C’ River Embarks On Systematic Land Registration
The Cross River State Government in collaboration with Growth and Employment in States (GEMs3) programmes has embarked on a Systematic Land Tilting and Registration (SLTR) operation in Akim, Edim Otop,...
View ArticleOshiomhole Alleges Plot To Destabilise Edo
The Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has alleged that the current political crisis in his state was part of the plan by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), to destabilise the state ahead...
View ArticleHOS Assures Personnel Managers Of Support
The Cross River State Head of Service, Mrs Mary-Theresa Ikwen, has lauded the steps being taken by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM) to professionalise personnel...
View ArticleAkpabio Condemns Criticisms Over Siting Of Federal Polytechnic
The Akwa Ibom State Gov ernor, Chief Godswill Akpabio has decried an attempt to politicise the establishment of the new federal polytechnic in his country home, Ukana in Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District...
View ArticleGovs, Stakeholders Seek Replacement For Minister’s Seat
South-South governors and stakeholders will tomorrow meet in Calabar, Cross River State to choose a replacement to the newly appointed Minister of the Niger Delta, Dr. Steve Oru. Before his appointment...
View Article2015:Imoke Declines To Seek Elective Office
Cross River State Gover nor, Senator Liyel Imoke has reilerated his decision not to seek any elective office in 2015. Speaking at a public lecture organised by Destiny Group to mark his 53rd birthday...
View ArticleMinister Canvasses Support For N’Delta Dev
The new Minister of L-R: Shell Petroleum Development Company Research Adviser on Community Health Department, Dr Atom Udo, Chief Medical Director, Obio Cottage Hospital, Dr Umejiego Chidozie, Dr Alasia...
View ArticleDerivation: ‘Why N’Delta Deserves 18%’
Akwa Ibom State del egates to the National Conference have advised their northern counterparts to adopt the 18 per cent derivation fund recommended by the Consensus Group for oil-producing states. A...
View ArticleDeIta Stops Salary Of 17 Workers
Delta State Government, which has been battling with the menace of ghost workers, has said it has stopped the salaries of 17 of such workers, who were discovered to be drawing N50,000 per month...
View ArticleRain Claims Lives, Deroofs Houses In Edo
Torrential rainfall claimed four lives among whom was an undergraduate . and , destroyed over 50 houses and properties worth millions of naira.in Igarra, headquarters of Akoko-Edo local government...
View ArticleJTF Arrests 11 Oil Thieves
The Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield, has apprehended 11 suspects for stealing 134 drums of petroleum products. The suspects were said to have siphoned the products from a...
View ArticleNEITI Accuses NDDC Of Projects Duplication
Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, received about N593.96 billion between 2007 and 2011. This is contained in the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI’s Fiscal Allocation...
View ArticleAkpabio Identifies Bane Of Nigeria’s Politics
The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, has identified disloyalty, impatience and lack of integrity as major problems of the country. Akpabio, who spoke last Friday when some elders and...
View ArticlePirates Kill Two In Bayelsa
Suspected gunmen last Saturday attacked a passenger boat along the Ogbia and Nembe waterways of Bayelsa State, killing two persons including an aide to the former Commissioner for Information in the...
View ArticleN’Delta: Falae Backs Resource Control
A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation and delegate to the National Conference, Chief Oluyemisi Falae, has thrown his weight behind the Niger Delta region, saying it deserves 100 per...
View ArticlePolice Warn Against Information Hoarding
Hoarding of information by members of the public has been identified as a major challenge in the fight against insecurity in the country. The Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 6, Calabar,...
View ArticleFG Pledges To Assist Edo Flood Victims
The National Emergency Management Agency, has promised that the Federal Government would assist victims’ of the recent flood disaster in Akoko Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, which claimed...
View ArticleUduaghan Charges New NRA Exco On Democracy
Delta State Gover nor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has asked newly-elected executive of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to defend the country’s democracy and uphold the rule of law. In a congratulatory...
View ArticleGroup Warns Against Extension Of IG’s Tenure
The Ijaw Monitoring Group, IMG, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan not to elongate the tenure of incumbent Inspector-General of Police, IG Muhammed Abubakar, who is statutorily due for retirement...
View ArticleBishops Begin Speical Prayers For Chibok Girls
Bishops from the Niger Delta region, under the aegis of Association of Niger Delta Bishops Incorporated, last Monday said they would commence a three-day prayer session for the kidnapped Chibok girls....
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