Senator’s 90 -Yr Old Mother Still In Captivity …Police Nab Five Suspects
Six days after the abduc tion of 90 year old mother of Senator Emmanuel Paulka, the kidnappers are yet to release the old woman, even though Police said five prime suspects had been arrested. The...
View ArticleDefection: Edo Lawmaker Loses Seat
The Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, has declared the seat of the member representing Etsako West Constituency I, Mr. Abdulrazak Momoh, vacant for defecting to Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,...
View Article‘PVC Has Returned Power To Electorate’
Resident Electoral Com missioner in Cross River State, Mr. Mike Igini, last Thursday said the Permanent Voters Card has given back powers to the electorate to decide who their leaders would be in...
View ArticleWife Of Army Chief Hails Mrs Imoke
The wife of the Chief of Army Staff, Mrs. Felly Elimimbha Minimah, has lauded the contributions of the wife of the Cross River State Governor, Mrs. Obioma Liyel Imoke, for building a great nation...
View ArticleDickson Cautions RDA Officers On Service Delivery
Chairmen of the thirty-two Rural Development Authorities in Bayelsa State have been charged to make service delivery to the rural people, their primary responsibility. They have also been told to...
View ArticleINEC Sets Agenda For Elections In C’River
In readiness for the 2015 General Elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Cross River State has organised a meeting to brief stake holders in Calabar. Addressing stakeholders...
View ArticleScholarship: A’Ibom Accuses Amnesty Boss Of Bias
The list of beneficiaries of the Special Scholarship Programme released by the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta has generated controversy, as Akwa Ibom State has kicked...
View ArticleNYSC: Ijaw Youths Reject Posting To North
The Ijaw youths, under the auspices of Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide, have rejected the posting of their graduates to the northern part of Nigeria to undergo the one-year compulsory national service for...
View ArticlePolice Smash Robbery Syndicate In Delta
The police in Delta State said they had broken up a syndicate of armed robbers, burglars and house breakers. The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Celestina Kalu, said in a statement in...
View ArticleHuman Factor, Key To Good Governance -HOS
The Cross River State Head of Service (HOS), Ntunkae (Mrs.) Mary-Theresa Ikwen, has described human factor as the main key to good governance, efficient and effective service delivery, as well as...
View ArticleBoko Haram: Monarchs Urge Insurgents To Embrace Amnesty
Traditional rulers in Bayelsa State have called on members of the Boko Haram sect to sheathe their swords and embrace amnesty like the former militants of the Niger Delta region did. The royal fathers,...
View ArticleDickson Approves N250m For Foreign Scholarships
Governor Seriake Dickson has approved the sum of the sum of N250m to offset the State government’s foreign scholarship obligations in Russia, Malaysia and other parts of the world. This is coming...
View ArticlePensioners Demand Minimum Wage From FG
Pensioners in the five states of the South South geo-political zones have expressed displeasure over the delayed in the harmonizations of the 18 per cent increase by some governments. Rising from...
View ArticleDelta Designates Seven Ebola Isolation Centres
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State, has announced the designation of seven hospitals as isolation centres for identified cases of Ebola disease in the state. Speaking at a meeting of the...
View ArticleEbola: Navy Begins Sensitisation, As Bayelsa Inaugurates Committee
Bayelsa state government at the weekend established a 13-man taskforce to map out strategies of preventing the spread of the Ebola virus. The development came shortly after the Central Naval Command...
View ArticleYouths Seek New Spirit Of Liberation
Ijaw Youthsf have called for the rebirth of fallen heroes of the Niger Delta struggle, particularly Isaac Boro and Ken Saro-Wiwa for achieving the liberation of the region’s people from “slavery” in...
View ArticleMonarch, Son Die In Auto Crash
The Obi of Issele-Uku in Delta State, Henry Ezeagwunam and his son, Sunny Ofili, Special Adviser to the Governor of Delta State on Information and Communication Technology, were killed in an accident...
View ArticleIgbinedion Visits Oshiomhole
The Esama of Benin Kingdom, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, held a closed door meeting with Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, last Thursday. Igbinedion, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),...
View ArticleD-G Assures Corps Members Of Security In Delta
The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Johnson Olawunmi, has assured corps members participating in the conduct of the forthcoming council elections in Delta State of...
View ArticleGroup Lauds NAFDAC Over Water Testing
Owners of water packaging outfits in Benin, the Edo State capital, have commended the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) for its national water quality testing...
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