Armed men in the early hours of Friday abducted of an 85year old Paramount ruler of Gbarantoru community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the State, His Royal Highness Chief Benjamin Weke at his residence. The spokesman of the Bayelsa State Police Command, Asinim Butswatt, confirmed the... Read more
Barely three weeks after pirates killed 4 soldiers and one policeman at a military base in Nembe, a group of armed men suspected to be sea pirates Wednesday afternoon ambushed two speedboats and kidnapped three persons along the Ogbia-Brass waterways of Bayelsa East senatorial district. Asinim Butswat ,... Read more
Authorities Withhold Details On Mission Of Nigeria-bound ISIS Commander
FeaturedSpecial Reports August 30, 2015
By Vic O’Ben . Terror leader planned linking up with Boko Haram leaders As the Nigerian authorities remain taciturn as to the mission of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) leader, Ahmed Al-Assir, who was arrested in Lebanon on his way to Nigeria, anonymous sources... Read more
L-R: Speaker, Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Francis Nwifuru; Protocol Assistant, United States Consulate General, Lagos, Mary- Anne Onwuchekwa; Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State; Political/ Economic Chief, US Consulate General, Thomas Hines; Deputy Governor, Kelechi Igwe; Political/ Economic Assistant, US Consulate General, Danielle Grigsby; and SSG, Ebonyi State,... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Several pregnant women and nursing mothers were among thousands of applicants who thronged the U.J Esuene Stadium on Saturday as the Cross River State Government commenced the first phase of the screening exercise for recruitment into its Green Police. The exercise which started with a two-kilometre... Read more
The Bayelsa government on Monday said that investigations into the July 9, 2015 Pipeline Explosion that killed 14 people at Agip’s oil field was underway. It will be recalled that a regulatory official of Bayelsa Ministry of Environment and National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) and... Read more
Special Report on Ebonyi
FeaturedSpecial Reports August 23, 2015
Ebonyi inaugurates committee to revamp education sector The Ebonyi State Executive Council on Thursday moved to rescue the state’s education sector by setting up and inaugurating a committee to prepare a working plan for making the learning convenient for students in the state. The decision followed the... Read more
The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) on Tuesday expressed support for the ongoing restructuring of the oil industry with a condition that the federal character principle be reflected in its implementation. Addressing a news conference at the Ijaw House, Yenagoa, Mr Udengs Eradiri, President of the IYC commended the... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar CUSO International an international volunteer development organisation based in Cross River has restated its resolve to establish 4,500 new youth enterprises in addition to 500 existing ones in the state. Its Project Director, CUSO International, Mr. Christopher Breauel, stated this in Calabar at... Read more
