From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The Commissioner for Youth & Sports Development, Mr Asu Okang has restated the State’s preparedness to host the propo National Council of Sports slated for Calabar from Feb. 11 to Feb.15, 2016. Speaking in Calabar, Okang said, the event would afford the Minister... Read more
…Sympathises with victims of fire disaster Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi has expressed dissatisfaction over the pace of work on the 15.5 km Nkalagu/Ehamufu/NigerCem Road awarded late last year to an expatriate company, China Zhunghaoi. He made his feelings known on Friday while inspecting the level of work done... Read more
…Says allegation of contract inflation ill-informed Against the background of opposition’s criticisms of the MKO Abiola International Airport, Ido Osun in Osun, the Consultant Engineer to State Government on the project Engineer Wemimo Adebajo, has revealed that the airport when completed will rank among airports with the longest runways in... Read more
The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) on Sunday described as unfortunate and ridiculous a statement credited to members of the Online Publishers Association of Nigeria (OPAN) with respect to the meeting held on Friday between the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, and Online Publishers in... Read more
From Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The Cross River State Commissioner for Special Projects and Duties, Mr. Victor Adugba Agwu, has said that the Monorail project of the State Government will be commissioned on or before February 14, 2016. Agwu who stated this while briefing Newsmen recently in his... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar No less than 183 Nigerians and 41 illegal migrants on-board a seagoing transport vessel `Av Agamba’ from Gabon were apprehended Thursday at the Shoreline jetty, Calabar by The Eastern Naval Command (ENC) of the Nigerian Navy. Rear Adm. Atiku Abdulkadir, Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Eastern... Read more
Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has said that agribusiness in the livestock sector will be improved and expanded to include commercial production of grass for feeding cattle. This, the minister said, would bring an end to the roaming of the cattle rearers and perennial conflicts... Read more
The Government of Ebonyi State on Thursday, 14th January, 2016, played host to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Eng. Babachir David Lawal. During his visit, Lawal commissioned the newly reconstructed Governor’s Lodge in the Government House in Abakaliki and inspected the CBN Road in the Centenary... Read more
The Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on the Army, Hon. Funke Adedoyin, has described the Jebba-Mokwa Road as a national disaster. Adedoyin said the road needing urgent reconstruction. Adedoyin said this in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Wednesday when she led a delegation of the... Read more
