Secondary school teacher under the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS) in Bayelsa on Monday protested over unpaid four months’ salary arrears. The aggrieved  teachers, who came out in their numbers, barricaded some major roads in Yenagoa, the state capital causing traffic hiccups for hours.. They  carried placards... Read more

Mrs Lilian Ekanem is Chairperson, Cross River State Child Protection Network. She spoke with Dianabasi Effiong on Child Witches branding. Excerpts:   Main communities With Child Witch Syndrome   This child witch syndrome in Cross River State or witchcraft-branding is really prevailing in Akpabuyo, Calabar South, we have a... Read more

This is a rebuttal to a write up by one Ena Ofugara titled: “HISTORY OF MINORITIES NEED FOR SELF ACTUALIZATION: IT PREDATES IGBO STRUGGLE FOR BIAFRA”. I am merely responding to correct some misconceptions that were created by those who don’t mean well for Nigeria and present these falsities... Read more

  Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun on Thursday sought the understanding of members of the private sector in the ongoing policy review by the current administration. The Minister, who spoke during the visit of the leadership of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, (NESG) to her office in... Read more

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, on Thursday dismissed the judgment of Justice Okon Abang of a Federal High Court Abuja, which sacked the Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu as a rape of democracy and miscarriage of justice. The appellate court, which upheld the mandate of... Read more

Residents of Nembe in Bayelsa on Sunday condemned the attack by unknown gunmen on a military post in the area on August 8 in which three soldiers lost their lives. Nembe Community took the decision after a town hall community meeting ‎held in Nembe, presided over by King Edmund... Read more

1. Many Akalaka people especially those of Ikwerre origin often claim that Igbos like to “claim them” because of the massive oil and gas resources in their land. The Igbos who according to them lack natural resources like oil and gas, want to annex Ikwerre, Ogba and Ekpeye and... Read more

Diana Okon-Effiong, Uyo Well meaning individuals, corporate organisations and Non-Governmental Organisations have been enjoined to assist in the development of infrastructure in the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH)l. The call was made by its Chief Medical Director (CMD), Prof. Etete Peters, in an interview in Uyo. He said... Read more

A Human and Environmental Rights Activist, Mr Alagoa Morris, Monday challenged the Department of State Security (DSS) to arraign detained Bayelsa based journalist, Jones Abiri before a court if its claim were factual. Alagoa made the call in statement issued in Yenagoa. Alagoa, a Project Officer and Head of... Read more