Press Council to train 45 journalists from South South on 2015 polls
The Nigerian Press Council (NPC) said arrangement has been concluded to train 45 journalists drawn from the South-South geo-political zone of the country for the 2015 general elections. Acting...
View ArticleBeauty queen distributes gifts to newborn babies, patients in Ekpoma
By Jude Ehebha / Special Correspondent, Ekpoma The winner of the 2014 cultural beauty pageant in Ekpoma_ Kingdom, Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State, Ebosetale Odiahi, has distributed gift...
View ArticleRep donates empowerment items to 166 youths in Owan Federal Constituency
The lawmaker representing Owan Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Pally Iriase (All Progressives Congress, Edo), on Tuesday donated some business empowerment items to 166 youths in...
View ArticlePolice pledge violence-free political campaigns in Bayelsa
Ahead of the February general elections, the Bayelsa Police Command on Wednesday pledged to ensure violence-free political campaigns. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Asinim Butswat, made the...
View ArticleUduaghan urges Delta lawyers to acquires more skills
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta on Tuesday in Asaba stressed the need for lawyers in the state Ministry of Justice to acquire more skills to enhance their practice. Declaring open a three-day...
View ArticleDay Clark endorsed pro-Jonathan group
By Sam Akadoro / Special Correspondent, Sapele During a solidarity visit to the elder statesman and grand patron of the United Mandate for Jonathan (UMJ, Chief E.K Clark, on Friday, he endorsed the...
View ArticleUNIBEN students confer award on Igbakpa
By Sam Akadoro / Special Correspondent, Sapele The National Association of Delta State Students (NADESSU), University of Benin chapter, has conferred “Award of Excellence” on Delta State...
View ArticleOkagbare’s success, major gain of my administration, says Uduaghan
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State says Blessing Okagbare (now Mrs Okagbare-Ighoteguonor), is a product of the state’s human capital development agenda. The governor said that Okagbare success,...
View ArticleHarry decries attack on APC supporters in Rivers
Rev. Minaibim Harry, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate in Rivers State, on Wednesday decried the attack on the All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters by unknown persons in...
View ArticleSome military officers are sympathetic to Boko Haram insurgents
Mathew Iduoriyekemwen, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, in this chat with Special Correspondent, Isaac Olamikan, speaks on the recent voters registration exercise and the...
View ArticleDon urges A/Ibom to build low low-cost housing estates
Dr. Edidiong Ebitu, has advised the Akwa Ibom State Government to do a study on the housing needs of its citizens and develop data bank on it. Ebitu, who teaches management science at the University of...
View ArticleOgoni self-govt: MOSOP swears in president, eight provincial govs
By Godwin Egba Special Correspondent, Port Harcourt A faction of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has inaugurated what it called the Ogoni Central Indigenous Authority (OCIA)....
View ArticleCleric urges politicians to conduct campaigns peacefully
Rev. Franklin Ihemefor of the African Episcopal Methodist Zion Church (AEMZC) has called on politicians to conduct their political campaigns peacefully. Ihemefor made the call in an interview with the...
View ArticleWhen Rivers APC flag bearer launched campaign in Akinima
Dr Dakuku Peterside, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, said on Thursday said that he would tackle poverty in the state, if elected. Peterside told...
View ArticleRivers earmarks N300m as compensation for Mile One Market fire victims
The Rivers State Government has earmarked N300 million for disbursement to traders of Mile One Market, Port Harcourt, whose wares were destroyed by fire in December 2013, an official said. The state...
View ArticleOrieb makes case for issue-based campaigns
The traditional ruler of Ogbogoro community in Obio/Akpor Council of Rivers, Chief Anele Oriebe, on Friday urged politicians to embark on issue-based campaigns ahead of the February elections. Oriebe...
View ArticleHow I impacted Ethiope West, Sapele, Okpe councils, by Ofa
In this interview with the Commissioner representing Ethiope West, Sapele and Okpe local government areas on the board of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Chief...
View ArticleRivers APC places guber election in God’s hands
By Godwin Egba / Special, Correspondent Port Harcourt The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken their 2015 election fight to God, as the party declared, that,...
View ArticleIbori, Makinde donate to orphans in Oghara
By John Dugbe / Special Correspondent, Ughelli A former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, and Chief William Makinde, a former national treasurer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have...
View ArticleComfort Ufuoma Club holds end of year party
By Sam Akadoro / Special Correspondent, Sapele It was celebration all through as members of Comfort Ufuoma Club, Sapele, held their annual end of year get together party at their main secretariat...
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