100 Niger Delta Youths Train On ICT
No fewer than 100 Niger Delta youths in Calabar have graduated from the Youth Empowerment Centre. The youth were trained on how to assemble phones, I-Pads and other information technology gadgets. The...
View ArticleBayelsa Explains Persistent Power Outage
Parts of Bayelsa State, which include Ogbia, Nembe and sections of Southern Ijaw local government areas, which have been without electricity for almost a year will have to endure much longer until...
View ArticleDelta Sets Up Taskforce To Regulate Herdsmen
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta has constituted a taskforce to regulate the activities of herdsmen in the state. Our correspondent reports that the decision was taken last Wednesday at the state’s...
View ArticleMotorists Want FRSC To Remove Broken Down Vehicles
Some motorists in Uyo have called on the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to always remove broken down vehicles from the highways to avert road accidents. Reacting to a ghastly accident involving...
View ArticleEnvironmentalist Applauds Reps For Investigating Oil Spills
An environmentalist, Mr Alagoa Morris, has applauded the House of Representatives for investigating the incessant oil spill in Ikarama community of Bayelsa. Morris gave the commendation in an interview...
View ArticleOptometrist Cautions Nigerians Against Roadside Glasses
A former President, Nige rian Optometric Association (NOA), Dr Uduak Udom, has cautioned visually impaired persons against patronising quacks. Udom, an eye specialist, told newsmen in Uyo that...
View ArticleCouncil Scribe Hails NGO’s Empowerment Initiative
The Secretary of Ogoja Local Government in Cross River, Mr James Aninege, has commended an NGO, Foundation for Destiny Transformation, for its youths’ empowerment programmes in the council. Aninege...
View ArticleNDLEA Arrests 92 Drug Suspects In A’Ibom
Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke (right), receiving an Ipad made in Calabar phone and Ipad Assembling plant from the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Arch. Darius Ishaku (middle), during...
View ArticleBayelsa Plans Reforms To Reposition LGAs
The Bayelsa State Gov ernment has said that it will carry out reforms in the local government system to ensure effective service delivery in line with its restoration agenda. The newly-appointed...
View ArticleWoman In Court For Reckless Driving
A 35 year-old woman was arraigned recently at the Asaba Magistrates’ District Court for reckless driving. Eboma Augustina was charged for reckless driving at the Asaba/Benin expressway, hitting the...
View ArticleC’River Speaker To Contest Governorship Election
The Speaker, Cross River House of Assembly (CRHA), Mr Larry Odey, says he will contest the 2015 governorship election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party if he scales through the party,...
View ArticleMrs Uduaghan Advises Journalists On Objectivity, Unity
Wife of Delta State Governor, Mrs Roli Uduaghan, has advised Nigerian journalists to be objective and promote the country’s unity in their reportage. Uduaghan gave the advice in Asaba during a prayer...
View ArticleEdo Rainstorm Victims Get N10m, Relief Materials
The Edo Government has presented N10 million cheque to 268 victims of Ozalla rainstorm in Owan West Local Government Area of the state. The victims were also presented with relief materials such as...
View ArticleNo Crack In Akwa Ibom PDP – State Chairman
The Akwa Ibom State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Paul Ekpo, says there is no crack in the state’s party structure .Ekpo disclosed this to newsmen in Uyo shortly after the...
View ArticleOil Theft: JTF Seizes Vessel, Arrests Crewmen In Bayelsa
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield, has announced the seizure of a vessel laden with 1,000 litres of suspected stolen crude. According to a statement signed by Lt.-Col...
View ArticleNyanya Blast: NMA Wants Forensic Identification Of Victims
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called for forensic identification of victims of explosion at Nyanya motor park in Abuja which killed 75 persons and injured many others. The association made...
View ArticleDickson Harps On Community Dev Law
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has attributed the incessant breakdown of law and order in rural communities in the state to lack of administration laws. Dickson stated this while...
View ArticleCrises: Cleric Urges Nigerians To Seek God’s Help
The Chancellor, Christ Ambassador Universal Council of The Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, Rev. Uche Raymond, has called on Nigerians to seek God’s help as the only way out of the current crises in...
View ArticleLong-Serving Lawmakers, Assets To Nigeria’s Legislature — Ndoma-Egba
Senate Leader Victor Ndoma-Egba has called for continuity in the leadership of the National Assembly, saying long-serving lawmakers were valuable assets to Nigeria’s legislature. Ndoma-Egba told...
View ArticleDame Amaechi Hails RSBC Over Easter Choral Festival
The wife of Rivers State Governor, Dame Judith Amaechi has lauded the management and staff of Rivers State Broadcasting Corporation (RSBC) for the successful hosting of their 11th Edition of Easter...
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