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 …
Read More »Abducted Teenage Girl Tortured, Released at Uwheru
By Young E. Freeborn, Warri A fifteen year old girl (name withheld) who was abducted over two weeks ago by unknown abductors in Ehere community, Uwheru kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State was recently released amidst joy and jubilation by her parents and neighbours. Speaking to …
Read More »57th Annual Med Lab Scientists’ Conference, Workshop Ends in Bayelsa
The Association of Medical Laboratories Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN) has ended its 57th Annual Conference and Workshop in Yenagoa, capital of Bayelsa State. The event, which began Thursday, came to a close on Sunday. Our correspondent reports that the event which had in attendance Medical Lab scientists from the 36 …
Read More »IOCs Relocation: Bayelsa Decries Delay, Urges FG to Prevail on Oil Firms
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 …
Read More »National Assembly: Omo-Agege leads Manager, Nwaoboshi at Midterm
… 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 …
Read More »UNIPORT Alumni President for Burial September 17 in Bayelsa
The late president of University of Port Harcourt Alumni Association, Chief Chris Adokeme, is to be buried on Friday, September 17, 2021 at his hometown Isampou, Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. This is according to the family of the late alumni president. Adokeme passed away in Yenagoa on Monday …
Read More »BRACED Union Faults FG on VAT, Urges S’South Govs to Emulate Wike
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 …
Read More »No Bills for 5 Rivers Reps as Apiafi Leads Sekibo, Mpigi
Five of the 13 federal legislators representing Rivers constituencies at the lower chamber of the National Assembly did not sponsor any bill in two years. This is according to a midterm analysis of bill sponsorship in the 9th National Assembly by legislature-focused media, OrderPaper. According to OrderPaperToday’s ‘The Report Card,’ …
Read More »Nigeria Immigration, MEMPON Collaborate on ‘Service Delivery’
… As Oni Commends CGI Babandede on ICT Umbrella body of maritime and energy media practitioners in Nigeria, the Maritime Energy Media Practitioners of Nigeria (MEMPON), has offered to partner and collaborate with the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), with a resolve to enhance efficient service delivery to citizens of the …
Read More »Sexual Harassment: Rivers College of Health Extends Lecturer’s Suspension
The management of the Rivers State College of Health Science and Technology has extended the suspension of head of department, Dental Surgery, Princewill Chicakpobi, by three months in a bid to ensure proper inquiry into allegations of rape made against him by the mother of a student. Provost of the …
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