Edo, Delta Top Human Trafficking Cases- Statistics
Statistics have shown that Edo and Delta States have the highest number of persons trafficked out of the country. The zonal Commander of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in...
View ArticleEdo Records 83 Deaths In Road Crashes
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), yesterday said no fewer than 83 persons died in road accidents in Edo between January and May, 2019. The corps Commander in the state, Mr Anthony Oko made this...
View ArticleFG Tasks Youths On Amnesty Scholarships
Niger Delta youths offered scholarships on compassionate grounds through the Presidential Amnesty Programme to study in universities across the country have been asked not to abuse the privilege....
View ArticleUNHCR Commends C’River Support For Refugees
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has lauded the Ayade-led Government of Cross River State for its support towards ameliorating the plight of refugees in the state. UNHCR’s Senior...
View ArticleBayelsa: PDP Stakeholders Look To Agbedi As Consensus Candidate
Ahead of the governorship primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, stakeholders have begun to mount pressure on the party to adopt House of Representatives member, representing...
View ArticleBayelsa Protesters Want Brambaifa As Substantive NDDC MD
Bayelsa State elders and youths have vowed to continue their protest last Monday until the Presidency confirms the Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Prof. Nelson...
View ArticleGroups Call For More Commitment From HYPREP On Ogoni Clean-Up
Some civil society organisations (CSOs) and other strategic stakeholders have called on the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) to demonstrate more commitment and openness in the...
View ArticleBayelsa Farmers Take Delivery Of Ayade Rice Seedlings
The first batch of Cross River Rice Seedlings for the South South zone has arrived Bayelsa State. The first truck load of rice seedlings is part of the N3 billion order placed by the Rice Farmers’...
View ArticleTruck Driver Commits Suicide In Bayelsa
A 45 year-old-man, described as a truck driver has hanged himself inside his room at Etegwe community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The Tide learnt that the man, identified as...
View ArticleNiger Delta Leaders Want Adequate Funding Of Amnesty Programme
Niger Delta leaders have urged the Federal Government to adequately fund and sustain the Presidential Amnesty Programme to maintain peace and fast-track development in the region. While reviewing the...
View ArticleEdo Flood VictimsTake Refuge In Church
Some victims of flood in Benin, Edo are taking refuge in the Christ Apostolic Church of God Mission, a church within the neighbourhood where the disaster happened on June 24. The victims were residing...
View ArticleEdo, Delta Top In Human Trafficking, Says NAPTIP
Zonal Commander, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) Benin zone, Nduka Nwenwene has declared that Edo and Delta States have the highest number of those trafficked out...
View ArticleChurch Leaders Move To Restore Peace In Ogoni
As part of measures towards restoring sustainable peace in Ogoni land, church leaders under the aegis of, Ogoni Church Leaders and Elders Council has urged all stakeholders in Ogoni and warring...
View ArticleMan In Court For Assaulting Police Officer In Osun
A 34-year-old man, Fatai, yesterday was arraigned in an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly assaulting a police officer. Fatai is facing three counts of assault, malicious damage and unlawful...
View ArticleCourt Remands Man For Beheading Wife
An Ado Ekiti Magistrate’s Court yesterday remanded a 23-year-old man, Yusuf Mohammed, in prison custody over the alleged murder of his wife, 14-year-old Safiat Yakubu. The Magistrate, Mrs Kehinde...
View ArticleOgoda Community Gets New Chiefs, CDC
After many years of tussle, Ogoda Community in Ahoada West Local Government Area has installed new chiefs and a Community Development Committee (CDC). The new eight community chiefs emerged from family...
View ArticleEvo Assembly Lauds Wike Over Chinda’s Election
A social group, known as Evo Assembly in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State says, the election of House of Representatives, member representing Obio/Akpor Federal Constituency, Hon....
View Article450 Delegates To Elect INC Executives, Tomorrow
Some 450 delegates nominated from all Ijaw clans and chapters across the country as well as in the Diaspora will tomorrow converge at the Ijaw House in Yenagoa to elect new executives of Ijaw National...
View ArticlePolice Nab 53 Suspected Cultists In Anambra
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested 53 persons suspected to be cultists, during a raid of criminal hideouts in the State. The Public Relations Officer of the state police command, SP Haruna...
View ArticleNavy Arrest Five Suspected Oil Vandals In Rivers
The Nigerian Navy has said it arrested in Rivers state five suspected oil thieves, who specialise in vandalising oil pipelines and stealing petroleum products. According to our correspondent, Capt....
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