Assembly seeks resuscitation of Sokponba River Resort
By Francis Onoiribholo /Benin The Edo State House of Assembly has adopted a resolution calling on the state government and other relevant agencies to as a matter of urgency resuscitate the Sokponba...
View ArticlePDP govts responsible for modern infrastructure in Delta –Okpoh
Johnson Okpoh is chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party ward 3, Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State. In this interview with SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Sunday Apah, he speaks on the political...
View ArticleIndorama-Eleme: Kick-starting agric revolution (1)
By Godwin Egba, P/Harcourt Agriculture is defined as the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool,...
View ArticleIndigenes must pay water rates, by Gital
Aliyu Aminu Gital is the General Manager of the Bauchi State Water Board. In this interview with journalists including CORRESPONDENT Patience Ogbodo-Iwuagwu, Gital speaks on the achievements and...
View ArticleC’River workers to get 1,000 houses
By Bassey Inyang/Calabar The Cross River Government has announced that it is embarking on the construction of additional 1,000 housing units in Ikom, Odukpani and Ogoja for civil servants in the state....
View ArticleEpidemic looms in Jattu
By Jude Ehebha/Ekpoma Residents of Jattu in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State have lamented the poor sanitary condition of the community’s abattoir, calling for urgent attention to avert...
View ArticlePDP to reconcile members in Aniocha
By Felix Igbekoyi/Asaba The leadership of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Aniocha North Local Government Area, Delta State, has been charged to consolidate on the unification and achievement of the...
View ArticleIndorama-Eleme: Kick-starting agric revolution (2)
By Godwin Egba/Port Harcourt The Nigerian banks are United Bank for Africa (UBA), Stanbic IBTC Bank, Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB), and Access Bank. At the signing ceremony, Group Managing Director of...
View Article2015: S’South monarchs endorse Jonathan
By Daniel Abia/Port Harcourt In a build up to the 2015 presidential election, traditional rulers from the South-South geo-political zone have declared support for President Goodluck Jonathan to seek...
View ArticlePlan to impeach Amaechi false alarm – Okah
Former Rivers State Commissioner for Information and legal practitioner, Emma Okah, speaks with journalists on the crisis rocking the state’s chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) among other...
View ArticleAmaechi’s problems self-inflicted, says Okah
Former Rivers State Commissioner for Information and legal practitioner, Emma Okah, speaks with journalists on the crisis rocking the state’s chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) among other...
View ArticleNOUN, WDU and bent for sound education (1)
By Sam Akadoro/Sapele EVERY institution of learning has among its major objectives, to see its students imbibe standard education and to be able to pass on that knowledge. This desire only finds outlet...
View ArticleAkoko-Edo LG boss swears in five councillors
By Francis Onoiribholo Bureau Chief Benin Five Supervising Councilors for Akoko-Edo Local Government Area have been sworn-in by the Chairman of the council, Akerejola Folorunsho Joseph, charging them...
View ArticleEdo govt to boost manpower in agric
By Francis Onoiribholo Bureau Chief Benin Edo State Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Abdul Oroh, has re-affirmed the state government’s commitment to building a middle level manpower...
View ArticleWhen Delta stood still for Gbagi, family (1)
By Sam Akadoro / Sapele The serene city of Ekpan in Uvwie Local Government Area, and Effurun in Delta State, recently played host to top people in different endeavours across and beyond the country’s...
View ArticleOghara indigenes in UK award scholarship to students
By Harris-Okon Emmanuel /Warri Oghara Clan Union, United Kingdom, has commenced an annual scholarship grant of N100,000 per student to outstanding indigent students of the kingdom in higher...
View ArticleObasogie of Benin hails Edo police over security
By Francis Onoiribholo /Benin Chief Eduwu Ekhator Obasogie, the Obasogie of Benin Kingdom has described as bold, effective and highly commendable the tight security arrangements put in place by the...
View ArticleNOUN, WDU and bent for sound education (2)
By Sam Akadoro/Sapele Undoubtedly, the institution knows the value of a sound education as its motto ‘Work and Learn’ emphasises the difference between conventional and open and distance learning...
View ArticleWhen Delta stood still for Gbagi, family
By Sam Akadoro Special Correspondent, Sapele Thereafter, she stepped into the house with her right leg first. After this, came the presentation of drinks and kolas by the groom’s father and all who...
View ArticleASUU decries kidnap of members
By Jude Ehebha Special Correspondent, Benin Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State chapter, has raised alarmed over incessant kidnapping of its...
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