Euronews to launch Africanews, 1st Pan-African multilingual news channel, in Congo Brazzaville
Press Releases January 27, 2014
PRESS RELEASE Euronews to launch Africanews, 1st Pan-African multilingual news channel, in Congo Brazzaville Euronews will bring to Africa its unique know-how as a multi-lingual and multi-cultural news channel, broadcasting around the clock LYON, France, January 27, 2014/ — In 18 months time, Euronews (http://www.euronews.com) will have a sister channel... Read more
Adefuye Wins 2014 King Legacy Award
News January 27, 2014
By: Uzochukwu Nwokwu Nigeria’s ambassador to the United States, Professor Adebowale Adefuye has won the 2014 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Award for International Service. The Award will be conferred on the Ambassador on Sunday, January 19, 2014 during the 23rd Annual International Salute to the Life and... Read more
Imoke Swears in 14 new Permanent Secretaries.
News January 27, 2014
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar As part of the strategy to consolidate on his administration’s service delivery, Cross River State Governor, Sen. Liyel Imoke has sworn in 14 new Permanent Secretaries. Our correspondent reports that four of the 14 newly sworn-in Permanent Secretaries are women. Performing the ceremony at the... Read more
As the controversy over who owns Soku oil wells deepens between the Rivers State Government and the Bayelsa State Government, Former Minister of Petroleum Resources and rights activist, Professor Tam David-West have warned President Goodluck Jonathan who is from Bayelsa, to leave the controversial oil wells in Rivers... Read more
As the All Progressive Congress (APC) leadership tussle in Bayelsa State continues unabated, the leadership of the ruling party in the State has called on the National leadership of the party to urgently wade in to calm frayed nerves before it degenerates further to disrupt the existing peace... Read more
“Amaechi Dustbin” in Obigbo: Rivers State Government’s Toxic Waste Dump in a Densely Populated Residential Area
FeaturedNewsNigeriaSpecial Reports January 26, 2014
The Rivers State Government’s Department of Environment has ironically decided that the best way to improve the environment and living conditions of Rivers State inhabitants is by dumping toxic waste next to their homes in Obigbo (Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State). The site of this dump is... Read more
Akwa Ibom Guber 2015: The Awaited Consensus
Politics January 16, 2014
By Stanley Orji At about 6:01pm on the 16th day of April 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis Tennessee, USA, a sniper, through the smoking nozzle of a Remington 760 Gamemaster took the life of one of the world’s finest hearts, Martin Luther King Jnr. Though he’s gone... Read more
A socio-political group in Ekpeye kingdom comprising, Ahoada East and West Local Government Areas in Rivers State, Amaechi’s Teeming Supporters in Ekpeye kingdom has described as a show of shame the role the police is playing in Rivers State to trounce on all political outfits floated by Gov. Chibuike... Read more
HARD FACTS ABOUT THE ATTRIBUTION OF OLUASIRI (SOKU) OIL WELLS/FIELD TO BAYELSA STATE
Press Releases January 16, 2014
Following repeated and deliberate propaganda by the Governor of Rivers State against the Federal Government, the Government and good people of Bayelsa State, aimed at distorting historic and legal facts and designed to incite the people of Rivers State against their brothers in Bayelsa, it has become necessary... Read more
Diana Okon-Effiong, Asaba The Delta State University Teaching Hospital (DELSUTH), Oghara has recorded what is still considered a rare feat in the medical field in Nigeria with a successful kidney transplant. Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, a Medical Doctor who was among the medical team in the theatre during the operation,... Read more
