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  By Joel Anekwe, Port Harcourt   The Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) last Wednesday, in Port Harcourt held a three-day youth training workshop for 700 youths, designed to equip beneficiaries with technical and business management skills that would make them employable globally and able to run their own businesses. The …

  By Mesoma Ejeh   Ndifreke Andrew-Essien, fondly known as ‘Freky,’ was involved in a ghastly motor accident that left her paraplegic and in a wheelchair. It was an experience that was traumatic and disheartening, and ultimately ignited in her a passion for “a meaningful and impactful living that would …

  By Joel Anekwe, PORT HARCOURT   The simmering conflict between the governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, and the minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, went up a notch on Saturday, as both camps leveled allegations of attempted assassination on the other. The Rivers State Government on …

Interim national president of the Association of Registered Freight Forwarders (AREFFN), Alhaji Bala Lawan Daura, has said that the body is set to re-position for improved efficiency and synergy with industry stakeholders in the maritime sector of the Nigerian economy. In a chat with members of the Maritime, Energy Media …

The Rivers State chapter of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) has suspended its planned industrial action. This followed the intervention of the state councils of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC). Leaders of the NLC and TUC had on Monday, November 6, 2017 …

  … Declares Enugu Airport Unsafe   The National Assembly Joint Committee on Aviation has decried the deplorable state of the domestic wing of the Port Harcourt International Airport Omagwa, particularly the arrival section of the terminal building which is undergoing remodeling. Senate committee chairman, Sen. Muhammad Adamu Aliero and …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the Rivers State Traders and Market Women Association have resolved to partner towards checking the incidence of fake and counterfeit products in stores and market across Rivers State. This understanding was reached during a courtesy visit by the …

  By JOEL ANEKWE, Port Harcourt   As the crisis in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State chapter continues to widen, the Forum of LGA Party Chairmen have pledged their loyalty to the leader of the party in the state and Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, and …

By JOEL ANEKWE, Port Harcourt   The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has distributed mobility and hearing aids to people living with disabilities in the Niger Delta region even as it charged youths to embrace entrepreneurship. Managing Director of the commission, Nsima Ekere, handed over the items, which included 80 …

  …Assures on Int’l Best Practice   The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Area 2 command, Onne, has called on importers domiciled in the South South and South East of Nigeria to patronize ports and other trading facilities in the zone, with a view to promoting their businesses and developing the …