Governor David Umahi (6th right) with his deputy, Kelechi Igwe (5th right) and team leader, Zero Hunger Forum, Dr. Kenton Dashiel after the team made a presentation on how to end hunger by the year 2030 at the Government House, Abakaliki on Friday. With them are SSA to... Read more
By Nnia Nwodo Some days ago in the most peaceful and celebrated contest for the leadership of Ohaneze Ndigbo, I was elected as President General of Ohaneze along with sixteen other members of the National Executive Committee to lead our organization for the next four years. Our mandate was... Read more
The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has relocated its Kolo Creek-Soku gas pipeline across Kolo River in Bayelsa from the river surface to the river bed.. A visit to the Kolo Creek Oilfield operated by SPDC shows that the gas pipeline was no longer located on the water... Read more
A lingering face-off between two loyalists of Bayelsa Governor, Seriake Dickson has snow balled into a labour crisies between the newly appointed General Manager of Radio Bayelsa christened Glory FM. Mr Hayford Lawson, a former Speechwriter to the Governor appointed General Manager of Radio Bayelsa was relieved of his... Read more
Ongoing labour dispute at Radio Bayelsa disrupted operations of the radio station on Thursday as two unions at the radio station held a protest blocking the entrance for several hours. The workers had threatened to shut down the station but timely intervention of state government officials who engaged... Read more
Eleven people were killed by Nigerian security operatives when over 1,000 southern Nigerian secessionists took to the streets on Friday to express the hope that newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump might help counter Muslim influence in their country. Shouting “Biafra for Trump”, protesters held up U.S. flags and... Read more
The President of the Igbo umbrella group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo on Thursday criticized President Muhammadu Buhari over what he termed the abysmal representation of Ndigbo in the current Federal Government. His words: “Under the current Federal Government, Igbo representation is abysmal and fall extremely short of the... Read more
By Adekoya Boladale When Feyisayo, a 36-year old trader and a single mother of three left her home in Imeri, a village in Ose local council area of Ondo State, to cast her ballot in the recently conducted governorship election in the State, it was not for the desire to vote in a government that will... Read more
The Ebonyi State Governor, Engr. David Umahi, has said that plans are underway to pay monthly stipends to ex-lawmakers and Local Government chiefs of the state. He announced this at his Uburu country home when the people of Izzi clan comprising Abakaliki, Izzi and Ebonyi Local Government Areas paid... Read more
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has urged the Nigeria’s Federal Government to urgently intervene in the lingering crises in the health sector to avert impending strike by doctors. It would be recalled that NARD had issued a three week strike notice that would lapse on January... Read more
