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Consumer Protection Commission Tasks PHEDC on Improved Services

By Joel Anekwe The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has charged the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company, PHEDC, to improve services to its customers. This is as the commission begun moves to resolve series of complaints by electricity subscribers to PHEDC in Rivers State Executive Vice Chairman of FCCPC, Mr …

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Tarabina Tasks Contractors on Project Completion Deadline

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Chairman of the Directorate for Project Monitoring and Evaluation, Engr. Ebiye Tarabina, has tasked contractors handling government projects in the state to intensify efforts to meet projects’ completion deadline. Engr. Tarabina gave the directive during an inspection and evaluation tour of ongoing projects in the state recently. …

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Nat’l Assembly: Luke, Akpan lead Team Akwa Ibom at Midterm

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 …

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CRFFN Sensitizes PH Freight Forwarders on Online Payment Platform

The Council for the Registration of Freight Forwarders in Nigeria (CRFFN) Tuesday organized a workshop in Port Harcourt to sensitize freight forwarders on the payment of practitioners’ operational fees through the regulator’s online portal. CRFFN’s director, Regulations and Enforcement, Basil Opara, told newsmen on the sidelines, that the workshop, with …

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Policy Alert Builds Journalists’ Capacity on ‘Beneficial Ownership, Contract Transparency’

Issues surrounding the real ownership of companies and entities operating in the extractive industry in Nigeria, as well as contract transparency, were the subject of a workshop organized by a non-governmental organization, Policy Alert, in Port Harcourt recently. The one-day Extractive Sector Data Journalism Workshop for investigative reporters across Delta, …

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Archbishop Odutemu Conducts Confirmation Service at Oviri-Olomu

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The Olomu Archdeaconary in Ughelli Diocese, Anglican Communion was recently in a festive mood as the Archbishop of Bendel Province and Bishop of Ughelli Diocese, His Grace, Most Revd. Cyril Odiboro’Oghene Odutemu, conducted this year’s confirmation service at St. James Anglican Church, Oviri-Olomu in Ughelli …

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