Delta Draws New Scheme Of Work For Schools
Delta State Government has come up with a new scheme of work for primary and secondary schools in the state. Speaking at the opening ceremony, the state Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education,...
View ArticleCommissioner Commiserates With Windstorm Victims
The Cross River State Commissioner for Information, Chief Akin Ricketts, has commiserated with victims of last week windstorm that led to the collapse of the Telecommunication mast that claimed the...
View ArticleCBN Cashless Policy Takes Off In A’Ibom, July
The Central Bank of Ni geria (CBN) says its cashless policy will take off in Akwa Ibom State with effect from July 1. The Acting Governor of CBN, Dr Sarah Alade, disclosed this at a three-day...
View ArticleImoke Tasks Navy On Calabar Referral Hospital
The Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, has charged the Nigerian Navy to ensure that the Naval Referral Hospital in Calabar, which construction began about 35 years ago is completed and...
View ArticleC’ River Youth Urged To Form Cooperatives
Youth in Cross River State have been urged to form co-operative societies to enable them access the N400 million loan floated in the state by the Bank of Agriculture (BoA). The Special Adviser to the...
View ArticleOil: JTF Calls For Establishment Of Special Courts
The Joint Task Force (JTF), charged with the protection of oil installations and preventing oil theft in the Niger Delta, has called for the establishment of special courts to ensure speedy trial of...
View ArticleNYSC Boss Admonishes Corps Members On 2015 Polls
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig. Gen. Johnson Olawunmi, has stated that the scheme in conjunction with the National Electoral Commission (INEC) have arranged for...
View ArticleEdo To Enforce Benin Master Plan
The Edo State Govern ment says it has concluded plans to enforce the original Benin master- plan, in a bid to ensure proper planning of state capital. The Edo Commissioner for Housing and Urban...
View ArticleExpert Tasks Tax Administrators On New Strategies
A tax expert, Mr Anthony Azubuike, has advised tax administrators to evolve new strategies to improve efficiency in tax administration. He specifically charged tax administrators to adopt strategic...
View ArticleImoke Inaugurates Committee On Reforms
As part of strategy to strengthen governance for effective and efficient service delivery among the three arms of government, the Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, has inaugurated the...
View ArticlePENGASSAN Lauds C’River On Tourism Dev
Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), has lauded Cross River State Government for initiating a world-class conference facility which will serve as an iconic event...
View ArticleOshiomhole Commissions Dawson-Uselu Road
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has inaugurated the 8-kilometre Dawson-Urubi-Uselu road expansion in Benin. Oshiomhole said the project was part of the government’s urban renewal programme to...
View ArticleBayelsa Assembly Gives Banks Ultimatum To Refund N26bn
The Bayelsa State House of Assembly has given commercial banks in the state 30 days to refund N26 billion excess charges and deductions from the state government accounts. The order followed the...
View ArticleA/Ibom Needs N65b To Complete Ukanafun, Oruk Anam Roads
Govervor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom says his administration needs about N65 billion to construct roads in the Ukanafun/Oruk Anam Federal Constituency in the state. Akpabio made the announcement at...
View ArticleAssembly Supports Autonomy For Judiciary
The Delta House of Assembly has unanimously supported autonomy for the judicial arm of government, as it resumed debate on the Judiciary Financial Autonomy Bill. The bill, sponsored by the executive...
View ArticleEdo Teachers Dire Govt Over Competency Test
The Edo State Chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) has said that its members would not seat for any competency test conducted by the state government. The Chairman of the chapter, Mr Mike...
View ArticleCRSG Harmonises Pension Scheme Of Retirees
In its avowed commitment to the welfare of its citizenry, the Cross River State Government has taken a bold step by harmonising the pension emoluments of both old and new retirees in the state. To this...
View ArticleHOS Wants Moribund Adult Education Centres Revived
The Agency for Adult and Non-Formal Education in the Cross River State has been advised to take steps towards the actualisation of the millennium goals on education for all by the year 2015. The Head...
View ArticleNDDC Commissions NYSC Otuoke Lodge, Soon
An ultra-modern lodge built by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), for members of the National Youth Service Corps NYSC, in Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has been...
View ArticleSenate To Pass Bill On Sexual Violence, Harassment
The chairman, Senate Committee on Women Affairs and Youths Matters, Senator Helen Esuene, has said that the bill on sexual violence and harassment against women would soon be passed by the Senate....
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