The concessional donor loan will support the 15th replenishment of the African Development Fund, approved in December 2019 by ADF donor countries ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, February 17, 2021/ — The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the African Development Fund (ADF) – the concessional arm of the African Development Bank... Read more

The appointment of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala  as the  Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has tickled Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers State who says that with her appointment the WTO has ‘entered a new epoch’. Wike, in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri,... Read more

WTO members made history today (15 February) when the General Council agreed by consensus to select Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria as the organization’s seventh Director-General. When she takes office on 1 March, Dr Okonjo-Iweala will become the first woman and the first African to be chosen as Director-General. Her term,... Read more

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria MACBAN, in the Southeast, says it will support any policy by the government that seeks to stop the clashes between host communities and the herdsmen. It listed conditions to be followed by the government to stop incessant clashes between its members... Read more

The ongoing strike by Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MHWUN), Bayelsa Chapter has grounded Primary Healthcare Centres across the state. The strike has hampered access to basic healthcare services like ante-natal for pregnant women and child immunisation at healthcentres across the eight council areas in Bayelsa. The... Read more

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has dismissed media reports that it uncovered ‘missing  2 million barrels of crude’ in oil production records by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) between 2016 and 2018. The DPR described the allegations as false and baseless. The report had alleged that SPDC which... Read more

You’ve got Firstmonie Wallet on your phone? Did I hear you say Yes… then, count yourself lucky because your first daily recharge and data subscription between 13 – 15 February will give you the opportunity to speak more to your loved ones, or spend more time on your favourite... Read more

. Says NDDC No Birthright Of Any Ethnic Group, State  Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, says despite the inauguration of theadvisory council of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), oilproducing state governors are still sidelined in the affairs of the intervention agency. The governor noted that because the... Read more

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Rivers State Council, has called for the immediate release of its member, Chidiebere Onyia, a reporter with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Port Harcourt zonal office. Onyia, a nursing mother, was allegedly kidnapped by her abductors at a gunpoint onTuesday night along the... Read more

The Nigeria Oil and Gas Park project promoted by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) in Emeyal 1, community in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa will be ready by fourth quarter of 2022.   Mr Simbi Wabote, Executive Secretary of NCDMB who gave the timeline during... Read more