From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Port Harcourt Eighty women have graduated from a skills acquisition programme of the Andoni Cluster Development Board (CDB) under the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) JV’s Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) for the development of communities in the Niger Delta. This contained in... Read more
The Bayelsa All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday said that it embarked on evacuation of refuse heaps in Bayelsa to compliment the efforts of Bayelsa government. It would be recalled that APC governorship candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva had on April 3 mobilised women and youths of the... Read more
Prince Rasheed Adewale Akanbi is from Molaasan Compound of Gbaase Ruling House in Isale Oba in Iwo. He was born on the 21st June 1967 in Iwo. For his Elementary School, Prince Akanbi attended Omolewa Nursery and Primary School, Oritamefa, Ibadan (1972-1978), he proceeded to Iwo Grammar School, Araromi,... Read more
Aregbesola assures on completion of projects, urge well-Meaning Nigerians to help government succeed
All ongoing projects, including the mega-schools in Osun are to be completed as scheduled. This was the assurance given by the Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola after his assessment tour of the projects at the weekend. A statement by the Bureau of Communication and Strategy, signed by its... Read more
An Ex-Militant leader Mr Ramsey Mukoro has condemned the alignment and re-alignment of forces by militants ahead forthcoming guber polls in Bayelsa as the major political camps have been courting the support of former agitators for the elections. He therefore advised political parties and aspirants and ex-militants... Read more
Some 663,748 registered voters are expected to take part in the December 5 Governorship election in Bayelsa State. This indication was given by the Independent National Electoral Commission following the publication and presentation of an updated voter register in the state to political parties in Yenagoa. According to the... Read more
The Abia State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has upheld the declaration of Dr Okezie Ikpeazu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the April 11, 2015 governorship election in the State and dismissed petition Dr Alex Otti, of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). The tribunal, sitting in Umuahia, gave its verdict today in... Read more
Gunmen kidnap Pastor, 2 others in Ekeremor, Bayelsa
Nigeria November 2, 2015
Few days after the 100 year old mother of Bayelsa Deputy Governorship Candidate , Rev. Mark Christmas, a Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), New Anointing Chapel in Yenagoa, Bayelsa, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in his hometown. Despite promises by Bayelsa Police Command to... Read more
Cross River Superhighway Gets Boost, German Quality Control Experts On Site
Nigeria November 2, 2015
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Few weeks after President Muhammadu Buhari flagged off the construction of the 260km superhighway in Cross River, quality control experts from Germany have arrived the state to ensure that the project’s execution met international best practice. Speaking to newsmen in Calabar, shortly after their arrival,... Read more
