persons in their...
View ArticleCleric Urges Don To Forgive Persecutors
A clergyman and lecturer with the Catholic Institute of West Africa (CIWA) Rev. Fr. Francis Adeyemi, has charged a recalled Professor of Law with the University of Calabar, Prof. Cyril Ndifon, not to...
View ArticleNDBDA Plans Songhai Model Farm In Emohua
The Niger Delta Basin Development Authority (NDBDA) says it plans to set up a Songhai Model Farm on a 500-hectare land donated to it by the Okporowo Ogbakiri community in Emohua Local Government Area...
View ArticleRetirees Storm Ayade’s Office Over Death Of Colleagues
Hundreds of retirees last Thursday in Calabar, capital of Cross River State stormed the governor’s office gate, with placards and tried to force their way into the office to enable them see Governor...
View ArticleLG Boss Lauds Wike On Resources Utilisation
The Chairman, Caretaker Committee (CTC) of Degema Local Government Area, Chief Boma Dappa says the massive infrastructural projects across the state, is a clear attestation of the prudent management of...
View ArticleC’ River Workers Task Commission On Promotion
Some group of angry Cross River State workers have called on the Civil Service Commission to facilitate processes that will lead to promotion of workers in the state. The workers threatened that any...
View ArticleNDLEA Arrests Graduate With 762kg Of Cannabis In Edo
The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested a graduate of Geophysics with about 82 bags of dried weeds suspected to be cannabis sativa weighing 762...
View ArticleCultists Risk 20 Years Jail Term In Bayelsa
As part of efforts to stem the menace of cultism in Bayelsa State, Governor Seriake Dickson last Monday signed the Secret Cult, Societies and Similar Activities Prohibition Amendment Law 2018. The new...
View ArticleAPC’s Position On Neighbourhood Safety Corps, Self Contradictory -PDP
The Chairman of the Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bro Felix Obuah says the State Neighbourhood Corps Law has recorded its first major landmark by exposing the secret plans...
View ArticleC’River Signs MoU With Chinese Firm On Manpower Dev
The Cross River State government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with Skyrun International Company, a China-based firm, to train the requisite manpower in the core technical needs of the...
View Article13,000 TB Cases Not Reported In Nigeria – WHO
No fewer than 13,000 cases of Tuberculosis (TB) have been under reported in Nigeria annually due mainly to failure of private healthcare providers to partner with the various state TB and Leprosy...
View ArticleAppeal Court Ends 30-Year-Old Ataba Kingship Tussle …As King Benson Retains...
In a landmark judgement to end a 30-year old Ataba Chieftaincy dispute, the Federal Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt upheld its earlier verdict which declared King Benson Mgbowaji Egwenre the Oruk...
View ArticlePay Workers’ Salaries, Cleric Tells Governors
The Area Superintendent of Apostolic Church of Nigeria (TAC), Lokoja Area, Pastor Isaac Omohoro has urged state governors to pay the salary of their workers, regularly to ease their social and economic...
View ArticleLawmaker Donates Relief Materials To Boundary Clash Victims
Abi/Yakurr Federal Constituency) representative in the National Assembly, Mr Bassey Ewa, PDP yesterday, donated food and non consumable items to victims of boundary clash in Osopong community in Obubra...
View ArticleYou’re In Safe Hands, Banigo Assures Rivers People
The Rivers State Deputy Governor, Dr Ipalibo Harry-Banigo has assured the Rivers people that they are in safe hands with Governor Nyesom Wike and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The deputy governor...
View ArticleAIG Zone 5 Debunks Plot To Eliminate Whistle Blower
The Zone 5 headquarters of the Nigerian Police Force, Benin, has debunked any plot to eliminate one Ovie Osiebe-Franklin, an alleged whistle blower, and one other Anodeh Brave. This is contained in a...
View ArticleCSO Decries Delay In 2018 Budget Passage
Lead Director, Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), Mr Eze Onyekpere, a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), says the delay in the passage of the 2018 budget is impacting negatively on the economy. Onyekpere...
View ArticleObaseki Begins Restructuring Of Edo Mgt Institute Appoints New Acting Rector
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has announced the appointment of Prof. Abiodun Falodun, as the Acting Rector of the Edo State Institute of Technology and Management, Usen. In a statement...
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