… Emerges  Vanguard Newspapers’ ‘Governor of the Year’, Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has affirmed that his administration has succeeded in laying a solid foundation for peace and development to continually thrive in the state. Governor Dickson made the assertion on Sunday during a Thanksgiving service to mark... Read more

Foremost African financial institution, Guaranty Trust Bank plc, has launched the Dusty Manuscript Contest to give budding writers the opportunity to win publishing deals for their finished, but yet-to-be published, manuscripts. Organized in partnership with publishing houses Okadabooks and Farafina, the contest is part of the Bank’s YouREAD initiative... Read more

Governor Dickson of Bayelsa State, Hon Seriake Dickson on Thursday identified the politicisation of crime and criminality as the bane of security in the Niger Delta and Nigeria as a whole. According to a press statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Francis Ottah Agbo, the Governor... Read more

A civil rights activist, Comrade Adeniyi, Alimi Sulaiman has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to shop for replacement of  the Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu with substantive nominee by sending the name of such nominee to the upper chamber of the National Assembly... Read more

The Kaduna State Primary Health Care Development Agency (SPHCDA) said on Friday that 17,989 cases of acute malnutrition were recorded in the state in 2017. Hajiya Hauwa Usman, a Nutritionist with the Agency made the disclosure in Zaria while presenting an overview of nutrition situation in the state at... Read more

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has started discussions with a Chinese firm, SINOTEC Company Limited for the execution of a Niger Delta Regional Power Pool Project.   The NDDC Managing Director, Mr. Nsima Ekere, stated this during a meeting with officials of the Chinese company at the Commission’s... Read more

Leading Traditional Rulers of Nigeria have commended  the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike for executing  people-oriented projects for the benefit of Rivers people.  The Traditional Rulers spoke on Wednesday after they embarked on project inspection alongside the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike.    The Prominent Traditional Rulers... Read more

Full text of communique by Yoruba elders asking Nigeria’s Federal Government to immediately restructure the country or ready itself for a discussion of self-determination for the Yoruba people. Below is the full text of the ultimatum from the elders’ group, VOICE OF REASON (VOR): VOR is a body of... Read more

.Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1979-83 Professor Dickson Ozokwelu with 40+ years of diversified chemical engineering and management experience is currently in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Headquarters in Washington D.C., United States. Prior to his current position, Professor... Read more

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has commended the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Army for the joint operation that led to the killing of Oluchi Igwedibia alias Obatosu, younger brother of late Don Wanny.   The younger brother of late Don Wanny who is among... Read more