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Minister Reassures On East-West Road Completion
The Federal Govern ment has reiterated its commitment to complete the 338-kilometre dual carriage East-West Road project by the first quarter of 2016. The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Dr. Stephen...
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Collapsed Building Kills Two Brothers, House Maid
Edo State Chairman of the Youth Sports Federation of Nigeria (YSFON) Osamudiamwen Osagiede weekend lost two sons and a housemaid in a collapsed building in Edo State. Reports had it that the victims...
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ECOWAS Charges Imoke On Poverty Elevation
President of the Eco nomic Community of West Africa Commission, Mr. Kadre Ouedraogo, has urged the Cross River State Governor Liyel Imoke to sustain the fight against extreme poverty. Ouedraogo said...
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Oshiomhole Warns On National Security Politicisation
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has asked politicians to shun the urge to play politics with security matters in the interest of the nation in order to discourage social vices in the country....
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Delta Holds Prayers For Chibok Girls
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State on Wednesday in Asaba warned against using the state of insecurity in the nation to whip up sentiments that could lead to war or civil crisis. Uduaghan gave...
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Communities Threaten Shell Operations Over MoU
Angry communities in Nembe Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, have vowed to shut down operations of Shell Petroleum Development Company over alleged failure to honour the Global Memorandum of...
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Doctors’ Strike Claims Commissioner‘s Brother In Delta
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has lamented the many unnecessary deaths that the ongoing strike by doctors was bringing on the nation. Uduaghen made the lamentation when he visited the...
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Oshiomhole Drops Two Perm Secs For Lateness
The Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, last Thursday swore in 18 new Permanent Secretaries into the state civil service. The Governor, however, did not swear-in two out of the 20 earlier appointed,...
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Arewa Leader Tasks Jonathan On Terrorism
Chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum, South-South/South-East, Alhaji Musa Saidu, has called on the Federal Government to evolve alternative measures to check insurgency in the Northern part of the...
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Kumuyi Explains Visit To S’ South, Predicts Peace
The general superintendent of Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor Withaim F. Kumuyi has predicted an end to the current insecurity challenges in Nigeria. He has also disclosed that his visit to the...
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JTF Commander Demands More Gunboats
Commander of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in Bayelsa, Maj. Gen. Emmanuel Atewe, has appealed to the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah, to provide the command with more...
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Gunmen Kidnap Ex-Gov’s Uncle In Bayelsa
Unknown armed men have kidnapped the 86-year-old uncle of Chief Timipre Sylva, the immediate past governor of Bayelsa State. The victim, identified as Chief Benson Ayerite Adigio-Eseni, a retired army...
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Minister Reassures On East-West Road Delivery
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, , Dr Steve Oru, has re-assured Nigerians that the East-West road would be completed this year, saying, the project is a top priority to the ministry. Oru gave the...
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VC Decries Poor Funding By Donor Agencies
The Vice Chancellor of the Niger Delta University, NDU, Amassoma in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Professor Humphrey Ogoni, has expressed concern over the poor funding of the...
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Police Parade Female Cultist, Robbers In Delta
A 21-year-old lady was among 11 members of a cult group arrested by the police in Asaba while performing their initiation rites. The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Celestina Kalu, who...
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Child Abductors Face Death Sentence In Akwa Ibom
The Akwa Ibom State Gov ernor, Godswill Akpabio, has said that anybody found guilty of abducting a child in the state will face death sentence like a kidnapper under the state Child’s Rights and...
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Ex-TUC Boss Okays Recall Of Sacked Teachers
The immediate past President, Trade Union Congress (TUC), Mr. Peter Esele, has lauded the recent reinstatement of over 900 primary school teachers earlier sacked by the Edo State Governor Adams...
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Kumuyi Begins ‘Uncommon Wonders’ In Uyo, Today
A three-day crusade tagged “Uncommon Wonders with God of Miracles” will open in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, from August 1 to 3, with the General Superintendent of Deeper Life Christian Ministry, Pastor...
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JTF Intensifies Offensive Against Oil Thieves
Operatives of the Joint Military Task Force in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield, have arrested no fewer than eight suspected illegal oil criminals. Also, the operatives intercepted vessels and 32...
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Scientists Demand Emergency Response To Ebola Threat
Member, House of Representatives for Port Harcourt Constituency 2, Hon. Blessing Nsiegbe represented by Mrs Doris Ejegwu (left), presenting a gift to Alhaji Aribiton Okiri on behalf of Muslim women...
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