Fire razes Edo ministry, destroys certificates
By Jude Ehebha Special Correspondent Benin Early morning inferno Wednesday gutted the Examinations and Records buildings of the Edo State Ministry of Education, destroying First School Leaving and...
View ArticleJitters as Uparan hosts Udu party faithful
By Sunday Apah Special Correspondent, Ughelli IT was celebration galore recently in Ovwian community, Udu Local Government Area, Delta state as the Supervisory Councillor representing Udu ward 10 in...
View ArticleAmnesty programme has failed – Etienam
Bassey Etienam, member representing Urue-Offong/Oruko State Constituency in Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly in a recent interaction with newsmen in Uyo, spoke about granting amnesty to members of...
View ArticleWe have achieved HIV/AIDS target – Gbeneol
Dr Precious Gbeneol is the Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Millennium Development Goals, and is fully aware of the heartbeat of the Jonathan administration to transform...
View ArticleEdo Assembly orders LG boss to aid rainstorm victims
By Jude Ehebha/Benin Edo State House of Assembly has adopted a resolution urging the Chairman of Igueben Local Government Area, Mr. Ashuma Asemota, to urgently provide palliatives for the rainstorm...
View ArticleEtche indigenes declare support for Amaechi
By Daniel Abia/ Port Harcourt The people of Etche ethnic nationality in Omuma and Etche local government areas of Rivers State have pledged their steadfast and total support for the state governor...
View ArticleA council boss and passion for his people (1)
By Sam Akadoro/Sapele Government, it is said, is of no use if it does not cater to the welfare of the governed. Or as some would put, governance is all about the people, hence it must provide at least...
View ArticleLoving one another, solution to insecurity –Etienam
Bassey Etienam, member representing Urue-Offong/Oruko State Constituency in Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly in a recent interaction with newsmen in Uyo, spoke about granting amnesty to members of...
View ArticleEdo, World Bank to tackle Queen Ede gully
By Jude Ehebha/Benin Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has assured residents of Queen Ede in Ogbeson Quarters of Benin City of the government’s commitment towards tackling the gully erosion...
View ArticleLawmakers seek law to empower monarchs
By Bassey Inyang/Calabar The Cross River State House of Assembly wants the state government to enact a law that would accord powers to the traditional rulers, so they can checkmate and stop incessant...
View ArticleA council boss with passion for his people (2)
By Sam Akadoro/Sapele At Olodiama, the community through its chairman, Mr R. D. Avbodoke lamented that the situation of water supply in the community has a history of unsuccessful water project, adding...
View Article‘SURE-P will boost Ethiope East economy’
Okakuro Onoriode Sunday Eromedoghene is the Ethiope East Local Government Caretaker and Transition Committee Chairman and hails from Abraka kingdom. He holds first degree in Theatre Arts and Master’s...
View ArticleNo political coloration to okada ban –Eromedoghene
Okakuro Onoriode Sunday Eromedoghene is the Ethiope East Local Government Caretaker and Transition Committee Chairman and hails from Abraka kingdom. He holds first degree in Theatre Arts and Master’s...
View ArticleYouths protest in Oghara over arrest of member
By Sunday Apah/ Ughelli No fewer than 1,000 youths on Tuesday stormed the streets of Oghara, headquarters of Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State following the arrest of a youth leader,...
View ArticleIjaw communities renew support for Orubebe
By Sunday Apah/ Ughelli IJAWS in Delta State on Wednesday renewed their support for the minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe’s governorship ambition if he decides to contest for the...
View ArticleBATN donates palm oil plant to Mfonabasi women
By Aniefiok Macauley/ Uyo British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATN) has donated a N7 million palm oil processing cottage plant to Mfonabasi Women Multipurpose Cooperative Society in...
View ArticleLet’s carry youths along in governance – Egedegbe
The wind has changed its course, fast-tracking its pace towards 2015, but who are those to champion the right course of transformational leadership with the right frame of mind? This is the bane of...
View ArticleOyadama, Inyima crisis: Mkpani monarch exonerates community
By Bassey Inyang/Correspondent, Calabar The Obol Lopon of Mkpani community in Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State, Obol Sunday Okoi, has said his community was not involved in the June...
View ArticleFlood threatens 300 communities
By Bassey Inyang/Calabar As heavy rains set in this year, Cross RIver State government has warned people residing in flood prone communities in the state to relocate to safer places to protect their...
View ArticleOboroh’s performance will earn him second term – Okpara
Paulicap Ese Okpara has served as Supervisory Councillor for Finance, Works and Environment and later Health under the administrations of Ochuko Unuagba and Anthony Akpocha Oboroh respectively in...
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