Amnesty office to train 2,500 ex-militants on fishing, other vocations
Professor Charles Dokubo, Special Adviser to the President and Coordinator of Amnesty Programme, has said that his office would train…
Edo communities promise to protect oil firm from attacks
IMPRESSED by the numerous corporate social pesponsibility projects and contribution of Sahara Energy to the development of Ajoki and Ajamimogha…
Delta approves digital equipment for state radio
The Delta State Government has approved the installation of equipment in Delta Broadcasting Service (DBS), Asaba, that will digitise the…
Encourage private sector, OBJ counsels govt
Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has charged government at all levels in the country to see the private sector as…
Bayelsa oil commission to hold public hearing
As part of its mandate to cub the environmental degradation and pollution, the Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission (BSOEC)…
Kolga youths commend Buhari over community development projects
Youths from Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have commended the Federal Government for executing life changing projects across…
NDDC trains, empowers physically-challenged in Delta
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has trained and empowered some persons living with disabilities on different vocational skills in…
A’Ibom, World Bank budget N19bn to tackle floods in three LGs
THE Akwa Ibom state government, working in partnership with the World Bank (WB), has earmarked N19 billion to tackle flooding…
Proprietress of burnt Edo orphanage appeals for help
THE proprietress of Amadin Orphanage, Benin- City, Mrs. Lucy Bello, has a made a passionate appeal to well-meaning Nigerians for…
Principals, teachers protest salary deductions in Bayelsa
Secondary school principals and teachers under government employment across Bayelsa State have protested unexplained monthly salary deductions running into millions…
Delta proposes bill to report every death in hospitals
AN executive bill that makes it mandatory the reporting of all maternal and perinatal death in Delta state is soon…
Buhari’s core vision is to rewrite story of neglected Niger Delta —Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has reiterated that the core vision of President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime is to change the narrative…
Checkmate fund diversion in Niger Delta, OMPALAN urges FG
THE Oil and Solid Mineral Producing Area Landlords’ Association of Nigeria, (OMPALAN) has urged the Federal Government to checkmate diversion…
2019 elections: INEC blames stakeholders for failures
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bayelsa State has said politicians and electorateshould be held responsible for the many…
Navy tasks personnel against professional misconduct
CHIEF of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ette Ibas, has urged the personnel of the Central Naval Command of the…
NAPTIP seeks Delta govt. assistance to curb trafficking
The Director-General of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Dame Julie Okah-Donli,has appealed to Delta State…
Okowa calls for preservation of African languages •As Bible in Ika language is presented to the people
DELTA State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has called for the preservation of African languages. The governor made the call …
Stakeholders ask for safe water policies
STAKEHOLDERS in water resource management have made a case for a workable water management policies and programmes that will make…
Community leader urges Okowa to pay more attention to oil and gas communities
An Ijaw community leader in Delta State, Mr Mulade Sheriff, has appealed to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to give a special…
Workers of Bendel Brewery lament vandalism of company’s assets
OVER 15 years after it was shut down, angry staff of the state-owned moribund Bendel Brewery Limited, Benin, staged a…
