From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Gov. Ben Ayade Cross River, has approved the conversion of 150 ad hoc staff of the Department of Public Transportation (DOPT) to permanent employment. The beneficiaries had worked as ad-hoc staff in the department for about three years. Special Adviser, Department of Public Transportation, Mr.... Read more
Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano yesterday flagged off the Delfarm Anambra Songhai Farm Project at Igbariam in Anambra East Council Area. The project designed for full value-Chain Agricultural Production and Processing as well as for Agricultural Technical Services us worth about 4.5 billion naira of investment in its first... Read more
Nigeria’s Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun called for sustainable and inclusive growth for Africa at a high level G20 Finance Ministers seminar held in Paris Thursday night. The Finance Ministers met to discuss current challenges to the international financial architecture and ways of combating macroeconomic volatility. The high-level... Read more
The Nigerian Army has announced that Colonel Samaila Inusa, who was kidnapped on Sunday 27, was found dead today (Tuesday) at about 6:00 p.m., . “Preliminary investigation revealed that most likely the late senior officer was killed same day he was kidnapped by his abductors. This is because the body... Read more
Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has described the demise of the foremost lawyer, political and human rights activist, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, as a huge loss to the nation. In a statement by the Director, Bureau of Communication and Strategy, Office of the Governor, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, Aregbesola said... Read more
Owanari Bobmanuel Duke, Chairman, Child Survival and Development Organisation of Nigeria has called for advocacy and action on gender parity. She made the call [on Tuesday, 15 March at a symposium hosted by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) and the Centre for Black and African Art... Read more
The Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi has called on the people of the state to always meditate on the central message and the purpose of the birth, death and resurrection of Christ by ruminating on the essence of Easter just as his Osun State counterpart, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has... Read more
.Challenges states to begin process of robust revenue generation The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun has disclosed that the Federal Government, as a sign of its commitment to stimulate the economy, will in the next one quarter pump N350 billion into the system in form of capital... Read more
From Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Some survivors of March 11 gas explosion at the Calabar Branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), admitted at University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), are out of danger list. Prof. Thomas Agan, the Chief Medical Director (CMD), University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH),... Read more
Chevron host community youths in Bayelsa protest oil firm’s neglect after 2012 Rig explosion
Nigeria March 22, 2016
Youths from Chevron’s host communities at Koluama in Southern Ijaw Local Government, Bayelsa on Tuesday demonstrated at the Community Development Foundation’s Yenagoa office to protest alleged neglect. Hundreds of youths who carried placards and sang solidarity songs besieged the office to demand explanations for non payment of compensation... Read more
