Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, says the provision of personal homes to judicial officers of Rivers’ extraction will serve as good motivation to resist enticements of all forms capable of compromising the rectitude of their judicial functions. He stated this on Tuesday at the Government House, Port... Read more
The Nigeria Customs Service, Area II Command Onne Port, has generated a total of N128,317,325,936.68 as revenue from January to September 2021. This was made known in a statement by Ifeoma Ojekwu, Customs Public Officer, Area ll Command Onne Port. The collected figure which is N45,761,404,176.65 above the total... Read more
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has charged the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to reduce revenue accruable to the Federal Government from the federation account to 40 per cent. He made this known when members of the RMAFC led by its chairman, Elisa N. Mbam, paid him a... Read more
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa has received the approval of the Bayelsa House of Assembly to restructure the state’s commercial debts with some banks, to ease the state’s monthly debt servicing obligations. Diri had in September 2020 secured the approval of the Bayelsa House of Assembly to obtain... Read more
Only Netherlands –based goalkeeper Maduka Okoye was being expected in the Super Eagles’ Eko Hotels & Suites abode as at the early hours of Tuesday evening – 48 hours before the FIFA World Cup African qualifying Day 3 encounter against the Les Fauves of the Central African Republic. ... Read more
Governors of South -South States of Nigeria have resolved to join the suit currently before the Supreme Court of Nigeria over collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) between Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and Rivers State. This is part of the six point communique that was read out to journalists... Read more
Describes crimes committed by Kano State Government in the name of religion as “egregious” The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has in strong terms, condemned what it cited as “recent instances of violence against religious communities in Nigeria, including attacks on Christians in Kano state... Read more
The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) on Thursday restated its commitment and solicited support for defence of the biodiversity of the water bodies in the Niger Delta region. The group urged all those interacting with and utilizing our water bodies to do so with respect and place the... Read more
THE much-awaited book on pilgrimage, authored by a renowned journalist and Special Assistant, Media to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, Comrade Fidelis Egugbo has been slated for public presentation in Asaba, Delta State on Wednesday, October 6, 2021. Titled: “The Experience,” the book is about religious pilgrimage captured... Read more
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has urged Nigerians to work together to salvage the country from current political and socio-economic woes. He pointed out that development can only be secured in a society that promote good governance that is predicated on the rule of law. Governor Wike made... Read more