Youths under the aegis of Niger Delta Youth Leaders Assembly (NDYLA) including ex-militants and non-militant youths on Tuesday applauded the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Dr Ibe Kachikwu for relentless efforts to restore peace to the region. They therefore pledged to work with Dr Ibe Kachikwu... Read more
In a bid to control indiscriminate grazing and violent clashes between farmers and herdsmen, the Bayelsa government has donated 1,200 hectares of land to cattle herdsmen, for grazing cattle in the state. The state government had in December 20116 announced the restriction of the activities of herdsmen... Read more
Facts have emerged behind the closed door sitting of the Bayelsa legislature on Tuesday locking out members of the public. Bayelsa House Assembly on Saturday behind closed doors to approve a loan request of N3 billion from the executive to purchase cars for the legislature and other... Read more
Ebonyi State Governor David Nweze Umahi on Tuesday lamented the attack on Azuoffia Edda in Abakaliki Local Government Area by people from three communities in Obubra LGA of Cross River State, warning that no Ebonyian would be killed anymore under his watch. Umahi, in company with security chiefs in... Read more
• Condemns continued killing of harmless agitators • Says OPC members move unmolested in South West The worsening plight of Ndigbo under the President Muhammadu Buhari’s ad-ministration on Tuesday night dominated talks between the new President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Nnia Nwodo and Igbo leaders in Lagos. Nwodo... Read more
Revisiting Alleged Brutalisation of Fed Girls’ College Staff By Armed Security Operatives In Calabar
FeaturedSpecial Reports February 12, 2017
By Dianabasi Effiong The response from Nigerians over alleged invasion of the Federal Government Girls’ College, Calabar, on Feb. 2 by some armed operatives of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) has no doubt gone viral. The federal agency’s operatives, otherwise known as State Security Service (SSS) by Nigerians... Read more
Mba E. Ukweni is a young and vibrant lawyer practicing in Cross River State. The former Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) is known to be an astute, dedicated, committed and intelligent lawyer. Mba, as he is fondly called by his colleagues, is a workaholic and also... Read more
From Dianabasi Effiong,Calabar Foremost Nigerian environmentalist, Mr Nnimmo Bassey, has called for the revocation of permits granted by the Federal Government to Monsantho, a multi-national company, to bring genetically- modified crops into Nigeria. He made the call in an interview in Calabar on the side line of the 18th... Read more
From Dianabasi Effiong, Calabar Gov. Ben Ayade, of Cross River has signed the 2017 appropriation bill of N707 billion, christened Budget of Transposition, into law. Speaking while signing the budget into law, at the state executive council chamber, Calabar, Ayade said the state was adopting deficit budgeting so as... Read more
From: Dianabasi Effiong Former Vice President of Nigeria, Dr Alex Ekweme on Sunday in Cabalar, urged Nigerians to pray for President Muhammadu Buhari currently on medical vacation in . He also urged Igbos to aspire for the presidency of Nigeria and continue from where he stopped... Read more
