The Foundation for Human Rights and Anti-corruption Crusaders (FOHURAC) has lamented the neglect of flood ravaged communities in Niger Delta, stressing that there is urgent need for the federal and state governments to come to the rescue of people in the area. Barrister Alaowei E. Cleric, FOHURAC National President, in a statement issued on Wednesday […]
Gov. of Delta State Ifeanyi Okowa said his administration has done very well in the implementation of the Universal Health Coverage, pointing out that more than 300, 000 Deltans have enrolled for the health programme. While presenting the budget proposal for the 2019 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly in Asaba on Wednesday, […]
The chances of the Super Eagles of Nigeria brightened in the battle for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday as it defeated the Mediterranean Knights of Libya. The match ended 4-0. The match was played at the Godswill Akpabio Sadium, Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital. Three of the goals were scored by […]
The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will on Sunday, hold a thanksgiving service for the successful national convention and presidential primary of the party. The events were held in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, last weekend. The state’s PDP chairman, Felix Obuah, who disclosed this in a statement, attributed the […]
About 280 hectares of rice farm in Iguoriakhi and Iguomo in Ovia North-East and Ovia South-West local government areas of Edo state have been destroyed by flood. State Chairman of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Mr. Dirisu Abdulsalam, made this disclosure on Thursday in Benin while briefing newsmen. According to him, farmers close to […]
The Mobility Command of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in Bayelsa has commenced a five-day free medical outreach for those displaced by the recent flooding in the state. The programme was flagged off by Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Sadiq Abubakar, on Thursday at Igbogene IDPs camp, Yenagoa. He was represented by Air Vice-Marshall […]
She noted that human trafficking which has become embarrassing to the country was a heinous crime and urged stakeholders to close ranks in order to check the trend. She also assured that perpetrators would be punished accordingly. READ ALSO: Eight out of 10 psychiatric patients at ATBUTH are youths —–Expert For quick dispensation of justice and […]
The amnesty programme is part of the state government’s approach to ending killings and destruction of property in the areas Former militants, cultists and kidnappers, numbering about 420, from Etim Ekpo and Ukanafun Local Government Areas of Akwa Ibom on Tuesday, welcomed the amnesty programme offered by the state government. The amnesty […]
Atiku, however, owes the zone and former President Goodluck Jonathan an apology for leaving the PDP in the build up to the 2015 elections, which denied the region a second term at the Presidency. Leaders of the Niger Delta Coalition for Peace and Progress (NDCPP) have congratulated former vice-president Atiku Abubakar on his emergence the […]
Leaders of the Niger Delta Coalition for Peace and Progress (NDCPP) have congratulated former vice-president Atiku Abubakar on his emergence the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential primaries. They also called on him to apologise to the South South for his role in events leading to the 2015 elections. The group, in a statement on Sunday […]
