Calabar Monarch Assures Corps Members Of Safety
The Obong of Calabar, His Eminence, Ekpo Abasi-Otu V, has assured National Youth Service (NYSC) corps members serving in Cross River of adequate security during and after their service year. Abasi-Otu...
View ArticleEdo: Dangote Visits Crown Prince …Promises More Investments
The President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has paid homage to the Crown Prince of Benin Kingdom and Edaiken ‘N Uselu Eheneden Eradiawa. Dangote, who said he...
View ArticleAmnesty Boss Sues For Peace
The Co-ordinator, Presi dential Amnesty Programme, retired Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh, has appealed to ex-agitators in the Niger-Delta to always tow the path of peace and dialogue, to ensure sustainable...
View ArticleDialogue Best Option For N’Delta Crisis – US Envoy
The United State has identi fied dialogue and practical efforts in the development of the Niger Delta, as veritable means to resolve the security and other related challenges of the region. The Deputy...
View ArticleAyade Weeps Over Plight Of Displaced Bakassi People
Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade was reduced to tears by the squalid and subhuman conditions he found at one of the camps for the displaced people of Bakassi. The Governor who was in...
View ArticleNgige Lauds Ayade On Garment Factory
Minister for Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige has expressed surprise over the sheer size and sophistication of the Calabar Garment Factory built by Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State. Ngige...
View ArticleFG Unveils N5.6bn Water Project In Bayelsa
The Federal Government has inaugurated the Central Ogbia Regional Water Supply Project in Bayelsa. The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, who inaugurated the project, said 13 communities,...
View ArticlePolice Rescue 12 Kids From Human Trafficker
The Delta State Police Command says it has rescued 12 kids from a lady who specialises in child-trafficking in Asaba, the Delta State capital. Simply identified as ‘Abigail’, the woman, popularly...
View ArticlePHED Engages 60 Linesmen For Efficiency
The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company, PHED, says it has engaged 60 linesmen in his determination to reposition and strengthen its technical team for effective service delivery. A...
View ArticleOil Leaks Pollute Bayelsa Community
Oil leaks from a field, allegedly operated by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC), has polluted the Kalaba Community in Bayelsa State. Community leaders in Yenagoa Local Government Area said that the...
View ArticleN’Delta Crisis: Okowa Harps On Dialogue
As part of measures towards finding lasting solution to the crisis in the Niger Delta which has crippled oil production in the country, the Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has called for an...
View ArticleMilitary To Crush Militancy, Sea Piracy, Soon-COAs
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, said that militancy in the creeks of Bakassi and Akpabuyo Local Government Areas of Cross River State would be crushed soon by the military....
View ArticleNavy Clamps Down On Militant Groups
The Nigerian Navy on Wednesday said it would continue to clampdown on militant groups and criminal elements in the Niger Delta. This is contained in a statement signed by its Director of Information,...
View ArticleNGO Trains 24 Female Dropouts In A’Ibom
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Nest of Hope Foundation, has offered training in different skills to 24 female dropouts in Akwa Ibom State, the foundation’s Project Coordinator, Mrs Inyene...
View ArticleFlood: Environmentalist Urges Communities To Clear Drains
The National Secretary, Ni gerian Environmental Society (NES), Mr Paul Akporowho, has urged residents in Warri and its environs to adopt communal help to clear drains in their areas as downpour...
View ArticleTraditional Ruler Fingered In N3m Electricity Fraud
The traditional ruler and Head of Ikot Anwatim community in Cross River State, Ntufam Patrick Bassey Offiong, has been accused of illegally collecting electricity tariff from his community to the tune...
View ArticleA’Ibom Inaugurates Three Cassava Mills, Soon
Akwa Ibom State Gov ernment said it would soon inaugurate three cassava mills to boost food production in the state. Mr Moses Armstrong, The Special Assistant to Gov. Udom Emmanuel on Agriculture made...
View ArticleOkowa Blasts Oshiomhole Over Comments
Ahead of the forthcoming Edo State Governorship election, the Delta State Government, has lambasted the Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole for making inciting and undemocratic allegations against the...
View ArticleJob Creation: Eboh Tasks Trainers On Uprightness
The Delta State Chief Job Creation Officer, Professor Eric Eboh, has charged prospective trainers under the state government’s job creation programmes including the Skills Training and Entrepreneurship...
View ArticleBudget Governance: Report Indicts Bayelsa
A report on budget open ness and implementation by state and local governments in the Niger Delta, has indicted the government of Bayelsa State for lack of budget governance under Governor Seriake...
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