Barely 24 hours after he assumed duties as the new Acting Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mr. Haruna Baba Jauro has shaken up the agency, redeploying a good number of departmental heads. News Express can confirm that Isichei Osamgbi, until today... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) says 14 states including Cross River are currently benefiting from about N12 billion World Bank scheme to contain the spread of gully erosion in their domain. Mr Salisu Dahiru, National Project Coordinator, NEWMAP, said this... Read more
The League of Maritime Editors this morning urged President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the ongoing leadership tussle among Executive Directors of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). The President, League of Maritime Editors, Mr Ovie Edomi, made the plea in a statement made available to newsmen... Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has listed conditions to be met by those wishing to be appointed ministers in his cabinet. He said today in Abuja that only patriotic, decent and experienced Nigerians would be appointed as ministers in his government. Buhari, who assumed office on May 29, has been under... Read more
A combined teal of soldiers and policemen have been drafted to the Ijaw house venue of a proposed meeting by Niger Delta Ex-Militants. Investigations show that the security operative were deployed following orders from Governor Dickson on Friday cancelling the proposed meeting. Civil Servants in Bayelsa Ministry... Read more
From: Arodiegwu Eziokwu, Yenogoa The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) says the delays experienced in the oil spill response at its Adibawa oil fields were regrettable. SPDC said on Monday that the oil leakage from its oil fields located in Edagberi community in Rivers was... Read more
Bayelsa Monarch kidnapped as kidnappers injure food vendor
FeaturedNigeriaUncategorized July 23, 2015
From: Arodiegwu Eziukwu Unidentified gunmen on Thursday kidnapped Chief C A O Otobotekere Paramount Ruler of Tombia Community in Tenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa. Our Correspondent gathered that the gunmen who arrived the palace of the monarch on Thursday morning had fired several shots to scare... Read more
Bayelsa APC Wants Buhari to Prosecute Jonathan
Nigeria July 22, 2015
Chairman, All Progressives Congress, Chief Perekeme Kpodo, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to prosecute Jonathan and his wife, Patience. Kpodo, who made the call at a news conference in Yenagoa on Wednesday, said the former President, his wife and known associates should be prosecuted for the alleged looting... Read more
•Condemns dismissal of Dawari and Odili’s cases on technical grounds The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has alleged a grand conspiracy between the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) and some judges to frustrate the party’s petitions brought before the tribunals in respect of the March 28 and... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has blamed the United Nations and the Federal Government for ceding the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula to the Republic of Cameroon.Ayade stated this when he received the Country Representative of United Nations High Commission for Refugees, Mrs. Angele Dikongue Atangana... Read more
