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By Joel Anekwe The Federal Government says it has set an annual recruitment target for the Nigeria Police, aimed at increasing the force both numerically and in terms of equipment. This is part of a recently initiated reform programme for the Nigeria Police Force to boost its services to Nigerians, …

Performances by Onofiok Luke and Bassey Akpan at the House of Representatives and Senate respectively gave a lift to bills sponsored by the Akwa Ibom State contingent at the 9th National Assembly. This is according to a midterm analysis, by legislature-focused media, OrderPaper, of the nature and quality of bills sponsored …

By Tunde Uchegbuo Many oil bearing communities in the Niger Delta region lack necessary infrastructure in spite of several interventionist efforts to improve on the well-being of people in the region. My position is anchored on noticeable poor quality of life; high level of deprivation; and disparity in the standard …

The Delta State House of Assembly has passed the Prohibiting Open Grazing, Indiscriminate Breeding, Rearing and Marketing of Livestock in Delta State, otherwise known as Anti-Open Grazing bill.  The bill was passed following a motion to that effect by the majority leader of the House, Hon Ferguson Onwo, and adopted …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Christians under the aegis of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), in Bayelsa State in particular and Nigeria in general, have started the process of sensitization and orientation of members to actively participate in politics and governance in the country. To this end, the PFN, Bayelsa State …

The governor of Akwa lbom State, Mr Udom Emmanuel, has signed the Bill to Prohibit Open Rearing and Grazing of Livestock and Provide for the Establishment of Ranches in Akwa Ibom State into law. The Speaker, Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Aniekan Bassey, and the attorney general …

By Joel Anekwe, Port Harcourt Former managing director/chief executive officer of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG, Engr. Tony Attah, at the weekend handed over the symbolic key to NLNG to his successor, Dr. Philip Mshelbila. This was as Attah expressed hope that the company would go beyond building of the …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Government has appealed to the Federal Government to prevail on the international oil companies (IOCs) to relocate to the state without any further delay. Governor Douye Diri made the appeal on Thursday, at the 2nd Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) Research and …

… Ossai Maintains Lead over Elumelu, Others Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege (APC, Delta Central) has sponsored the highest number of bills by senators from Delta State at midterm. According to a midterm analysis of bill sponsorship in the 9th National Assembly by legislature-focused media, OrderPaper, Omo-Agege sponsored 20 bills at …

A pro-South-South socio-economic group, dubbed BRACED Union (BU), has taken a swipe at the Federal Government for flouting a subsisting High Court order. A Port Harcourt High Court had directed that henceforth the Federal Government is to comply with extant tax laws of the federation that posit that the Value …