N/Delta women to FG: Pay 13% derivation directly to communities
A coalition of Niger Delta women organisations has urged the Federal Government to henceforth pay the 13 per cent derivation…
CMD seeks FG’s aid as rainstorm wreaks havoc at UUTH
Medical services have been partially disrupted at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, following torrential…
Oil theft: Military destroys 3 illegal refineries in Niger-Delta
THE Joint Military Force deployed to the Niger Delta, Operation Delta Safe, on Saturday, destroyed three illegal oil distillation sites…
Koko community agog as sickle cell clinic opens at Central Hospital
THE historic but sleepy town of Koko, headquarters of Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, came alive last…
Japan supports FG with $500,000 to fight transborder crimes
IN a bid to nip the menace of crime in the bud, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime…
Benin-Warri highway now deathtrap
TRAGEDY is lurking on the Benin - Warri expressway as some portions of the road have become death traps for…
Delta communities give NDDC, others 21 days to return to abandoned projects
STARTING from Monday, Ijaw people of Tsekelewu and Polobobou communities, Egbema kingdom, Warri North Local Government Area, Delta State, have…
A\Ibom seeks inclusion of Environmental Studies in public schools
WORRIED by the level of apathy shown to issues of sanitation and environmental cleanliness, the Akwa Ibom State government has…
Police clamp down on cultism in Edo
THE Edo State Police Command has stepped up the fight against cultism and sundry crimes in the state. The Commissioner…
FG okays War College for Akwa Ibom
DETERMINED to foster peace and security in the Niger Delta region, the Federal Government has concluded plans to locate Naval…
FADAMA III: C/River targets 6,000 hectares for cassava cultivation
CROSS River State Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Professor Anthony Eneji, has said that the state is targeting over…
Troops smash illegal refineries, destroy 1,750 tons of crude oil in N/Delta
Operatives of the Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) in the Niger Delta said they have destroyed 1,750 tons of crude oil…
C/River Akwa Ibom boundary clash: Community wants end to crisis
The Cross River and Akwa Ibom State governments have been urged to wade into the protracted boundary dispute between the…
NPC to conduct enumeration exercise in C/River
THE National Population Commission (NPC) has concluded arrangements for the third phase of the Enumeration area demarcation exercise in Cross…
Modular refineries: How workable is FG’s proposal
ACTING President Yemi Osinbajo, last week in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, announced to the admiration of Niger Deltans…
Osinbajo urged to fulfill promises made to Niger Deltans
ACTING President Yemi Osinbajo has been reminded to fulfill the promise to meet with the Niger Delta youth during his…
Mega filling station inaugurated in Asaba
THE oil sector made a remarkable leap in Delta state when an independent marketer inaugurated last week in Asaba a…
MASSOB urges Nigerians to pray for Buhari
MOVEMENT for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) in Cross River State has urged Nigerians to pray for…
Pensioners demand payment of eight years arrears in C/River
THE Association of Cross River State Local Government Pensioners have called on the state government to, as a matter of…
Okowa urges UK, others to invest in employment generating ventures
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has urged the United Kingdom and other countries who have stakes in the region…
