Ofuoma community gets new executive
By Sam Akadoro – Special Correspondent Sapele The Ofuoma community in Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State has sworn in new executive with a charge to bring meaningful development, peace...
View ArticleOkoeguale decries neglect of mental health
By Idongesit Ashameri - Uyo Violence and other socio-economic travails facing Nigeria today have been attributed to many years of neglect of mental health. The Director, Public Health of the Federal...
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Northern game plan against Jonathan – Nanaghan
Ben Nanaghan is a social critic, activist and public commentator. In this interview with some reporters in Lagos including PRODUCTION EDITOR Peter Ekanem, he hails President Goodluck Jonathan on what...
View ArticleOshiomhole supporters decry vandalism on infrastructure
By Francis Onoiribholo - Bureau Chief Benin A research-based support group, Adams Oshiomhole Study Group, has condemned the increase in vandalism of renovated infrastructure in public schools across...
View ArticleNdoma-Egba empowers farmers in Cross River
By Bassey Inyang - Calabar The Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, has donated farming inputs valued at some millions of naira to farmers in the six local government areas that make up the Central...
View ArticleEdo okada ban, hard on the people –Egele
Baba Saliu Egele is a lawyer and businessman. In this interview with Benin Bureau Chief, Francis Onoiribholo, he speaks on what he describes as the shoddy work on the Benin Airport Road and the...
View ArticleBayelsa Assembly passes N332.4b budget
By Igoniko Oduma - Yenagoa Bayelsa State House of Assembly has passed the state’s 2014 Appropriation Bill of N332.4 billion into law. The assembly increased the budget by N33.2 billion from the...
View ArticleEmadadja indigenes protest over flow station
By Sunday Apah - Ughelli CRISIS looms in Udu over the sitting of a flow station, as indigenes of the oil-rich community of Emadadja in their numbers took to the street, protesting an alleged plan of...
View ArticleNavy identifies with Ikot Abasi community
•Urges indigenes to utilise NNS health facilities By Idongesit Ashameri - Uyo The Eastern Naval Command has urged Ikot Abasi Community to access healthcare facilities at its NNS Jubilee Sick Bay in...
View ArticleOkhue-Esan monarch hails Oshiomhole for provision of infrastructure
By Francis Onoiribholo - Bureau Chief Benin Traditional ruler designate of Okhue-Esan in Esan South- East Local Government Area of Edo State, Ehi-Douglas Ehidiamen Ataimen III, has commended Governor...
View ArticleFlood threatens Eastern Naval Command in Calabar
•Navy seeks govt assistance By Bassey Inyang - Calabar Nigerian Navy has solicited the assistance of Cross River State government and the Federal Government in tackling the perennial flood that is...
View ArticleBayelsa condemns kidnap of Jonathan’s cousin
By Igoniko Oduma - Yenagoa Bayelsa State government has condemned the abduction of President Goodluck Jonathan’s cousin, Inengite Nitabai, ordering the kidnappers to free him unconditionally to...
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A’Ibom speaker petitions NASS over financial autonomy
By Idongesit Ashameri - Uyo Sam Ikon The Speaker, Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Sam Ikon, has called on the National Assembly to expedite action on Financial Autonomy for state legislature. Ikon...
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Okubor will be next Delta governor –Magege
Olorogun Olori Magege Olorogun Olori Magege is a chief and a key Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) player from Agbarho kingdom, Delta State. Magege, who is the chairman of the Delta State Waste Management...
View ArticleMotorists lament high fuel price in Umuahia, Aba
By Ben Duru - Umuahia Motorists in Abia State have expressed sadness over the recent increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in the state, and the return of fuel queues at various...
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FRSC, victimisation and threat to life
By Idongesit Ashameri - Uyo The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) is the agency saddled with the task of enforcing and regulating traffic laws on the roads. However, John Odiong has accused the agency...
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A’Ibom govt to commission 500 projects
By Idongesit Ashameri - Uyo No fewer than 500 of the over 4,000 life-touching projects of Governor Godswill Akpabio’s administration in Akwa Ibom State are slated for commissioning beginning March 6....
View ArticleUPF inaugurates LG executive
By Sam Akadoro - Special Correspondent Sapele The Urhobo Political Forum (UPF) has inaugurated local government area executive that will pilot the affairs of UPF at the local level. The ceremony...
View ArticleConstituency woos lawmaker for Senate
By Francis Onoiribholo - Bureau Chief Benin As the 2015 elections are gradually gathering momentum, a federal law-maker, representing Ikpoba-Okha/Egor Constituency at the House of Representatives,...
View ArticleLawmaker denies trading off ticket
By Idongesit Ashameri - Uyo Against allegations making the rounds that he had traded off the governorship ticket zoned to his area, the member of the federal House of Representative, Robinson Uwak,...
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