NAF, others to battle economic sabotage in N’Delta
By Igoniko Oduma - Yenagoa The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has declared its willingness to collaborate with other security agencies to curb the menace of economic sabotage in the oil-rich Niger Delta....
View ArticleItsekiri group cautions members on Ugborodo crisis
By Harris-Okon Emmanuel - Warri Itsekiri youth group in Delta State has advised its members to resist being dragged into the crisis in the oil-rich Ugborodo community in Warri South West council of...
View ArticleWhen Pa Ukueku was laid to rest
By Sam Akadoro / Special Correspondent, Sapele In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, there was this conversation between Caesar and Calpurnia, wife. Calpurnia: ‘’When beggars die, there are no comets...
View ArticleAmaechi now an ‘evangelist’
By Daniel Abia - P/Harcourt Many people could stake their lives or hard earned money on this but the story is as true as it could be stunning: the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, is now a...
View ArticleIllushi clan kingship crisis ends
By Francis Onoiribholo /Benin Aggrieved parties in the kingship tussle of Illushi clan, a River Niger bank community in Esan South East Local Government Area of Edo State have finally agreed to sheath...
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Oshiomhole still has a lot to achieve –Egele
Baba Saliu Egele is a lawyer and businessman. In this interview with Francis Onoiribholo, Benin Bureau Chief, he speaks on what he described as the shoddy work on the Benin Airport Road and the...
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A presidential ‘offence’
By Ikechi Nzeakor President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan The anti-gay bill signed into law last week by President Goodluck Jonathan has generated lots of controversy with even foreigners, the Western...
View ArticleWarri Rebirth Initiative sues for peace in Ugborodo
By Harris-Okon Emmanuel/Warri As efforts continue to strengthen the peace in Ugborodo, an Itsekiri community in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, the Warri Rebirth Initiative has...
View ArticleIbom 2015: Ndigbo mobilising for Emmanuel
By Peter Ekanem/Lagos Following the endorsement of the Akwa Ibom Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Udom Emmanuel, by the incumbent governor, Godswill Akpabio, during a recent special...
View ArticleNGO rallies support for Jonathan
By Sam Akadoro/Sapele Gabriel Oyibode Foundation, a non- governmental organisation, has declared its support for President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan 2015 project. The group which rose from a meeting in...
View ArticleWhen Otuoke varsity students protested fee hike
By Igoniko Oduma/Yenagoa January 23 entered the record books of the federal university in President Goodluck Jonathan’s country home of Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, as a...
View ArticleAkponokan: Serving at the grassroots
By Sunday Apah - Ughelli Town unions are increasingly becoming important in the development of the nation at the grassroots. This is more so given structure of the Nigerian federation in which the...
View ArticleUhonmora school: Old students seek repair of facility
•Appeal to Edo govt By Jude Ehebha / Special Correspondent Ekpoma The Old Students’ Association of Uhonmora Secondary Commercial School, Uhonmora, Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State has made...
View ArticleAkwa Ibom and erosion battle
By Idongesit Ashameri Special Correspondent, Uyo Flood disaster along coastal communities in Nigeria has displaced millions of people, devastated and killed many people especially in the last two...
View ArticleERA/FoEN hails slump in Shell’s profit
The marked decline in Shell’s global profits in 2013 compared with previous years and the imposition of a N1.8 trillion fine on the company for the December 2011 spill in the Bonga Deep Offshore Oil...
View ArticleGovt tasks Uyo residents on refuse disposal
By Idongesit Ashameri / Uyo Residents of Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, have been charged to contribute to government’s fight against flood by improving their attitude to refuse disposals. The...
View ArticleLawmaker promises democracy dividends to Isoko South
By Felix Igbekoyi / Asaba Member representing Isoko South One Constituency in the Delta State House of Assembly, Benjamin Essien-Okiemute, has presented his stewardship to his constituents with a...
View ArticleOkhunmwun community to resolve Iguoshodin-Nebudin, Iguoadolor land dispute
By Francis Onoiribholo /Benin Okhunmwun community in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State has begun moves to end a five-year-old boundary dispute between Iguoshodin-Nebudin and...
View ArticleOkhuoromi youth leader faults police commissioner
By Francis Onoiribholo/Benin Youth wing chairman of Okhuoromi community in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, Ewuare Erese, has faulted the Commissioner for Police, Mr. Foluso Adebanjo, over the...
View ArticleIgarra: In the throes of communal violence
By Francis Onoiribholo /Benin Virtually all large communities as presently constituted had to merge, fuse and blend with other neighbouring communities or groups to acquire its size with the...
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