Ojidoh’s grand exit
By Felix Igbekoyi – Asaba Iwere (middle), his wife Ngozi, and Sr. Mary-Therese Ann during the funeral service To the regular passerby of Illah, a relatively rustic part of Oshimili North Local...
View ArticleCommunities rebuild Edo North police headquarters
By Jude Ehebha Special Correspondent Ekpoma The Police Headquarters of Edo North Area Command destroyed by suspected armed robbers have been re-constructed by communities in the area. On November 26,...
View ArticleKpokpogri emerges UCOSA president
By Sunday Apah Special Correspondent, Ughelli A new national executive of the Urhobo College Old Students Association (UCOSA) has been inaugurated with Rear Admiral John Kpokpogri (rtd) as...
View ArticleMinistry to support Okomu Oil Palm
By Francis Onoiribholo Bureau Chief Benin The Federal Ministry of Agriculture has disclosed that plans are underway to provide targeted support to Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc, Edo State to enable it...
View ArticleChild witch: NGO reunites 18 with parents
•Others await relatives By Idongesit Ashameri Special Correspondent, Uyo Eighteen out of the 40 branded witches and stigmatised children rescued from streets in Akwa Ibom State by Way to the...
View ArticleIru-Agbede vigilance group seeks govt’s support
By Francis Onoiribholo / Bureau Chief Benin The Commandant, Iru-Agbede Vigilante group in Orhiomwan Local Government Area, Warrant Officer, Alfred Okwebe (rtd), has appealed to Edo State government...
View ArticleGovt tasks NYSC members on ethics
By Francis Onoiribholo / Bureau Chief Benin National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members posted to Edo State for the 2014 Batch “A” Service year have been advised to shun all forms of vices and...
View ArticleDelta guber race and Oyibode’s rising profile
By Sam Akadoro / Special Correspondent, Sapele Like it has often been said, those who have attained the height of success in their chosen career, many of them never got what they had on a platter of...
View ArticleLawyers petition IGP over abuse of court process, others
By Felix Igbekoyi / Correspondent, Asaba THE Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar, has been petitioned to urgently intervene in the case of abuse of court process, perversion of...
View ArticleDelta inaugurates committee on maternal death
By Felix Igbekoyi / Correspondent, Asaba DELTA State government has inaugurated the Delta State Maternal Death Review Steering Committee (MDR). Dr Tosan Popo is the chairman while Dr Patrick Okonta...
View ArticleFallout of Akpabio’s townhall meeting
By Idongesit Ashameri / Special Correspondent, Uyo Governor Godswill Akpabio Weeks might have passed since the Akwa Ibom Town Hall meeting in Ikono Local Government Council Secretariat, but its...
View ArticleCourt dethrones Bakassi monarch
By Bassey Inyang / Calabar An Akpabuyo-based High Court presided over by Justice S.M Anjor has dethroned the Village Head of Edik Idim Village, Ikot Effanga Clan in Bakassi Local Government Area of...
View ArticleProvost decries non-accreditation of institution’s courses
By Onoja Audu / Correspondent, Jos The Provost, College of Health Technology, Pankshin, Dr Jonathan Daboer, has decried the non-accreditation of any of the college’s courses since its inception in...
View ArticleAgenebode College of Agric to award diploma
By Francis Onoiribholo / Bureau Chief Benin Edo State government has granted the College of Agriculture, Agenebode, full autonomy to operate as a diploma-awarding institution, subject to the...
View ArticleFoundation’s boost for indigent students
By Harris-Okon Emmanuel / Correspondent, Warri Indigent students in secondary school had cause to smile recently when a Warri based, non-governmental organization, Morgan Smart Development...
View ArticleCross River agency disburses N1b to communities
By Bassey Inyang / Calabar Cross River State Community and Social Development Agency has disbursed N1.459,094, 350.00 to communities in the state for the implementation of projects. The figures as...
View ArticleGunmen assassinate Igbudu chief
By Sunday Apah, / Special Correspondent, Ughelli A prominent and illustrious Igbudu Agbarha Warri born Chief Ovie Ekpebedafe has been shot dead by armed bandits along Jakpa Road, Effurun. The...
View Article2015 guber: Akpabio should be neutral – Inyang
Very blunt and outspoken, Apostle Blessing Inyang, the youthful General Overseer, Mountain of Grace and Miracles Ministries, Lagos, in this chat with Copy Editor Peter Ekanem, speaks on the need for...
View ArticleAkpabuyo gets electronic tax payment system
By Bassey Inyang / Calabar An Electronic Tax Payment system body has been inaugurated in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State. Known as the Gems Three Group, the body is...
View ArticleWhen Afiesere gathered to bid bye to Ohare
By Sam Akadoro / Special Correspondent, Sapele Afiesere community in Ughelli South local government of Delta State recently had a festive look, as guests from within and outside the community...
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