Gov Advocates Petroleum Downstream Sector Liberalisation
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has advocated the liberalisation of the petroleum downstream sector to regulate the cost paid by the public for petroleum products. Emmanuel, who stated this...
View ArticleFRSC Takes Safety Advocacy To Hotels
The Edo Sector Command, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has attributed the delay in evacuation of crashed trucks from accident scenes in the state to lack of logistics. The Sector Commander, Mr...
View ArticleNDE Trains 50 Women In Rivers
The Rivers State Coordinator of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Mr Nnamdi Asomugha, says the directorate has commenced the training of 50 women in beads making and other decorative...
View ArticleChurch Opens Evangelical School, Soon
In response to series of demands for the training of true evangelists across the country, the Diocese of Calabar Anglican Communion has concluded arrangements to establish an evangelical school next...
View ArticleBeauty Queen Vows To Fight Endometriosis
The newly-crowned Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2015, Beauty Pageant Miss Unoaku Anyadike, says she will devote her reign as a Beauty Queen to creating awareness of the dangers of endometriosis in...
View ArticleEducationist Decries Policy Inconsistencies
An educationist, Mr Henson Oduware, has blamed the falling standard of the country’s education on inconsistency in the implementation of policies initiated by various administrations. Oduware said in...
View ArticleOkowa Pledges Quality Education In Delta
The Governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, says that his administration is committed to improving quality of education in the state. The governor made the pledge at the Annual National Conference...
View ArticleC’River Lauds UN Health Support
The Deputy Governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ivara Ejemot Esu, has lauded the contributions of the United Nations agencies in the state towards the overall health and social development programmes...
View ArticleDickson Tasks Office Holders On Service Delivery
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has called on people occupying positions of public trust in the country to endeavour to do what is right, fair and good in exercising the authority at their...
View ArticleUpsurge In Crime Worries Bishop
General Overseer of Christian Central Chapel International, Calabar, Bishop Emmah Isong, has decried the high level of armed robbery and general insecurity in parts of Calabar metropolis. Isong said...
View ArticleEdo’s FADAMA Empowers 33, 000 Farmers, Disburses N45.8m
The Edo State Fadama III has empowered 33,000 fish, crop, and livestock farmers across the state, Mr Edward Izevbigie, the state Project Coordinator has said. Izevbigie told newsmen in Benin that the...
View ArticleA’Ibom To Recruit 10, 000 Youth For Agric Jobs
Akwa Ibom State government will recruit 10,000 youths in the agriculture to sustain the ongoing revolution in the sector in the state, Governor Udom Emmanuel has announced. The governor made the...
View ArticleSuper Highway: German’s Quality Control Experts Arrive C’River
Barely two weeks after President Muhammadu Buhari flagged off the construction of the 260km superhighway in Cross River, German quality control experts have arrived the state capital to ensure strict...
View ArticleBrace Up For Economic Realities, Dickson Tells Bayelsans
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for disclosing the economic status of the country, just as he urged the people of the state to brace up for the...
View ArticleUNICEF Votes N4m For C’River Communities
The United Nations Childrens’ Fund (UNICEF), has earmarked a budget estimate of N4 million to reach riverine communities in Cross River State in her forthcoming measles immunisation exercise. UNICEF’s...
View ArticleGroup Advocates Procurement Law Against Corruption
The African Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) on Tuesday said effective implementation of the procurement law could checkmate corruption in...
View ArticleDisqualification: VC Aspirant Sues UNIUYO
A Vice Chancellor aspirant in University of Uyo, Prof. Effiong Johnson, has challenged his disqualification by the Governing Council at the Federal High Court. Johnson, who is a former Dean of Students...
View ArticleBayelsa Polls: Civil Society Groups Back Dickson
Governor Seriake Dickson’s re-election bid received a boost recently as over 400 coalition of Non Governmental Organisations and civil society groups mobilized support for him at a mega rally tagged...
View ArticleKukah Makes Case For Noble Politics
The Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. Matthew Kukah, has commended Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State for his numerous efforts to speed up the development of the state in the past 18 months....
View ArticleN’Delta Wetland in Danger …Don Raises Alarm
A lecturer in the Department of Estate Management, Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST), Dr. Victor A. Akujuru, has raised alarm over the impending catastrophe brought about by the...
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