NLNG signs GMoU with 3 Rivers communities on sustainable development
NIGERIA Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG) has signed Global Memoranda of Understanding (GMoU) with three different host communities that would…
Edo lifts ban on logging, threatens to punish illegal operators
WITH a strict warning against illegal logging, Edo State governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has lifted the ban on logging in…
Inaugural High Chief O. B. Lulu-Briggs Memorial Lecture Launched
Over two-thirds of all deaths associated with COVID 19 deaths in Edo State have occurred in older persons, and this…
Wike redeems N280m pledge to families of security agents killed by gunmen
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has redeemed his pledge of N280 million to families of the 14 security personnel…
Olu of Warri stool: Itsekiri must close ranks —Prince Yemi Emiko
As the Olu of Warri-designate, Omooba ‘Tsola Emiko goes into 90-day compulsory seclusion otherwise known in Itsekiri as Idànikèñ or…
World Bank project: A’Ibom youths shut firm over exclusion
Angry youths drawn from Anua Obio community in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, have protested over exclusion…
Oba of Benin rounds off Oranmiyan spiritual dance with pageantry
In a rare display of royalty and splendour at the Ugha-Ehengbuda Palace ground in Benin City, the Oba of Benin,…
Security crises: Fear grips A’Ibom residents as CSO, others blame govt
Fear has enveloped Akwa Ibom State as gunmen believed to be members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)…
Bayelsa govt, UNICEF flag-off campaign on maternal, newborn mortality
WIFE of the Bayelsa State governor, Dr. Mrs. Gloris Diri, has restated government’s commitment to revitalise primary healthcare facilities in…
COVID-19: Edo concludes first dose exercise Friday
‘Suyi Ayodele | Benin City The Edo State government has disclosed plans to conclude the administration of the first…
COVID-19: PTI trains 60 Urhobo youths on computer to stem unemployment
IN order to reduce the rate of unemployment and youth restiveness in its host communities, the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI)…
Edo Waste Board set to prosecute defaulters
Worried by the lackadaisical attitude of Benin City residents to the weekly environmental exercise, Edo State Waste Management Board has…
Drug abuse in Bayelsa highest in South-South region —UNODC survey
THE chairman of Bayelsa State Drug Abuse Prevention and Rehabilitation Committee, Mrs. Faith Zibs-Godwin, has revealed that the state recorded…
Ayade deploys drones for medical supplies to hard-to-reach areas
Cross River State government is set to deploy medical drones to areas that are hard to reach in the state.…
Delta monarch gives hoodlums 21 days ultimatum to restore vandalised school property or incur wrath of the gods
The Ovie of Idjerhe Kingdom, Jesse, Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State, King Monday Obukohwo Whiskey (Udurhie 1) has…
Delta inaugurates magistrates’ court for 15 communities in Olomu
Another milestone in grassroots’ administration of justice has been achieved in Delta State as the magistrates’ court at Olomu, Akperhe-Olomu,…
Community lauds NDDC for land reclamation project
The Abalama community in Asari-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State has applauded the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for…
Akwa Ibom govt tasks oil firms on community development, renews MoU
Worried by the shortfall in federation account’s allocation to the state, the administration of Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom…
Bayelsa govt, Bilabiri indigenes differ over death of suspected militants’ leader
Bayelsa State government and the indigenes of the Bilabiri Community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of the state, on Sunday…
Group decries alarming rate of insecurity in Calabar
A socio-cultural group, Nka Ikemesit Mkparawa Essien Efik Duo-Eba, has decried the spate of insecurity in Calabar and its environs,…
