N’Delta: Group Lauds FG Over Fact Finding Visits
The Centre for Vulnerable and Underprivileged (Centrep), an NGO in Warri, Delta State, has commended the Federal Government for carrying out fact finding visits to the creeks for an on-the-spot...
View ArticleFG Recommits To Bakassi Returnees’ Welfare
The Senate last Tuesday said that the Federal Government had not neglected Bakassi Local Government Area and the returnees after the ceding of the oil rich peninsula to Cameroon in 2008. Chairman,...
View ArticleCAN Seeks End To Killing Of Christians
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called for an immediate halt to the senseless killings of Christians in Kaduna State and other parts of the country. President of CAN, Rev Sampson...
View ArticleAmnesty Office Assures On N’Delta Economy
The Presidential Amnesty Programme Office is to continue its collaboration with development partners on improving economic activities in the Niger Delta region of the country. Special Adviser to the...
View ArticleAgric Union Synergises To Revive Farming
Stakeholders in Agriculture under the aegis of the National Agricultural Production Cooperative Union of Nigeria (NAPCUN), South-South zone, says, it has perfected plans with state governments in the...
View ArticleCommissioner Urges Nurses To Suspend Strike
The Cross River State Commissioner for Health, Dr Inyang Asibong has urged the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) to suspend its three-week old strike in the interest of the...
View ArticleCleric Tasks Parents On Child Upbringing
Little Excel Godwin Douglas was last Sunday dedicated to Almighty God at Holy Rock Church, Diobu branch with a call on parents to bring up their children in the path of God while ensuring that they are...
View ArticleBayelsa NUT Suspends Planned Strike
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Bayelsa State chapter last Tuesday said it had suspended the planned sit-at-home strike after meeting with Governor Seriake Dickson. The NUT Chairman, Bayelsa...
View ArticleRobbers Attack UNIUYO’s Students …Force Postponement Of Exams
The University of Uyo has confirmed the postponement of the first semester examination due to an armed robbery attack on the campus. The Director of Information, Mr Godfrey Essien, told newsmen in Uyo...
View ArticleEdo Guber Poll: Tribunal Decries INEC’s Delay Tactics
The Edo State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Benin last Tuesday decried the failure of Mr Onyinye Anunonye, counsel to the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) to call witnesses in...
View ArticleCleric Tasks Dickson On Workers’ Salary Arrears
A clergyman, Rev. T. Y. Emmanuel, has urged the Bayelsa State Government to clear the six months salary arrears owed to workers in the state in order to avert the wrath of God. The Tide reports that...
View ArticleFRSC Records 11 Deaths In Edo
The Edo State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says 11 deaths were recorded in Edo State due to road accidents in January. The state Sector Commander, Mr Samuel Odukoya, made this known...
View Article600, 000 A’Ibom Residents Enrol In NIN
No fewer than 600,000 Akwa Ibom State residents have enrolled in the ongoing registration for the National Identification Number (NIN), Mr Fred Iwok, the State Coordinator, National Management Identity...
View ArticleFashola Assures On East-West Road Completion
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has assured the people of Bayelsa that the East-West Road would soon be completed. He also said funds would be provided by the Buhari...
View ArticleNGO Plans Youth Empowerment Summit
A Non-governmental Organ-isation (NGO), Gold Club International, plans to hold a 4-day seminar to sensitise the people, especially the youth on the way to survive the current economic recession in the...
View ArticleSpeed Limiter: FRSC Impounds 69 Vehicles In Edo
The Edo Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says 69 vehicles have so far been impounded for failure to install the speed limiter device in their vehicles. The Sector State Commander , Mr...
View ArticleCommercial Motorcyclists Protest Police Extortion In Delta
Commercial motorcyclists in Ogwashi-Uku community of Delta State have withdrawn their services from Azagba village, Ogwashi-Uku road over alleged cases of police extortions. The correspondent reported...
View ArticleGroup Flays FG Over Plot To Destabilise Rivers
A group under the auspices of Citizens Cultural Renaissance Initiative (CCURI) has condemned what it described as the “Petty and Unhealthy Partnership” displayed by the Presidency in Rivers State...
View ArticleStakeholders, Groups Hail Modular Refinery Plan
Stakeholders and interest groups in Bayelsa State have been speaking on the proposed modular refinery in which the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo promised would integrate local refiners....
View ArticleUNIPORT, 17 Others Get Pharmacy Accreditation
The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN), has accredited the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Port Harcourt and 17 other universities in the country. PCN’s Registrar, Elijah...
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