NSTIF Boss Calls For Gender Balance In Politics
The Chairman of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSTIF), Dr. Ngozi Olejeme has attributed the low participation of women in politics to the prevailing social and economic regimes as well as the...
View ArticleOshiomhole To Inaugurate 30 EDSOGPADEC Projects
Governor Adams Oshomhole of Edo State would be invited in April to inaugurate 30 projects, including ongoing 10-km road in Oduna ward, Edo State Oil and Gas Producing Areas Development Commission...
View ArticleCommunal Crisis Stalls Nkari Dam Construction In Akwa Ibom
National Deputy President of NUPPPPROW, Comrade John O. Ushie congratulates the Vice President/Chairman South-South zone of NUPPPPROW Comrade Godwin S. Williamson shortly after his election at the...
View ArticleCouncil Chairman Distributes Chairs, Desks To Schools
The Chairman, of Etsako-East Local Government Council of Edo State, Mr Suleiman Afegbua, says that the council has distributed 5,000 chairs and desks to primary schools in the area. Afegbua stated this...
View ArticleCommunal Crisis Stalls Work On Nkari Dam
The Cross River Basin Development Authority (CRBDA) says the protracted communal crisis in Nkari clan stalled the construction of Nkari Dam, a Federal Government project. The General Manager of the...
View ArticleNASS To Partner INEC On Credible Polls
The National Assembly (NASS) is ready to assist the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) with relevant legislation to ensure free, fair and credible elections in 2015, Sen. Obende Domingo (APC- Edo...
View ArticleThe Tide Staff Emerges NUPPPPROW National Vice President
A staff of the Rivers State Newspaper Corporation, publishers of The Tide Newspapers, Comrade Godwin S. Williamson, has emerged the National Vice President/Chairman South South Zone of the National...
View ArticleNutritionist Tasks Mothers On Breast Feeding
An Asaba-based Nutri tionist, Dr Philip Izedome, has stressed the need for adequate breastfeeding by mothers in order to ensure healthy children and check infant mortality. He made the call in an...
View ArticleRumuwoji Market Fire: Reps Promise Succour For Traders
Traders whose goods were razed by fire at Mile One Market, Rumuwoji in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers State last December may be compensated, if the House of Representatives...
View ArticleImoke Allays Investors’ Fears Over Proposed Five-Star Hotel
Ahead of the first quarter of 2015 commissioning deadline, the Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, has charged stakeholders in the hospitality and allied services to brace up to the...
View ArticleAnchor Insurance Declares Dividend To Shareholders
Akwa Ibom State-owned Anchor Insurance Limited has declared a dividend of N2.5k per share for shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2012. This is an increase of 25 per cent over the dividend...
View ArticleCouncil Chairman Donates N8m To Farmers’ Association
The Chairman, Owan East Local Government Council of Edo, Mr Jimoh Ijegbai, has donated the sum of N8 million to Ebira Farmers Association to boost agriculture in the area. Presenting the money to the...
View ArticleOver 20,000 Applicants To Write Immigration Exams, ’Morrow
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has concluded arrangements to conduct aptitude test, on Saturday, March 15, 2014 for applicants seeking employment with the service. The Rivers State Command of...
View ArticleAnioma Leaders Urge NSTIF Boss To Run For Guber
Some leaders and elders from Delta North have assured the Chairman, Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSTIF), Dr. Ngozi Olejeme, that their people will always identify with her quest to bring...
View ArticleLG Boss Reassures Traditional Rulers Of Support
The Executive Chair man of Ogoja Local Government Council, Hon. Rita Agbo Ayim, has reaffirmed her administration’s readiness to create an enabling environment for traditional rulers in the area to...
View ArticleGroup Tasks Youth On Rice Farming
The Bayelsa chapter of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has advised youths to embrace agriculture as part of their contribution towards the fight against unemployment. The South-South...
View ArticleDon Seeks Establishment Of Soil Science Institute
The National President of Soil Science Society of Nigeria, Prof. Victor Chude, has called for the establishment of an institute of soil science in the country. Chude, a professor of Soil Fertility and...
View ArticleLawyer Advocates Gender, Equal Opportunities Law For Women
A Legal Practitioner, Barr. Florence N. Agbiji, has called for the enactment of Gender and Equal Opportunities Law for Women in the state. Barrister Agbiji made the call during a symposium organized by...
View ArticleFG Reassures On Completion Of Skills Centres
The Federal Govern ment has restated its commitment to the completion of the Lots 1-3 of the skill acquisition centres at Iguelaba, Edo, by the end of the year. The Supervising Minister, Ministry of...
View ArticleNavy Destroys 260 Illegal Refineries, Arrests Five Suspects
The Nigerian Navy has destroyed over 260 illegal refineries and apprehended five suspects involved in running the refineries in Warri. Our correspondent who monitored the 8-hour operation inside...
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