Ijaw Professionals Association seeks host communities participation in oil sector
Ijaw professionals Association (IPA) on Sunday urged the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to enhance the participation of oil communities in the oil and gas sector.     IPA made the appeal in a statement made available in Yenagoa.     The statement signed by Hon. Iniruo... Read more
Jonathan Speaks at Oxford Union
BEING A SPEECH BY DR. GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, FORMER PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT: “A CONVERSATION TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE ISSUES RELATING TO THE PROMOTION OF YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP” AT THE OXFORD UNION 24TH OCTOBER 2016. Protocols. It is my pleasure and a great honour to be in... Read more
Innoson: Setting the Records Straight Regarding the GTB Witch hunt
                                                                          Press Release We are constrained to respond to fictitious news published by some news media on October 24/25, 2016 on The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, filing four counts of alleged N2.4bn shipping fraud against Innoson Nigeria Limited before a Federal High Court in Lagos. The said report, which... Read more
Nigeria’s Vice President Meets Chinese Investors, Pledges Support To Innoson Group’S ICT Project
The Vice President Prof Yemi osinbajo today met with Chairman of Innoson Group, Dr Innocent Chukwuma OFR and a delegation of Chinese investors led by Liu Baoju, a Deputy Minister of Communist Party of China in Shandong Province who is equally the Chairman of Shandong Broadcasting Group and Shandong... Read more
Anambra attains targeted 210, 000 metric tonnes in rice production
The Anambra State Commissioner for Agriculture, Afam Mbanefo, said on Monday that the state has reached self-sufficiency in rice production. Mr. Mbanefo made the disclosure at a Commodity Alliance Forum/Consultative meeting organised by the state Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) in Awka. The commissioner recalled that the state government... Read more
Bayelsa Govt to evict 2012 flood victims occupying school premises after diverting flood intervention funds
  Bayelsa government on Sunday, threatened to arrest and prosecute 2012 flood victims from the site of Bishop Dimeari Grammar School, (BDGS) Yenagoa, if they fail to comply with the its vacation order.   The victims have severally lamented their flight as the flood intervention funds in excess of... Read more
Innoson Group Partners Chinese Consortium to Invest $1 Billion into Nigeria’s IT Sector
Press Release   –      Vice President to receive Chinese Consortium Monday Innoson Group is partnering with a consortium of Chinese investors to pump in 1Billion US dollars into Nigeria’s information technology sector of the economy. This includes 400 million USD which will be invested in Nigeria’s DSO project Digital... Read more
Nigeria: 52 civil society groups threaten to join forces with the IPOB, demand immediate release of Kanu
About 52 civil society and community-based organisations have threatened to join forces with the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to intensify the campaign for Biafra’s self-determination if the federal government fails to release the detained leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. The groups insisted that restructuring Nigeria remain the best... Read more
Parents of abduction victim, Ese Oruru’s lament her continued absence in school, seek her return
Parents of 14 year old minor abducted in Bayelsa in August  2015 and taken to Kano where she was allegedly forced intoa marriage have berated her continued stay in Police protective custody. The Federal High Court Yenagoa, on Monday adjourned Ese Oruru’s abduction case to Dec. 8, 2016, The... Read more
Bayelsa public schools resume 2016/2017 session following strike action
  Government owned primary and secondary schools in Bayelsa resumed the 2016/2017 academic session on Monday as pupils expressed delight at the resumption   The resumption followed a directive from the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) to striking members.     Public schools in the state delayed to resume... Read more