LG Gets Palliative From Edo Govt
Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo State, yesterday took delivery of some foodstuffs from the State Government for onward distribution to the vulnerable persons in the area. Our correspondent...
View ArticleAyade Orders Civil Servants Back To Work, Extends Lockdown
The Governor of Cross River state, Ben Ayade, has directed that all civil servants in the state from Grade Level 10 and above should resume work today even as he further extends the lockdown by another...
View ArticleRIWAMA Boss Applauds Rivers People For Peaceful Easter Celebration
The Sole Administrator of the Rivers State Waste Management Agency (RIWAMA), Bro Felix Obuah has applauded the peaceful celebration of Easter across the 23 Local Government Areas in addition to strict...
View ArticleCRSG Set To Monitor Prices Of Foodstuffs
All is now set by the Cross River State Government to monitor the price/sales of consumer products so as to prevent consumers from unnecessarily being exploited by middlemen taking undue advantage of...
View ArticleCOVID-19: Expert Berates Multinationals Over Host Communities’ Neglect
Foremost Environmentalist and Educationist, Engineer OluAndah Wai-Ogosu has berated multinationals and other IOCs operating in Rivers State, particularly in Onne in Eleme Local Government Area over...
View ArticleMonarchs Threaten To Sack Oil Firms Over NDDC Royalty
Royal fathers under the aegis of Traditional Rulers of Oil Producing Communities in Nigeria (TROMPCON) have called on oil companies operating in the region to remit their three percent contributions to...
View ArticleCovid-19: PDP Charges Edo To Increase Testing Of Residents
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, has urged the state government to undertake massive testing of citizens to forestall more spread of the disease in the state. The State Chairman of the...
View ArticleDelta Distributes Palliatives Soon, Targets Indigent Citizens
Delta State Government says it will begin food distribution to residents before the week runs out to cushion the effect of the 14 days lockdown, occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. Chief Press...
View ArticleUNICAL ASUU Donates Sanitisers To CRSG
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Calabar branch has donated no fewer than two hundred (200) litres of hand sanitisers to the Cross River State Government. Chairman of the...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Stakeholders Strategise On Palliatives For Women
A Niger Delta-based non-governmental organisation, Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Centre, has challenged critical stakeholders to perfect strategies to ensure that no one is left behind as...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Fight: OPM Donates Ambulance To RSG
In a bid to support the fight against the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in Rivers State, Omega Power Ministries (OPM), has donated a life support ambulance to the Rivers State Government. Making the...
View ArticleC’River Raises N900m From LG Coffers To Fight Pandemic
About N900million is to be raised by 18 local governments areas in Cross River State to assist state government intensify the fight against the spread of COVID-19, which has eliminated many around the...
View ArticleCOVID-19: Monarch Inaugurates Palliative Committee
In a bid to cushion the effect of the lockdown ordered by the state and federal governments to contain the spread of the dreaded Coronavirus pandemic, the Amanyanabo of Abonnema, King Disrael Gbobo...
View ArticleCOVID-19: Mixed Reactions Greet Delta Lockdown Extension
Hundreds of women and youths in Sapele, Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State yesterday, peacefully protested against the extension of the lockdown order by Governor Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa. The...
View ArticleCOVID 19: Groups Commence Distribution Of Foodstuffs To Widows
As part of effort to cushion the effect of coronavirus pandemic in the state, the Civil Society Platform and Volunteers of World Health Organization (WHO) Rivers State Chapter have concluded...
View ArticleCOVID-19: Edo Seeks Collective Efforts Against Spread
The Edo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Patrick Okundia has solicited the support of all residents in curtailing the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), noting that the state has recorded steady...
View ArticleCOVID-19: Foundation Distributes Palliatives In Rivers
The O.B. Lulu Briggs Foundation has begun the distribution of 5,000 bags of rice and 5,000 bottles of 500ml hand sanitizers to communities in Rivers State. This is the first phase of its intervention...
View ArticlePalliatives: Rivers Indigenes Accuse NIMASA Of Selective Distribution
A group of Rivers State indigenes, under the aegis of Rivers Peoples Alliance, has raised concerns over plans by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, to deliver Covid-19...
View ArticleCOVID19: Rivers LGA Palliative Committee Assures Transparency
The Chairman COVID-19 Palliative Committee in Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State, Hon Ubile Jack, says the committee will reach all communities and vulnerable persons in the area. Hon...
View ArticlePolice Nab Robbery Suspect On Wanted List In Delta
The Delta State Police Command has arrested a notorious armed robbery suspect, Iwebunor Onyebuolise, over the killing of a drug dealer in Ogwashi-Uku, Aniocha South Local Government Area of the state....
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