From Arodiegwu Eziukwu (Yenogoa) The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has urged the federal government to curb the financial leakages in federal teaching hospitals by enrolling doctors on the Integrated Personnel Payroll System before October 30. The NARD on Friday vowed to resist pay cut arising from improper... Read more
  From Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar   One person was killed while two others sustained various degree of gunshot wounds on Monday following alleged invasion of New Netim Town by its neighbours from Odukpani Qua Town in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State.   More than 20 houses... Read more
Senator Bassey Otu Canvasses Support for Buhari’s “Change Begins With Me” Campaign
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
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
  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
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
  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
Umahi disowns  accounts on Facebook,   advises public to beware of fraudsters
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