Edo Trains 350 Graduates On Extension Services
The Commissioner for Agriculture in Edo State, Mr Abdul Oroh, said that 350 graduates in the state had been trained in agriculture extension services under the Edo State Youth Employment Services...
View ArticleMD Gets Grand Defender Award
The Association of Unemployed Graduates in Niger Delta has presented the Grand Defender of Unemployed Niger Delta Award to the Executive Officer of Building Concept Limited, Chief Hinks Dumbo. The...
View ArticleLG Alleges Neglect, Lack of Infrastructure
The Ibaka community in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom has accused the state government of neglect, saying the area has remained without any infrastructure for many years. A spokesman for the...
View ArticleStatistician Seeks Support for Niger Delta Dev
The Financial Secretary of the Nigeria Statistical Association, Mr. Fidelis Adaka has called on oil companies and other companies operating in the Niger Delta region to collaborate with the government...
View ArticleLG Tasks FG On Water Project Completion
Residents of Agbede community in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo have appealed to the Federal Government to complete the damming of River Akele to end the age-long water scarcity in the...
View ArticleBayelsa Laments Impact Of ‘Strange’ Gas Flare
Residents around Shell’s new gas field in Opollo Epie, have bemoaned the negative effects of ground-level gas flares into the atmosphere. Ms Sabina Yibowei, who resides along the Tombia-Amasoma road in...
View ArticlePDP Caucus Unites To Boost Party’s Fortunes In 2015
Leaders of the Peoples’ Democratic Party in the South South geo-political zone have resolved to put their differences aside and put their house in order ahead of the 2015 general elections in the...
View ArticlePirates Release Kidnapped Expatriates In N’Delta
Pirates have released five Polish and Russian crew members they kidnapped from a cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria last month, the vessel’s management company said yesterday. The hostages were taken...
View ArticleUduaghan Tasks Electoral Body On LG Polls
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has charged the State Independent Electoral Commission (DSEIC) to produce modalities for conducting local government elections in the state. Uduaghan gave the...
View ArticleIPMAN Appeals For Kerosene Supply To Calabar Depot
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has called for the supply of kerosene to Calabar depot comprising Cross River, Akwa Ibom and some parts of North East. The Calabar...
View ArticleUS,Set To Partner N’ Delta On Dev
The American government has expressed concern and interest on what the future holds for the Niger Delta region of Nigeria and the impacts 2015 will create, especially on security issues The Consul...
View ArticleICPC Lauds Imoke On Fiscal Discipline
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has commended Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State for enthroning fiscal discipline in the management of the State’s...
View ArticleNACA Lists Obstacles To HIV/AIDS Eradication
The Director General of National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Professor John Idoko has identified four factors hampering effective fight against HIV in the country. ? Idoko who made the...
View ArticleDickson Advocates Special Incentives For Diligent Officers
Bayelsa State governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson has said that no greater incentive for a dedicated and loyal officer either in military or public service is better than the reward of giving promotion to...
View ArticlePirates Invade Bayelsa Sea Routes
Hoodlums suspected to be pirates have taken over most Bayelsa State sea routes unchallenged, with some of them attacking and robbing no fewer than 80 boat passengers travelling along...
View ArticleBoard Blames Teachers For Fallen Standards
The agonising falling standard in education in Cross River State especially, at the primary and secondary school levels is majorly attributable to the lack or little capacity of the teachers at that...
View ArticleChina Plans Truck Plant In Calabar
A Chinese trade delegation on a visit to Cross River State has said it planned to open a truck manufacturing plant within Calabar Free Trade Zone. Leader of delegation and Deputy Mayor of Chang Chun...
View ArticleJesse Jackson Admonishes On Service, Equality
American Black rights activist and Baptist Minister, Rev Jesse Jackson, says Nigeria will not know peace until there is economic justice, avoidance of greed, ethnicity and jealousy which according to...
View ArticleMinister Seeks More Land For Irrigation
Minister of Water Resources, Mrs Sarah Ochekpe, has appealed to the Edo Government to provide more land for irrigation farming in the state. Ochekpe made the appeal in Benin on Tuesday when she led a...
View ArticleDickson Urges Bayelsa Abroad To Return
Bayelsa State indigenes in Diaspora have been urged to invest in the state to harness the enormous potential in the various sectors of the economy. Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa made the call on...
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