Senator Bassey Otu Canvasses Support for Buhari’s “Change Begins With Me” Campaign
News September 28, 2016
From Dianabasi Effiong, Calabar Senator. Bassey Otu has urged Nigerians to support the “Change Begins With Me’” campaign inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari to foster attitudinal orientation required in the country He gave the advice when he hosted a group of artisans, fashion designers, hair dressers and eatery and... Read more
Clergy Counsels Parents, Children On Ways To Live Peacefully
News September 5, 2016
From Dianabasi Effiong Parents and young people have been advised to continually seek ways that ensure peaceful and harmonious co-existence in homes and the larger society. Mrs Josephine Ikpo, the General Overseer, Christ Sermon Light International Mission, gave the advice in a sermon to mark the Children’s Day... Read more
A Youth Corp members serving in Yenagoa on Wednesday brought succor to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp at the Samson Siasia stadium with donation drugs and mosquitoe treated nets. The drugs and items worth one million naira were part of the Community Development Project of the Corps member.... Read more
A team of the Joint Task Force, (JTF) in the Niger Delta Operation Delta Safe on Saturday clashed with the Bayelsa Environmental Sanitation Authority during the monthly cleanup exercise . While the environmental exercise was going on, the JTF vehicle laden with armed soldiers was intercepted by the environmental... Read more
Militants blow-up NPDC oil installation in Delta
News August 29, 2016
Gunmen suspected to be militants on Thursday night bombed oil installation belonging to the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) at Owhrode community in Udu Local Government Area of Delta. The gas pipeline supplies the Delta Steel Company with gas. President General of Owhrode community, Mr Michael Odjo... Read more
Yenagoa based banker assassinated on East-West road
News August 14, 2016
A Yenagoa-based banker, Adewale Adesanya, has been assassinated by armed men in Ahoada area of the East-West road in Rivers. Wale, 39 who was driving in his car to Port Harcourt on Saturday in company of two others met his untimely death when he was shot several times at... Read more
Hit FM Takes Keep Calabar Clean Initiative To Markets
News August 9, 2016
From Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Some traders at the popular Watt Market in Calabar on Thursday commended the Hit FM, a private radio station’s initiative to clean up the market and its surroundings. They also called for a follow-up by relevant agencies of Government to de-silt blocked... Read more
The Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Umahi, has disowned cloned social media accounts bearing his name and pictures which are being used to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. Umahi, in a statement on Monday by his spokesman, Mr. Emma Anya, advised the public to dishonour such accounts... Read more
Nigeria to re-structure Project Nollywood
News June 28, 2016
The Federal Government is organizing a workshop for stakeholders aimed at restructuring and reinvigorating Project ACT Nollywood, the N3billion grant programme established by the Federal Government to solve the main challenges impeding the growth of the Nigerian movie industry. The workshop, which is scheduled for Friday July 1, 2016,... Read more
The Ebonyi State Government has suspended the collection of manifest charges in all motor parks in the state. Government David Umahi made this known to journalists after a closed door meeting with the Association of Mass Transit Operators of Nigeria in the Government House, Abakaliki on Tuesday. He said,... Read more