Wike Happy With Amnesty Programme
The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike has stated that the general acceptance of the state government’s amnesty programme has led to improved peace and security in the state . He stated that in...
View ArticleAyade Receives 21 Indigenous Maritime Cadets
As part of effort to take full advantage of its huge maritime resources, the Cross River State Government, has announced plans to float a state-own shipping line that will service countries along the...
View ArticleSanitation Courts Convict 245 In Benin
Two hundred and forty-five persons were convicted by two separate mobile courts in Benin for violation of the state’s Sanitation and Pollution Management Law No 5 of 2010. The two courts sat at Ramat...
View ArticleStrike Force Gives Condition For Peace
The Bakassi Strike Force (BSF), a militant group in the Niger Delta region, has expressed readiness to lay down its arms to the Federal Government if the concerns of Bakassi returnees are addressed...
View ArticleCRSG Signs N31.7bn Road Project Contract
The Cross River State Government has signed a contract with Sydney Construction Company, for the dualisation of Mfom-Okpoma-Okuku-Ogoja Abochiche-Obudu-Obudu-Ranch Road, at the cost of 31.7 at the...
View ArticleCommittee Accuses Firms Of Violating Local Content Law
The Akwa Ibom State Local Content Compliance Monitoring Committee (LCCMC), has alleged that more than 1,000 companies operating in the state failed to comply with the Local Content Act 2010. The...
View Article6,000 Rural Dwellers Get Free Medical Care
No fewer than 6,000 persons in Edo South Senatorial District have benefitted from free medical outreach organised by a Benin-based group, Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO). The Executive Director...
View ArticleN’Delta Women Blame Financial Rewards For Militancy
Women from the six states of the Niger Delta region have identified financial gains and rewards as responsible for the proliferation of militant groups in the region. The women, who said this at the...
View ArticleGroup Charges N’Delta Stakeholders On Militancy
A socio-cultural group, South-South Solidarity Forum, has urged stakeholders in the Niger Delta to unite and find a way to tackle the resurgence of violence in the region. The National President of the...
View ArticleAyade Presents N301bn Budget To Assembly
The Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade, has presented the 2017 Appropriation Bill of N301 billion to the State House of Assembly for consideration and approval. Christened, “Budget of...
View ArticleDelta Records 23 Fire Outbreaks
The Commissioner for the Bureau for Special Duties in Delta State, Mr Chika Ossai, has said that the state recorded 23 fire outbreaks between May and October, 2016. Ossai told newsmen in Asaba that the...
View ArticleBayelsa nma Holds Physicians Week
The Nigeria Medical As sociation (NMA), Bayelsa State chapter, has pledged to provide accessible and affordable healthcare to the people despite the current economic challenges. The state’s Chairman of...
View ArticleBayelsa Plans Awards For Best School Heads
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, says an annual award of execllenc would be established to honour heads of primary and secondary schools, as well as administrators in public schools, who...
View ArticlePolice Nab Woman For Allegedly Stealing Month-Old Baby
The Akwa Ibom Police Command says it has arrested one Peace Chukwuemeka, 30, for allegedly stealing a month-old baby from her mother. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Murtala Mani, disclosed...
View ArticleSubeb Takes Over Teachers’ Pay
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has approved the transfer of pay point of primary school teachers from the Ministry of Local Government Affairs to the State Universal Basic Education Board...
View ArticleOshiomhole Bows Out, ’Morrow, Renders Accounts
The Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, says the achievements recorded by his administration in the last eight years have placed the state on a good pedestal that every successive government...
View ArticleDickson Savours Supreme Court Judgement
The Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, has described the Supreme Court ruling upholding his victory in the last governorship election in the state as well deserved. Dickson, who was...
View ArticleMrs Buhari Lauds Women’s Effort In Nation Building
Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhar,i has commended career women the world over who have proven their mettle as well as contributed to the shapping of the world in various fields of...
View Article‘NDDC’s Challenges Daunting, Not Insurmountable’
The new Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC), Mr Nsima Ekere, has said that the management would tackle the enormous challenges confronting the commission, describing...
View ArticleOkowa Presents N27.91bn Budget To Assembly
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, has, presented a N270.91 billion 2017 budget to the state House of Assembly for consideration. Presenting the budget, tagged: `”Budget of Fiscal Consolidation...
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