From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Port Harcourt Eighty women have graduated from a skills acquisition programme of the Andoni Cluster Development Board (CDB) under the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) JV’s Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) for the development of communities in the Niger Delta. This contained in... Read more
Bayelsa Guber : Dickson, Sylva, 18 others sign peace deal
Politics November 10, 2015
The Governor of Bayelsa, Hon Henry Dickson, former Governor Timipre Sylva and candidates for other political parties , Tuesday , signed a peace accord ahead the December 5 governorship election. The candidates signed to seal their commitments to ensuring a peaceful and violence-free governorship poll at a brief ceremony that was held in Yenagoa.... Read more
The Bayelsa All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday said that it embarked on evacuation of refuse heaps in Bayelsa to compliment the efforts of Bayelsa government. It would be recalled that APC governorship candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva had on April 3 mobilised women and youths of the... Read more
Sen. Ndoma-Egba commends Gov. Ayade, Wants Govt To Provide Good Roads Infrastructure To Boost Commerce
News November 9, 2015
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Former Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba has commended Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River for embarking on the construction of a 260-kilometre Superhighway, saying the project would no doubt boost commerce. Ndoma-Egba, who made the commendation in an interview with journalists in Calabar,... Read more
Former Senate leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba recently spoke with journalists in Calabar on a number of national Issues. Our Correspondent, Diana Okon-Effiong, Who Was There Brings Excerpts. What is Your Attitude On Fuel Subsidy? The issue of subsidy has always been there. What has been the extent of... Read more
Prince Rasheed Adewale Akanbi is from Molaasan Compound of Gbaase Ruling House in Isale Oba in Iwo. He was born on the 21st June 1967 in Iwo. For his Elementary School, Prince Akanbi attended Omolewa Nursery and Primary School, Oritamefa, Ibadan (1972-1978), he proceeded to Iwo Grammar School, Araromi,... Read more
Aregbesola assures on completion of projects, urge well-Meaning Nigerians to help government succeed
All ongoing projects, including the mega-schools in Osun are to be completed as scheduled. This was the assurance given by the Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola after his assessment tour of the projects at the weekend. A statement by the Bureau of Communication and Strategy, signed by its... Read more
An Ex-Militant leader Mr Ramsey Mukoro has condemned the alignment and re-alignment of forces by militants ahead forthcoming guber polls in Bayelsa as the major political camps have been courting the support of former agitators for the elections. He therefore advised political parties and aspirants and ex-militants... Read more
By Imoh David. Dear Nigerians, You Cannot Force A Man To Love What He Is Fed Up With There is something I cannot get my head wrapped around some Yoruba and Hausa folks on the internet- their obsession with the Ndi Igbos. They seem to have this mentality that... Read more
Diana Okon-Effiog, Calabar Sen. Bassey Otu of the Labour Party (LP) has filed an appeal challenging the verdict of the National Assembly and State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Cross River. Otu, who lost the Cross River Southern Senatorial slot to Sen. Gershom Bassey of the Peoples’... Read more