Delta Remains Investors’ Haven – Okowa
GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Okowa has said Delta State would remain a favourable destination for investors. The Governor gave the assurance Thursday during the commissioning of the Lee Oasis Supermarket, Warri...
View ArticleCoalition Of Lawyers Rally Support For Bayelsa Gov, Berate Detractors
By Igoniko Oduma - Yenagoa Concerned lawyers in Bayelsa State under the umbrella of Young Lawyers Coalition for Good Governance have rallied in support of Governor Seriake Dickson in the face of...
View ArticleErhiatake Ibori Backs Okowa On DESOPADEC Bill
Member of the Delta State House of Assembly, representing Ethiope West Constituency, Hon. Erhiatake Ibori has thrown her weight behind the bid to amend the DESOPADEC 2006 Law. Addressing journalists...
View ArticleDESOPADEC Commissioner Hails HOSTCOM Support For Delta
By Victor Otuya Asaba The commissioner representing Ethiope West, Sapele, Okpe, Uvwie and Urhobos of Warri in the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Dr. Henry Ofa,...
View ArticleBayelsa Students Urge Gov To Pay Their Bursary
By Igoniko Oduma Yenagoa The National Union of Bayelsa State Students (NUBSS) has called on Governor Seriake Dickson to pay bursary allowance to students of Bayelsa State origin in institutions of...
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Don Blames Nation’s Woes On Ill-Prepared Leadership
By Igoniko Oduma Yenagoa A visiting professor to the Institute of Petroleum Studies, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, and International Personnel and Management Studies, Ukraine, Prof. Steve...
View ArticleN’Delta Group Blames Agip Explosions On ‘Insiders’
By Igoniko Oduma - Yenagoa A group, the Niger Delta Renaissance Movement (NDRM), has blamed penultimate week’s multiple explosions at the Nigeria Agip Oil Company’s multi-million naira oil facility...
View ArticleA’Ibom To Create Master Plant For Rural Villages
Idongesit Ashameri - Uyo Akwa Ibom State government said it was ready to develop a master-plan to recreate the villages and open up townships in rural communities in the state, to improve living...
View ArticleOjobo Community Election: Delta Dep Gov Sues For Peace
… Tasks Oil Communities On Conducive Environment By John Dugbe, Ughelli and By Emma Arubi - Warri Delta State Deputy Governor, Kingsley Otuaro, has appealed to parties in the inconclusive Ojobo,...
View ArticleTraders Petition Police Over Touts’ Invasion Of Warri Market
By John Dugbe - Ughelli Traders in Ogbe-Ijoh Market, Warri South Local Government Area, Delta State have petitioned the police over the continuous invasion of the market by armed touts. In the...
View ArticleBaptist Convention Decries Ethnicism In Polity
By Igoniko Oduma - Yenagoa President of the Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC), Dr. Olasupo Ayokunle, has said that the promotion of ethnicity is hampered the development of Nigeria. Ayokunle, who...
View ArticleWarri Residents Get Free Blood Pressure, Sugar Tests
By John Dugbe - Ughelli A nongovernmental organization (NGO), Respite and Support for Diabetics and Hypertensive Initiative (RSDHI) has organised a free blood sugar and blood pressure test for over...
View ArticleBank Staff, Police Escort Arrested For Reckless Driving In Delta
By Emma Arubi - Warri The Police in Delta State have arrested some bank officials and the police escort of their vehicle believed to have forced a heavy duty vehicle off the road before it ran into...
View ArticleFour In Court Count For Vandalising BEDC Property In Edo
By Francis Onoiribholo - Benin Four persons have been arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Benin for allegedly vandalising property of Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) at...
View ArticleFear of Epidemic Looms In Bayelsa, As Refuse Overtakes Yenagoa
By Igoniko Oduma - Yenagoa Heaps of refuse have overtaken the Bayelsa State capital, Yenagoa and its environs as the state sanitation authority have not evacuated refuse for over eight weeks. Areas...
View ArticleBayelsa Presents N46m To 3,000 Volunteers
By Igoniko Oduma - Yenagoa Bayelsa State Government has presented N46million to the management of the state’s Volunteers Scheme for the payment of the volunteers’ monthly allowances. The...
View ArticleRivers: Ateke Tom, CDC Co-operate With Police In War Against Crimes
By Godwin Egba - Port Harcourt The Rivers State police command may have its challenges in combating crimes on daily basis, but it is not left out alone in the fight as it now enjoys support from...
View ArticleUyo Community, Devt Authority Bicker Over Demolition Exercise
Idongesit Ashameri Uyo Hundreds of occupants of the over 60 households rendered homeless following the demolition of their houses Uyo Capital City Development Authority (UCCDA) have cried out that...
View ArticleA’Ibom Begins Urbanisation Of Oron LG
By Idongesit Ashameri Uyo Akwa Ibom state governor, Udom Emmanuel has awarded contract for the urbanisation of the old, abandoned city of Oron. The contract, awarded to Wizchino Engineering Limited was...
View ArticleUrhobo Union Plans Massive Industrialisation, Bicker Over Alleged N1.2b Fraud
By Victor Otuya Asaba THE President General of the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU), Chief Joe Orode Omene has said that the union was working on a proposal to establish a pan Urhobo Bank, woo Dangote...
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