OZOKWELU ON THE LEGACY OF HIS EXCELLENCY, THE LATE DR. ALEX IFEANYICHUKWU EKWUEME
.Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1979-83 Professor Dickson Ozokwelu with 40+ years of diversified chemical engineering and management experience is currently in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Headquarters in Washington D.C., United States. Prior to his current position, Professor... Read more
Aruna Quadri and Bode Abiodun are edging closer to becoming the first Africans to play in the semifinal stage of the lucrative European Table Tennis Union (ETTU)-organised Champions League after Portugal’s Sporting Club defeated French champion – Stella Sport La Romagne 3:1 in the first leg of the quarterfinal tie.... Read more
Wike Lauds DSS, Nigerian Army for killing Oluchi, Don Wanny younger brother
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has commended the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Army for the joint operation that led to the killing of Oluchi Igwedibia alias Obatosu, younger brother of late Don Wanny.   The younger brother of late Don Wanny who is among... Read more
Suspected herdsmen set Falae’s farm on fire
Suspected herdsmen on Sunday, set the farm of a former Nigerian Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Olu Falae, near Akure, the Ondo State capital. According to a report by Channels Television which quoted the Spokesperson of the Ondo State Police Command, Femi Joseph, the police made... Read more
Former Niger Delta Militants Threaten To Resume Armed Attacks On Oil Installations
The Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC), a coalition of armed groups in the Niger Delta, has served noticed that 4,314 ex-militants in the region are set to renege on the terms of the Presidential Amnesty they embraced in 2008. JRC spokesman, Cynthia Whyte, in statement distributed to the media by... Read more
African Union Condemns President Trump’s ‘Shithole Remarks’
Press Statement for Immediate Release ECOSOCC’s Response to President Trump’s ‘Shithole Remarks’ African Civil society under the auspices of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) of the African Union received with utter shock the news of the uncouth words used by the President of the United States in... Read more
Ikpeazu rejects cattle colony for herdsmen in Abia State
Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has rejected plans by the federal government to establish “cattle colonies” for Fulani Herdsmen and their cows in Abia State. In a release signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Enyinnaya Appolos, the Governor stated that Abia state will not cede any part... Read more
Rivers State Government Hands Over Housing Development in New City to Private Investor, AFRIPROPS.
The Rivers State Government on Thursday January 11, 2018 restated her desire to hand over the development of housing estates in some parts of the new city currently undergoing construction to private investors.   Chief Ferdinand Alabraba, the Chairman, Greater Port Harcourt City Development Authority, (GPHCDA), reassured on government’s... Read more
Aiteo relishes ‘best African Football Awards ever’
From Dianabasi Effiong   Africa’s leading indigenous energy solution company, Aiteo Group, is basking in the euphoria of a highly successful 2017 Aiteo CAF Football Awards that shook the Ghanaian capital, Accra to its very foundation on Thursday night.   A number of ‘firsts’ were established for the event... Read more
Football: 2017 was great, 2018 will be more glorious–Pinnick
From Dianabasi Effiong   Amaju Pinnick, the President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has expressed the satisfaction of the Federation with on-field and off-field results for Nigerian Football in the outgoing year. According to a statement on Sunday by Pinnick, the NFF is also hopeful that the year 2018 will... Read more