Imagwe pays WAEC, NECO fees for 34 students in Edo
By Francis Onoiribholo / Bureau Chief, Benin It was a big relief for parents of 34 secondary school students in_ Etsako East local government area of Edo State when the Senior Special Assistant to...
View ArticleGroup rallies support for Lokpobiri
A group, Youth Vanguard in Bayelsa West Senatorial District, has warned against tampering with the victory of Senator Heineken Lokpobiri in the just concluded Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National...
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Jonathan’s aide bags NUJ award
By Francis Onoiribholo / Bureau Chief, Benin The Senior Special Adviser to the President on Youth and Student Matters, Comrade Jude Imagwe, has reiterated the Federal Government commitment to...
View ArticleActivists seek financial autonomy for judiciary
Nigerians will continue to experience open violation of their fundamental human rights as long as the judiciary remains under the wings of the executive and is denied financial autonomy. Speakers at...
View ArticleOba Erediauwa organises prayer session
By Francis Onoirbholo Bureau Chief, Benin As a prelude to the commencement of the annual Ugie, which is celebrated by the people of Benin Kingdom, the Benin monarch, His Royal Majesty, Oba Erediauwa,...
View ArticleDrivers want Delta govt to intervene in intra-union crisis
Some commercial bus drivers have appealed to the Delta Government to intervene in the disagreement between them and the Nigeria Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). Chairman, Self-employed Bus...
View ArticleAssemblies of God Church holds thanksgiving service
By Sam Akadoro, Special Correspondent, Sapele It was a gathering of who is who when Chief Henry Ofa and members of his family appreciated God Almighty at the 2014 annual thanksgiving service of the...
View ArticleIPAC flays conduct of party primaries in C/River
Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Cross River has expressed misgivings about the recent party primaries in the state. IPAC, the council of all the registered political parties in the state, in...
View ArticleUPU lauds Jonathan’s transformation agenda
The Abidjan chapter of Urhobo Progressive Union (UPU), said in Abidjan, that the President Goodluck Jonathan administration’s transformation agenda has impacted positively on the lives of Nigerians....
View ArticleGroup urges FG to compel Shell, SNEPCO to pay $4b compensation to N/Niger...
Some Niger Delta youths have urged the Federal Government to compel Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO) to compensate fishermen affected by the oil spill from SNEPCO’s Bonga...
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Jonathan, wife pay tribute to Sekibo
The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has lauded late Senator Tari Sekibo’s contributions to the Ijaw Nation, describing it as selfless. Sekibo, 74, the immediate past President of Ijaw National...
View ArticleFRSC secures 84 convictions in Delta
Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has secured conviction of 84 traffic rule violators in Delta. Head of Operations, Delta Sector Command, Mr David Doherty, said this in Asaba on Sunday. He told the...
View ArticleTerrorism: Day church empowered widows, orphans in Port Harcourt
By Daniel Abia / Snr Correspondent Port Harcourt Tears. Agony. Sorrow. Then joy. The venue was the Abundant Live Evangel Mission (ALEM) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital. And the event was the...
View ArticleArchbishop tasks politicians on national security
By Jude Ehebha / Special Correspondent, Epkoma Archbishop of Bendel Province, Anglican Communion, The Most Rev’d Friday Imaekhai, has cautioned Nigerian politicians against playing politics with...
View ArticleMilitary pensioners disown Eromafuru
By Sam Akadoro / Special Correspondent, Sapele “Disregard the claim by Benson Eromafuru that he is the national president of the Association of Military Pensioners, because I am the current...
View ArticleOfa directs contractors handling Okuowisi primary school project back to site
By Sam Akadoro / Special Correspondent Sapele The Commissioner representing Ethiope West, Sapele and Okpe Local Government Areas on the Board of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development...
View ArticleP/Harcourt, Benin residents want oil workers to end strike
Some residents in Port Harcourt on Tuesday called on the striking oil workers not take embark on actions that would worsen the economic situation in the country. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior...
View ArticleGroup wants Rivers to enact Fisheries Act
The Rivers State chapter of the Fisheries Society of Nigeria (FISON) says the absence of Fisheries Act has prevented farmers from obtaining Food and Agricultural Organisation’s (FAO) grants in the...
View ArticleUdoessien calls for setting of Bureau of Statistics
Akwa Ibom Head of Service, Mrs Cecilia Udoessien, has canvassed the establishment of a Bureau of Statistics, for the enhancement of the practice of the profession in the state. Udoessien made the call...
View ArticleA/Ibom NULGE begins strike over non-payment of salaries
The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Akwa Ibom chapter, has commenced indefinite strike against non-payment of four months salaries to its members. Speaking at an interview with the...
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