Boko Haram: Youths Want FG To Declare War
As individuals and groups suggest various ways of tackling the Boko Haram debacle that has unleashed so much terror on innocent Nigerians, youths in the Niger Delta have expressed the view that...
View ArticleCommissioner Tasks Youths On 2015 Polls
The Rivers State Com missioner for Information and Communications Mrs Ibim Semenitari has tasked youths of Eastern Niger Delta to give a charter of demands to politicians who will seek their votes in...
View ArticleAnglicans Rate Amaechi High On Education
The Ecclesiastical Prov ince of Niger Delta North Diocese has rated the administration of Governor Amaechi high in the provision of educational infrastructure to the state. A communiqué at the end of...
View ArticleJonathan Assures Private Institutions Of Infrastructure
President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed the Federal Government’s readiness to provide private institutions with infrastructure. Jonathan stated this recently at the ground breaking ceremony of the...
View ArticleOil theft: Army Chief Commends JTF
The Chief of Training and Operation (CTOP), Defence Headquarters, Maj. Gen.- Ebibowei Awala, has commended the Joint Task Force (JTF) for its determination to stamp out oil theft in the Niger Delta....
View ArticleNDDC Reassures On Speedy Completion Of Projects
The Managing Direc tor of the Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC), Barr. Bassey Dan-Abia, has re-stated the resolve of the agency to ensure that all its projects in the Niger Delta have the...
View ArticleProstitute Loses Eyes To Ritualists, Boy Saved
A young lady believed to be a sex-worker is now battling with blindness following the gouging out of her two eyes by suspected ritualists. The incident happened around the Bayelsa Palm road, while the...
View ArticleFarmer Advises Delta On Oil Programme
An oil palm tree farmer, Mr Philip Okolie, has called on state and local governments in Delta State to invest in the cultivation of the cash crop towards achieving its “Delta Beyond Oil’’ initiative....
View ArticleCollege Assures Host Community Of Land Compensation
Provost, Bayelsa College of Health Technology, Otuogidi in Ogbia Local Government Area, Dr Teddy Charles, has assured the institution’s host community that land compensation would be paid soon....
View ArticleFoundation Boosts C’River Economy With $1m
The economy of Cross River State has been boosted with a cash prize of $1 million by the Bill and Belinda Gates Grant foundation for emerging as the best performing state in the South-South...
View ArticleGovernor’s Pension: A’Ibom Explains Repeal Of Law
Akwa Ibom Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General, Mr Ekpenyong Ntekim, says the state government decided to repeal the governor’s pension law 2014 in deference to public outcry. Ntekim, who gave...
View ArticleUduaghan Seeks Synergy On Fight Against Terrorism
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has restated the need for collaborative action in the fight against terrorism in the country. Speaking when a team of Foreign Defence Advisers and Attaches to...
View ArticleReps Recognise Agbokim Waterfront As Heritage Site
The House of Repre sentatives has pledged to spearhead the presentation of Agbokim Waterfalls in Etung Local Government Area of Cross River State as a heritage centre in the country. Interacting with...
View ArticleNGO Urges More Awareness On Cancer
Executive Director, Women Health and Action Research Centre (WHARC), Prof. Friday Okonofua, has called on the government to create more awareness on cancers, their risk factors and prevention....
View ArticleAuto Crash Claims Four In C’River
At least four persons lost their lives while several others were injured when a trailer loaded with cement and a Volkswagen Gulf Car crashed into residential buildings at Orida community, about two...
View ArticleMonarch Warns On Political Crisis In Edo
The Oba of Benin, Omo n’Oba Erediauwa, has waded into the crisis rocking the Edo State House of Assembly, urging the political actors to allow peace to reign in the state. The Oba told the politicians...
View ArticleDirectorate Graduates 300 Trainees In C’River
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE), said its Graduates Attachment Programme (GAP) had trained 300 graduates in Cross River from inception in 2006 to date. The Coordinator of the directorate...
View ArticleCommissioner Explains Repeal Of Pension Law
Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General, Mr Ekpenyong Ntekim, says the state government decided to repeal the governor’s pension law 2014 in deference to public outcry. Ntekim,...
View ArticleAkpabio Signs New Pension Bill Into Law
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, has signed the amended version of the controversial ‘Akwa Ibom State Governors and Deputy Governors Pension Bill’ into law. The bill had drawn wide...
View ArticlePolice Deny Boko Haram’s Presence In Aba
The Police in Aba, Abia State have debunked rumour of the infiltration of some members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect into the city. The rumour which spread last week had it that members of the sect...
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