Omare Emerges New IYC President
The former spokesman of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Eric Omare, was on Friday elected the new president to pilot the affairs of the council for three years. Omare, a lawyer, emerged IYC president at...
View ArticleDPR Blames Petrol Scarcity On Tanker Drivers’ Strike
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Eket Field office, Akwa Ibom, has attributed the scarcity of petrol in the state to the strike by tanker drivers. The Controller of DPR in charge of Akwa...
View ArticleAssembly Wades Into Radio Bayelsa Labour Dispute
The Chairman, Bayelsa Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mr John Angese says the Bayelsa House of Assembly has intervened in the lingering face-off between workers and management of...
View ArticleBuratai Inaugurates 16 Brigade In Yenagoa
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has inaugurated the newly established 16 Brigade of the Nigerian Army in Bayelsa into operation with patrol in and around Yenogoa. The brigade was set up...
View ArticleLawmaker Lauds FG On Proposed $20bn Gas Park
The lawmaker representing Warri South West in the Delta House of Assembly, Mr Daniel Mayuku has commended the Federal Government on its plan to establish a 20 billion dollars industrial gas park in...
View ArticleNIS Recruits 38 Officers, Men In Bayelsa
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Bayelsa State Command, has completed recruitment training for 38 officers and men in Yenagoa. The Comptroller of the command, Mr Oche William, made this known in...
View ArticleIgbo-Etche Estate Gets Caretaker C’ttee
The Rivers State Commissioner for Housing, Barr. Emma Okah has urged the Caretaker Committee members of Igbo-Etche Housing Estate Residents to draft a workable constitution to guide the affairs of the...
View Article200 Benefit From VVF Treatment In C’River
No fewer than 200 women in Cross River State benefited from the state government’s free Vesico-Viginal Fistula (VVF) treatment from 2015 till date. The State’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Inyang...
View ArticleNUT Begins Indefinite Strike In Delta
Teachers in Delta State last Thursday embarked on an indefinite strike over unpaid salaries, The Secretary Delta branch of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Mr Joe Iyalekhue, has said. Iyalekhue in...
View ArticleFIDA Lauds Wike’s Dev Strides …Describes Him As Bridge Builder
Country President, Federation of Interantional Women Lawyers (FIDA), Mrs. Inime Aguma, has commended the giant strides of the Wike-led administration since inauguration in 2015, describing the...
View Article22 Bag First Class In UNICAL
Twenty Two out of 13,347 graduands of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) billed for convocation next Saturday have bagged first class degrees. The Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Zana Akpagu,...
View ArticleCROSIEC Fixes Date For LG Polls
The Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC), has fixed the long awaited local government election for Saturday, June 17, 2017 in all the local government areas in the State....
View ArticleDickson Gets Report On 2015 Election Violence
The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the violence that characterized the last governorship election in Bayelsa State Saturday submitted its report to Governor Seriake Dickson at the Government...
View ArticleTHE STATES
Bauchi The Bauchi State Government is to partner with the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) to improve on the capacity of the youth for job creation through Information and...
View ArticleDelta APC Crisis Deepens
The Interim Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State has appealed to the national leaders of the party to wade into the crisis rocking the party in the state. The Chairman of the...
View ArticleOkehi Gets New NBA Centre
The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has stressed the need for capacity building and regular updating for its members, especially the young lawyers practicing in Rivers State. Speaking, at the formal...
View ArticleBizman Promises Building For UNICAL Engineering Dept
As part of his contribution for the take-off of the proposed Engineering Department in the University of Calabar, a business tycoon and Chairman, Dozie Group of Companies, Sir Daniel Nwanneka Chukwo...
View Article‘Amnesty Programme Aides Peace In N’Delta’
The Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd), said amnesty programme has aided efforts to achieve peace in the Niger Delta, resulting in zero pipeline vandalism....
View ArticleDickson, Ibori Holds Close Door Meeting
Governor Dickson of Bayelsa State was at Oghara in Delta State, to hold a private closed-door discussion with the former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori. A Government House statement by the Chief...
View ArticleSUBEB Explains Teachers’ Verification Exercise
The Chairman, Cross River State Universal Basic Education, (SUBEB), Dr. Steven Odey, has dispelled allegation making the rounds in the state that SUBEB has sacked eleven primary school teachers in the...
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