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Group faults demolition of billboards in Uyo

By Idongesit Ashameri  / Special Correspondent, Uyo Outdoor practitioners under the aegis of the Coalition of Outdoor Practitioners have insisted that the Uyo Capital City Development Authority (UCCDA)...

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Uduaghan, others laud WRI for hosting cultural fiesta

By Harris-Okon Emmanuel /  Correspondent, Warri  Commendation has come for the executive of Warri Rebirth Initiative for successfully hosting the maiden edition of Warri cultural fiesta, tagged, WAFFI...

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Benin monarch donates land to agency

 By Francis Onoiribholo  / Bureau Chief Benin  The Benin Monarch, His Royal Majesty, Oba Erediauwa, has donated a parcel of land to the National Agency for The Prohibition of Traffic In Persons, Benin...

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Unravelling killers of lawyers in Delta

Continued from Friday By Harris-Okon Emmanuel  / Correspondent, Warri Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP, Ikechukwu Aduba, has absolved the command of involvement in the matter. The police boss had...

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FMC Asaba drags workers to Industrial Court over strike

By Felix Igbekoyi /  Asaba  To ensure that workers at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Asaba, resumed at their duty posts, management of the centre has dragged the workers to the Industrial Court over...

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Nigerian military can defeat Boko Haram –Jackrich

Ambassador Sobomabo Jackrich is from Kalabari in Asari Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State. An ex-agitator, he is the principal of Egberipapa Leadership Foundation, which gave birth to the...

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APC: Tribunal upholds withdrawal of counter-affidavit

By Francis Onoiribholo  / Bureau Chief Benin The Local Government Election Appeal Tribunal sitting in Benin City has upheld the withdrawal of the counter-affidavit earlier deposed to by counsel to the...

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Akpabio is a selfless leader, says Ebe

By Idongesit Ashameri Special Correspondent, Uyo   The Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Noble Lady Valerie Ebe, has applauded the self-sacrificing spirit of Governor Godswill Akpabio as shown in the...

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For Akporiaye: A tribute

By Sam Akadoro Special Correspondent, Sapele   Essayist and poet John Donne in one of his numerous poems said, “Delta be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful but thou art not so...

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Tinapa ICT house emerges winner of NASA competition

By Bassey Inyang Correspondent, Calabar    Information Technology Development Entrepreneurship Accelerator (IDEA) Centre, Tinapa, Calabar, has emerged winner of the National Aeronautics and Space...

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A’Ibom PDP inaugurates c’ttee for permanent complex

By Idongesit Ashameri Special Correspondent, Uyo    After 15 years of operations from various rented buildings, the Akwa Ibom State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has inaugurated...

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Transport fares remain stable in Delta during Easter

Transport fares in Delta remained stable in spite of the rush to travel during the Easter festivities. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who monitored the situation in some motor...

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Overhaul security apparatus now, group urges Jonathan

By Francis Onoiribholo  Bureau Chief, Benin   President Goodluck Jonathan has been called upon to urgently embark on total overhaul of the existing security agencies in the country if he is actually...

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Cleric tasks Jonathan on insurgency

By Harris-Okon Emmanuel Correspondent, Warri   President Goodluck Jonathan has been called upon to use maximum force in his arsenal to quell the rising wave of insurgency and other security threats in...

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Ndokwa demands restitution over marginalisation

By Felix Igbekoyi Correspondent, Asaba   The President General, Ndokwa National Union (NNU), Paul Enebeli, has vowed that his people will demand restitution from the Federal Government over...

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Nigerians have part to play in war on terror –Jackrich

What is your reaction to comment by Borno State governor that Boko Haram is more organised than the Nigerian Army? The problem we have in this country are the politicians especially those disgruntled...

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‘Declare full emergency rules in Adamawa, Borno, Yobe’

By Harris-Okon Emmanuel Correspondent, Warri   A Warri based human rights group, Forum for Justice and Human Rights Defense (FJHRD), has implored the Federal Government to declare a total emergency...

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Demolition: Govt won’t succumb to blackmail, says Omare

By Harris-okon Emmanuel,  Correspondent, Warri   Delta State has stated that it won’t yield to blackmail and other threats in the ongoing exercise to demolish all illegal structures in a bid to give...

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Ibori: A cry for justice

By Francis Onoiribholo–Bureau Chief, Benin •Participants at the event It is a commonly held belief that justice delayed is justice denied. Perhaps, the simple fact of the axiom is lost on the British...

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$3m fraud: Etete to drag ex-commissioner to EFCC, NBA

By Igoniko Oduma  /  Yenagoa Former Petroleum Minister, Dan Etete, has threatened to drag former Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General of Bayelsa State, Anthony George-Ikoli, SAN, before the...

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