In a clear demonstration of concern over flooding affecting some residents of Yenagoa as a result of ongoing road construction works, the state Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah has undertaken an assessment tour of some of the affected parts of the town. Speaking to newsmen at the... Read more
By Dianabasi Effiong No fewer than 2,000 people have further been displaced by a devastating windstorm which ravaged a school block serving as refugee camp for Bakassi returnees in Cross river. The building, located in St Mark’s Primary School, Akwa Ikot Eyo Edem, Akpabuyo Local Government Area, was used as a temporary camp... Read more
Writer Chinua Achebe, whose works focused on the conflict between modernity and the way of life in rural Nigeria, has returned home for the final time. Achebe’s corpse arrived Wednesday in his native Anambra state. There, local government officials and writers feted the late novelist, who died in March... Read more
By Dianabasi Effiong Dr. Ani Etokidem of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has won a research grant to carry out an intervention study on maternal mortality. Etokidem is a former Sub-Dean and current Head, Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences at UNICAL. The... Read more
Bayelsa governor urges leaders to promote unity
Nigeria May 22, 2013
The Bayelsa State Governor, Hon, Seriake Dickson has urged leaders across the country, especially those in the South-South to exercise restraint in their utterances in order not to heat up the polity. Governor Dickson sounded this note of caution when he received the South-South Monarchs Forum who paid him... Read more
The Survey report of the proposed Agge Deep Seaport in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has been presented to the state Government by the Nigerian Army Engineers. The Deep Sea Port is to occupy an area of about eight thousand hectares, which is an increase from the... Read more
By Dianabasi Effiong Nigeria’s FIFA-badge referee, Peter Edibi, is “quite elated’’ by FIFA’s decision to deploy him and 68 other referees for the male U-20 World Cup billed for Turkey June 21-July 13, 2013. Nigeria is drawn in Group B with Cuba, Korea Republic and Portugal and will kick... Read more
By John Okiyi Kalu Following the publication of my short note yesterday titled “Between Boko Haram and a leader once termed “weak and clueless”, I received some messages on the amnesty program. Principally, people want to know if the President has scrapped the proposed amnesty program which was largely... Read more
By John Okiyi Kalu “President Jonathan should be blamed for the insecurity in the north after all he is the commander in chief and nobody stopped him from using our military resources to fight Boko Haram. He should …spare us of excuses and do his job or resign. Did... Read more
Ahead of the 2015 Presidential elections, stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the South-South have thrown their weight behind President Goodluck Jonathan with a call on members to remain steadfast in their support for the party. The Chairman, PDP Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih and other... Read more
