Edo New Speaker Assumes Duty
The newly elected Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Mr Frank Okiye, assumed duty at the Assembly complex yesterday. Okiye, who addressed newsmen at the complex, thanked members and the All...
View ArticleINEC Reviews 2019 General Elections In Bayelsa
Ahead of the November 16 Governorship Poll in Bayelsa, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has organised a one-day post-election review workshop on the 2019 general elections in the...
View ArticleBayelsa Seeks Collaboration On ICT
Bayelsa State Government has called for collaboration between states and federal agencies in the area of policy formulation and implementation on science, technology and innovation. The state’s Deputy...
View ArticleCrude Oil: Navy Seizes Vessels …Seeks Speedy Trial Of Suspects
The Naval operatives attached to the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Delta, has seized six ships and 80 large wooden boats used by suspected criminals to syphon crude oil in the Niger Delta region. The...
View ArticleRivers NLC Inaugurates Employer Of Labour Awards Board
The Rivers State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress has inaugurated the Employer of Labour Awards Board. The board which has over fifteen members is headed by Mr Fredrick Nwoji. Inaugurating the...
View ArticlePenCom Organises Workshop For Prospective Retirees In Edo, Delta
The National Pension Commission (PenCom), yesterday held a pre-retirement workshop for workers due to retire in 2020 from the private sector and the federal civil service in Edo and Delta. PenCom’s...
View ArticleNYSC 2019 Batch B Orientation Commences In Edo
The Coordinator of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Edo State Mr Adebayo Ojo has congratulated corps members in 2019 Batch B for making their orientation course and administration of oath of...
View ArticleBayelsa Guber: Commisioner Tasks Ogbias To Unite
Ahead of the November 16 governorship election in Bayelsa State, the people of Ogbia Local Government Area have been advised to move in one direction in order to maximise their electoral value....
View ArticleCBN Disburses N16.4m To 97 Cotton Farmers In Edo
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) last Wednesday distributed farm inputs and started the disbursement of N16.4 million loan to cotton farmers in Edo. “Ninety seven farmers are expected to benefit from...
View ArticleWe’ve Raised 6,659 Entrepreneurs In Bayelsa, Delta -SPDC
The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) says it has raised some 6,659 entrepreneurs from its gas fields in Bayelsa and Delta from 2003 till date. General Manager, External Relations at SPDC, Mr...
View Article2019: INEC Reviews Rivers Polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it was reviewing the conduct of the 2019 general election in Rivers State as a springboard for finding more effective strategies for...
View ArticleBayelsa Assembly Insists On Pension For Lawmakers
The Bayelsa House of Assembly, says it would engage the services of an insurance firm to ensure pension for members of the 6th assembly in the state. The Speaker, Mr Tonye Isenah, made the disclosure...
View Article‘I Acquired Guns To Protect Myself – Student
The efforts of the Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Zana Akpagu, to rid the institution of cultism got a huge boost as the varsity security arrested a level 400 student of Medicine...
View ArticleManslaughter: Court Sentences Man To Life Imprisonment
A high court sitting in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State last Wednesday sentenced one Utibe Ita to life imprisonment for killing his father. It was gathered from the accused’s...
View ArticleOgoni Raids: Go After Criminals, MOSOP Urges JTF …As Ndigbara Denies...
Following the ongoing operations in some Ogoni communities by men of the Joint Military Task Force, in which innocent lives and property have been allegedly lost, the Movement for the Survival of the...
View ArticleMan Killed Over Street Trading In C’River
In an attempt to enforce the ban on roadside trading, the Department of Public Transportation (DOPT) of the Cross River State Government, at the weekend allegedly chased a shoe seller at Calabar Road...
View ArticleJonathan Eulogises Okara, Tasks Writers On Nation Building
Nigerian former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, has urged journalists and writers to lend their creative energy toward promoting justice and equity as a means of building a nation of hope for all....
View ArticleMinimum Wage: Delta HoS Tasks Workers On Productivity
Head of Delta State Civil Service (HoS), Mr Reginald Bayoko, has charged the 51,000 workers of the state public service to redouble their efforts and increase their productivity to justify the payment...
View ArticleEdo Partners World Bank, Dangote, To Support Women Entrepreneurs
The Edo Government at the weekend said it was collaborating with the World Bank, Dangote Foundation and other institutions to create special window aimed at supporting women entrepreneurs in the...
View ArticleRivers Police Rescue 4 Kidnapped Corps Members, 2 Others
Rivers State Police Command said it has rescued four members of the National Youth Corps (NYSC), abducted while returning from Lagos to Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The victims and two other passengers...
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