The Management of the National Youth Service Corps in the Federal Capital Territory has expressed a keen desire to establish closer co-operation with the Nigeria Football Federation in order to achieve its extra mandate of empowerment of the youth in the country. Speaking during a visit to the General... Read more

Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) says that the fire outbreak from a stockpile of crude in two communities in Ogbia, Bayelsa, did not come from its operations. The SPDC Media Relations Manager, Mr Bamidele Odugbesan, said this in an interview in Yenagoa on Tuesday. He said that... Read more

From Dianabasi Effiong Comrade Nnimmo Bassey, Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), who is also a renowned environmentalist, met with a group of about 70 young people at a training programme which underscored the importance of the Youth Roundtable on Climate Action to unlock youth innovativeness in Nigeria’s... Read more

Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Tuesday commended the United States Government for working with the state government to reduce the prevalence of HIV/AIDS. Also, the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Ambassador Stuart Symington said that the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) administered by the... Read more

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Sunday, August 25, declared that its recruitment exercise is free of any charge from prospective applicants. The Corps reiterated that its ongoing recruitment process is completely “free of charge” and executed in an equitable and transparent manner. It warned the... Read more

From Dianabasi Effiong Gov. Nyesom Ezenwo Wike of Rivers  has declared that his administration is fully prepared to tackle  insecurity and will do everything  required to protect lives and property. He also declared that the State Government proscribed all Youth Groups operating in Rivers because they were hijacked by... Read more

The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat will return back to Nigeria tonight, according to reports by The Nation newspaper quoting a source it described as a key leader of the Islamic sect. The newspaper said the couple will leave... Read more

From Dianabasi Effiong The new cutting-edge cancer treatment machine just installed at the National Hospital Abuja will reduce patient’s treatment waiting time from 16 minutes to two minutes, the Chief Medical Director of the Hospital, Dr. Jaf Momoh, said on Friday at the inauguration of the equipment by the... Read more

In a boost to Nigeria’s anti-terrorism war, the Nigerian Army on Thursday unveiled four mine and bomb resistant anti-ambush protected vehicles, all made in Nigeria. The unveiling ceremony at Nigerian Army Resource Centre Asokoro Abuja, was attended by both the Chief of Defence Staff General AG Olonisakin and Army... Read more

The Shell Petrol!sum Development Company (SPDC) on Tuesday inaugurated the upgared and remodelled Kolo General Hospital as part of efforts to commemorate the discovery of oil commercial quantities at Oloibiri in Bayelsa. Speaking at the event , Mr Osagie Okunbor, Managing Director of SPDC noted that Oloibiri holds a... Read more