Bayelsa Partners Donor Agencies On Potable Water
The Bayelsa State Government has said that it is partnering donor agencies to ensure the provision of potable water to people of the state. Commissioner for Water Resources in the state, Hon. Nengi...
View ArticleAPC’ll Boycott 2019 Polls In Rivers –Ex-APC Chieftain
A former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State and now stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Uchenna Okokoba has expressed delight over the gale of defections...
View ArticleNSCDC Moves To Tackle Oil Theft, Vandalism In Bayelsa
The Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Bayelsa State, Mrs Christiana Abiakam-Omanu, says the command will leverage on inter-service collaboration to curb oil theft...
View ArticleN’Delta: Gas Flaring Can’t Be Totally Eliminated – Rep
Member representing Sagbama-Ekeremor Federal Constituency, in the House of Representatives, Hon Fred Agbedi has said that gas flaring in the Niger Delta region cannot be completely eliminated as being...
View ArticleEdo JAAC Declares N3.2bn For July
The Edo State Joint Account Allocation Committee (JAAC) has declared a total of N3.2billion as the total allocation that accrued to the state in the month of July. The state recorded an increase of...
View ArticleAPC Secretariat Set Ablaze In Delta
The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State took a dramatic twist yesterday as property at the Isoko South Local Government secretariat of the party were set ablaze by...
View ArticleMarginalisation: Rivers Ijaws Make Case For Ogonis
A non-governmental organisation under the auspices of “Rivers Ijaw Initiative” has decried the injustices and marginalisation of the Ogoni people for the past 51 years. The group said it was gross...
View ArticleEx-CTC Boss, Others Mourn Aguma
The former Caretaker Chairman of Ikwerre Local Government Area, Hon. Chukwumeka Bishop Best has expressed his heartfelt condolences to the family of the Agumas over the demise of their father and hero...
View ArticleWike Commiserates With Dickson Over Mother’s Demise
The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike has commiserated with the Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon Seriake Dickson over the passage of his beloved Mother, Mrs Goldcoast Dickson. Wike said that he...
View ArticleFour Cultists Killed As Two Rival Groups Clash
Four cult members have been killed in a renewed supremacy battle between two rival cult groups in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital. It was learnt that members of one of the rival groups, last Friday,...
View ArticlePDP Wins C’River Assembly’s Bye-Election
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mrs Abbey Ukpukpen has won Saturday’s Obudu State Constituency bye election into the Cross River House of Assembly. The candidate, a staff of the...
View ArticleIbori, Okowa Harp On Unity In PDP
A Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa and former Governor of the state, Chief James Ibori have stated that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is one large family strengthened by brotherly love where...
View ArticleEdo Takes Custody Of Two Abandoned Children
The Edo State Government has taken custody of two abandoned children, around the Faith Mediplex complex and the 3rd Junction axis of the state. The Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development,...
View ArticleDelta Gives 50-Year Age Limit For Judges’ Appointment
The Chief Judge of Delta State, Marshal Umukoro, has announced that only judicial officers under 50 years of age are now eligible for appointment as judges in the state. Umukoro announced this in a...
View ArticleNLC Urges Bayelsa To Pay Three Months’ Salary Arrears
The Bayelsa State Chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the state government to pay the three months’ salary arrears to workers to improve their well-being. The state Governor, Hon Seriake...
View ArticleNNPC To Establish Refineries In PH, Warri
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has hinted of plans to establish a 100,000-barrels-per-day brownfield refinery each in Port Harcourt and Warri. A press release by the corporation’s...
View ArticleA’Ibom’s First Lady Dissolves Women Forum Executive
The Akwa Ibom State First Lady, Mrs. Martha Udom has dissolved the Executive Committee of Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District Women Forum with immediate effect. According to a statement by Press Secretary...
View ArticleButcher Breaks Into House, Steals N260,000 Valuables
A 26-year-old butcher, Afeez Olatinwo, who allegedly broke into a house and stole N260,000 valuables, was, yesterday, bought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. The accused, who resides at Owodunni...
View ArticleObuah Uncovers Fraudsters’ Syndicate
The Rivers State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bro. Felix Obuah has again raised alarm over criminal activities of a suspected syndicate which may be using his name to defraud...
View ArticleStakeholders Task HYREP On Ogoni Clean-Up
Some stakeholders in the Niger Delta have called on Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) to implement necessary emergency measures as proposed by United Nations Environment Programme...
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