In keeping with his promise to accord priority to the welfare of workers, the Ebonyi State Governor, Chief David Umahi, has assured workers that their January salaries would be paid on the 15th. Umahi gave the assurance in his country home, Uburu... Read more
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps,(NSCDC) Bayelsa Command says its operatives apprehended 40 suspected oil thieves and destroyed 106 illegal refineries in 2015. The State Commandant, NSCDC, Mr. Desmond Agu, made the disclosure during the Command’s end of year press conference at NSCDC headquarters in Yenagoa, on... Read more
Abductors of Bayelsa Commissioner for Local Government Madam Serefina Otazi have demanded for ransom of N40 million according to family sources. Otazi, was abducted on December 20 in Otuoke on her way to Ewoi Community in Ogbia Local Government Area (LGA) for funeral at a gun point.... Read more
The Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Sunday described as a rude shock the news of the death of former Chairman of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Osun, Comrade Francis Adetunji. Aregbesola, in a statement by the Director, Bureau of Communications and Strategy, Semiu Okanlawon, said Comrade... Read more
Nigerians of all walks of life have been charged to meditate on Pope Francis’ message of “Overcome Indifference and Win Peace” for the World Day of Peace 2016. A release by the Executive Secretary of Executive Secretary, Caritas Nigeria Rev. Fr. Evaristus Bassey also charged Nigerians to “dispose... Read more
Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar No fewer than 758 foreigners stranded at the Calabar sea port following the breakdown of a vessel conveying them have been evacuated by road.A statement by Cross River Emergency relief Agency (SEMA) Saturday in Calabar said the stranded foreigners who left Gabon to Benin Republic were... Read more
The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has commended the federal government for reorganizing the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC. The federal government recently announced appointment of an Acting Managing Director of the Commission Mrs Ibim Seminetari as part of the reorganization. Mr Udengs Eradiri, President of the (IYC)... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Mr Patrick Ugbe, the Chief Executive Officer of Hit FM, the first privately-owned 24-hour radio station in Calabar, says the new station will become Africa’s premier lifestyle broadcast outfit. Ugbe, a former Commissioner of Youths and Sports Development, gave the assurance in an interview in... Read more
The Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu and Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, have visited the Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi at his country home in Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government Area. Neither Onu nor Umahi spoke to the press after the visit which was seen by a large... Read more
The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), Bayelsa Chapter, on Wednesday marched the streets of the state capital on a peaceful protest to the government house in Yenagoa urging the state government to settle its four month arrears. The pensioners began their protest from St. Peter’s Primary School,... Read more
