By John Okiyi Kalu “One of the things that is very important in the life of any man or any person, is that he should be a man or person of his word. If you decide your word should not be taken seriously that’s entirely up to you.”-President... Read more
Membership Drive: Rivers APC Moves to Win Over More Than Half of Non-Indigenes
Politics February 14, 2014
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says it is targeting at least 800 out of the 1.5 million non-indigenes in the State in the party’s on-going nationwide membership registration exercise. This was disclosed on Saturday, February 8, by the State Commissioner for Commerce and... Read more
Rivers Political Crisis: I won’t Fight Goodluck Jonathan, says Princewill
Politics February 14, 2014
Prince Tonye Princewill, a stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party, and one time Action Congress, AC, governorship candidate in the 2007 general poll in Rivers has declared that he won’t get involved in any political tussle against President Goodluck Jonathan, especially according to him, “If I think that... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Essien Ayi, says that in spite of current challenges within its rank the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remains for now “the best political party’’ in Nigeria. Ayi, representing Akpabuyo/Bakassi/Calabar South, who stated this in an interactive session with... Read more
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended the State House of Assembly for passing the Rivers State Reserve Fund Law Amendment Bill 2014 to enable the State Government withdraw N30 billion from the N53 billion in the fund. Commenting on the passage of the... Read more
Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Chief Francis Bullem, a businessman and entrepreneur, has commended the People’s Democratic Party (PDP for zoning the governorship position in 2015 to the northern senatorial district of Cross River. Bullem, who stated this in Calabar Friday, said that the party’s position would allow the district to realise... Read more
For the second time in five months, the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has commissioned and handed over a 174-room modern prototype hostel to the authorities of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), in Imo State. The commission had on July 18, 2013, handed over a similar hostel... Read more
Princewill Condemns Semenitari’s Attack on Person, Alleges Threat to Life
Politics February 14, 2014
Prince Tonye Princewill has condemned in strong terms the vitriolic attack against him and the threat to his life by the Commissioner of Information in Rivers State Ibim Semenetari during today’s Rhythm 93.7, viewpoint programme – a news, interview, phone-in and current affairs programme. In a statement this evening of 8th... Read more
UDOM EMMANUEL: Hoisting Akwa Ibom on the Totem Pole
Opinion February 14, 2014
By Imoh Etimudo Charles de Gaulle once wrote: “Nothing great is done without great men. And the great men were great because they willed it.” This is a universal motto for leadership of distinction. Take General Murtala Ramat Muhammed for instance, he chose the path of greatness through... Read more
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