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Akpabio Seeks Stakeholders Collaboration To Tackle Flood
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State has called on citizens to join hands with the government and its agencies to tackle flood disasters in the country. Akpabio made the call when he declared...
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Diaspora Lauds A/Ibom Widowhood Law
The Akwa Ibom indigenes in the United Kingdom (UK) have lauded the widowhood law passed by the state government to protect women from the tradition of non-inheritance of their husband’s property. They...
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Oil Theft: JTF Urges Communities’ Support
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, operation ‘Pulo Shield’, has called for the support of community leaders in its efforts to stamp out oil theft in the region. In a statement signed by...
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FG Set To Construct Oban Hills Road
A Conservationists at Cross River National Park, Mr Richard Efa, said the Federal Government had concluded plans to construct access road to the Oban Hills. Efa said in an interview at Akamkpa, near...
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Environmentalist Advocates Massive Tree Planting In Edo
An environmentalist, Mr Festus Ohkemukhokho, has advocated massive planting of trees as a way of checking the menace of erosion in urban and rural communities in Edo State. Ohkemukhokho, who is the...
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Women Protest 35% Affirmative Action In C’River
Over 300 women from Gender and Development Action (GADA) a Non-Governmental Organisation weekend in Calabar took to the Streets with placards blocking the flow of traffic over alleged marginalisation...
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Don Abuses Commission On Credible LG Polls
A university teacher, Dr Eugene Nweke, has urged the Ebonyi State?Independent Electoral?Commission to ensure credible?council polls as scheduled on September 28. Nweke said in Abakaliki on...
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Imo Assures Of Security In Re-run Election
Imo Government has assured of adequate security in the state House of Assembly re-run election scheduled for Saturday in Oguta Local Government Area. Gov. Rochas Okorocha gave the assurance in a press...
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SEMA Wants Residents To Vacate Flood-Prone Areas
The Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has urged people living in low land and other vulnerable areas?to vacate such areas. The Director-General of SEMA, Mr Vincent Aquah, made the...
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NSCDC Impounds Trucks, Arrests 9 Over Fake Products
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has impounded three trucks loaded with adulterated petroleum products and arrested nine suspects in Akwa Ibom State. The State Commandant, NSCDC,...
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NDLEA Arrests 132 Drugs Suspects In Bayelsa
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Bayelsa State on Monday said it arrested 132 suspects and seized 66.4 kilogrammes of drugs between January and June, 2013. The state NDLEA Commander,...
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Council Boss Advises Corps Members To Be Creative
National Youth Service Corps members have been urged to take advantage of Federal and State Government’s programmes targeted at youths and graduates to enable them to embark on agriculture and other...
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Civil Service Indispensable To Good Governance – Imoke
Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has said that the civil service is an indispensable institution for the purpose of running an effective government. This was contained in an address the...
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IFAD Recommends Fish Farm To Create Jobs
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on Sunday advised governments at all levels to replicate the Ekpan fish farm project in Delta State to create jobs in the country. IFAD...
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MD Predicts Food Sufficiency In Four States
The Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority on Wednesday said four states in Southern Nigeria would experience food sufficiency. The Managing Director of the Authority, Mr Lucas Ijasan, in an...
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NDLEA arrests 194, confiscates 23.6kgs of cannabis
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 194 drug suspects and confiscated 23.6 kilogrammes of cannabis and other drugs in nine months in Delta State. The Commandant, NDLEA, Delta...
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Edo Fire Panel Submits Report
The panel constituted by Edo Government to investigate the cause of the fire incident that affected the Ministry of Higher Education has advised against building petrol stations in residential areas...
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Urhobo Leaders Want Dafinone’s Son In Senate
Prominent Urhobo Leaders have called on Chief Ede Dafinone to contest the Delta Central Senatorial election. The leaders, mainly politicians, professionals and businessmen, met in Abuja where they...
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Imoke Justifies Gulf Of Guinea Confab
The First Gulf of Guinea Regional Maritime Awareness Capacity Conference in Calabar will not just transform the sub-zone but build stronger formation among member nations. Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross...
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Delta Trains 875 Drivers In Six Years
The Delta State Commissioner for Transport, Mr Ben Igbakpa, said on Sunday that the State Government trained no fewer than 875 drivers on various driving techniques and adherence to traffic regulations...
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