By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Wife of the Ondo State governor, Chief Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has urged women to conduct regular checks on their breasts to prevent the mortality rate associated with breast cancer in the country. Mrs Akeredolu, who is founder of Breast Cancer Association of Nigeria (BRECAN), stated this in …
Read More »EFCC Witness’ Absence Stalls Trial of Wife to Ex-Governor’s Aide
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The absence of a witness for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday stalled the trial of Mrs Beauty Apere for money laundering at the Federal High Court, Yenagoa. The accused is wife to Embelakpo Apere a former aide on Sustainable Development Goals to …
Read More »INC Eastern Zone Inaugurates New Executives
… Okaba Urges Them to Promote Unity The crème de la crème of the society converged at Abuloma Town Hall in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area to witness the epoch inauguration of the executive council of the Ijaw National Congress, Eastern Zone recently. The hall was full to the …
Read More »Diri Presents N310.7bn ‘Budget of Sustainable Growth’
… Infrastructure, Health, Education Top Allocation By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Wednesday, presented a 2022 Appropriation Bill of N310.7 billion to the state House of Assembly. Tagged, ‘Budget of Sustainable Growth,’ the budget gave the highest allocation of N51 billion to the Ministry of …
Read More »Bayelsa Communities Threaten to Shutdown Agip Facility over GMoU
Aggrieved Isoko speaking Osekwenike, Abuetor and Osifo communities in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Friday threatened to shutdown the Samabiri/Buseni Cluster Location housing nine oil wells, operated by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC), over alleged refusal by the oil giant to keep to the Global Memorandum of …
Read More »Amnesty: Jubilation as Buhari Re-Appoints Dikio
There was jubilation on Thursday in the Niger Delta following the reappointment of Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd) as the interim administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) by President Muhammdu Buhari. Buhari approved the renewal of Dikio’s tenure for another one year in a statement issued by the presidential …
Read More »Adjogbe Foundation Donates Books to Schools in Ughelli North
By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The Engr. Dr. Samuel Adjogbe Foundation (EDSAF) has donated notebooks and other educational materials to schools across Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. This measure by the foundation was done in partnership with the Rotary Club of Ughelli Metropolis, with many students and …
Read More »Justify 13% Derivation, Sara-Igbe Tackles S’ South Govs
Niger Delta activist and prominent Ijaw chief, His Highness Anabs Sara-Igbe, has called on governors of South-South states in Nigeria to come clean and tell the public how they expended the 13 percent oil revenue over the years before demanding for an increase to 50 percent, noting that the region …
Read More »Niger Delta Demands ‘Right to Political, Economic Autonomy’
Ethnic Nationalities of the Niger Delta, led by Niger Delta Congress (NDC), have adopted a charter demanding that the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999) be amended to protect the right of the people of Niger Delta region to economic and political autonomy in the country. In the …
Read More »Rivers NAPPS Celebrates 16th Anniversary
The National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), Rivers State chapter rolled out the drums to celebrate the 16th anniversary of its existence, with the theme: ‘Curbing Rising Spate of Insecurity – Way Forward for Education in Nigeria.’ The event which attracted personalities from all walks of lives had …
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