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INFIELD SURVEILLANCE CONTRACT, AREA B WORKERS PROTEST OVER UNLAWFUL MANIPULATION OF CONTRACT BY HERITAGE ENERGY OPERATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED , OML 30.

INFIELD SURVEILLANCE CONTRACT, AREA B WORKERS PROTEST OVER UNLAWFUL MANIPULATION OF CONTRACT BY HERITAGE ENERGY OPERATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED , OML 30.

The infield surveillance workers from OML30 cluster 5,6,,8 and 9 area B, at the weekend staged a peaceful protest over infield covert surveillance contract won by CMD LTD, an indigenous contractors from Oleh community Oml 30, an unlawful act by Heritage energy…

NDLEA Saves Nigeria off 7.5m tramadol pills, 95,400 codeine bottles during Christmas

NDLEA Saves Nigeria off 7.5m tramadol pills, 95,400 codeine bottles during Christmas

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has thwarted desperate attempts by transnational criminal organisations to flood Nigerian communities with large quantities of assorted illicit drugs during the yuletide season with the interception of millions of tramadol 225mg pills, thousands…

DOPF Congratulates Nkem Nwaeke over his appointment as CPS to Delta Assembly Speaker

DOPF Congratulates Nkem Nwaeke over his appointment as CPS to Delta Assembly Speaker

Association of Online Publishers in Delta State under the aegis of Delta Online Publishers Forum, DOPF has congratulated ace broadcaster, Mr. Nkem Nwaeke on his appointment as Chief Press Secretary to Delta State House of Assembly Speaker, Rt. Hon. Guwor Dennis Emomitimo….

Gov. Oborevwori assents 2024 Appropriation Bill of N724bn

Gov. Oborevwori assents 2024 Appropriation Bill of N724bn

Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Wednesday, in Asaba, assented to the state’s 2024 Appropriation Bill of N724,979,313,867 billion. The approved budget is made up of N316,624,462,711 recurrent expenditure while the sum of N408,354,851,156 is for capital expenditure. While signing the…

Delta 1st Lady, Deaconess Oborevwori Hosts First Christmas Party for Delta Children

Delta 1st Lady, Deaconess Oborevwori Hosts First Christmas Party for Delta Children

As part of the yuletide celebrations, the wife of the Delta Governor and Founder of the You Matter Charity Foundation,  Deaconess Tobore Oborevwori on Monday, December 18, 2023, hosted a Christmas party for children in the state. The heartwarming celebration which took…

Sustainable growth, building resilience in Africa require structural transformation – Economic Report on Africa (ERA 2023)

The Economic Report on Africa 2023 (ERA 2023) has said: “Achieving sustainable growth and building resilience requires structural transformation.” It also said: “Successful industrial policy requires both sectoral focus as well as getting the basics right. It is essential for countries to…

Senator Nwoye Says Era Of Poor Representation Is Over, As Labour Party Is Best Alternative For Anambra

Senator Nwoye Says Era Of Poor Representation Is Over, As Labour Party Is Best Alternative For Anambra

From SUNNY A. DAVID The Senator representing Anambra North Senatorial District, Dr. Tony Nwoye has re-stated his commitment to promoting constituents’ economic empowerment and development programmes through robust legislative engagements and accountable representation. Senator Nwoye said that he would stop at nothing…

GOV. FUBARA PROMISES TO MAKE RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY ONE OF THE BEST UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA

GOV. FUBARA PROMISES TO MAKE RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY ONE OF THE BEST UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA

…To release approved grants to the university…Assures of improved education to support development Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has promised to provide necessary financial and other levels of support that will strengthen the capacity of the Rivers State University (RSU)…

ECOWAS Court Says It Lacks Jurisdiction to Transfer Nigerian Serving Jail Term in America to Nigeria’s Prison

ECOWAS Court Says It Lacks Jurisdiction to Transfer Nigerian Serving Jail Term in America to Nigeria’s Prison

The ECOWAS Court of Justice has declared it lacks jurisdiction and dismissed all the requests made by one Richard Ugbah, a Nigerian who asked the Court to order his transfer from the United States, where he is serving a 12-year imprisonment for…

US, ASR Hand Over 10 Tuberculosis Facilities to Nigeria

US, ASR Hand Over 10 Tuberculosis Facilities to Nigeria

The United State government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and in partnership with the Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR) handed over 10 renovated tuberculosis (TB) facilities and diagnostic equipment to the Government of Nigeria. These renovated facilities, located…

GOV. FUBARA PRESENTS 2024 BUDGET OF N800B TO RSHA

GOV. FUBARA PRESENTS 2024 BUDGET OF N800B TO RSHA

… Assures enhancement in infrastructural development, education and healthcare …Targets entrepreneurship, social welfare for Rivers people Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has presented an appropriation bill of N800bn to the State House of Assembly for consideration. Titled “Budget of Renewed…

RIVERS EXCO APPROVES N800BN AS ESTIMATED BUDGET FOR 2024

RIVERS EXCO APPROVES N800BN AS ESTIMATED BUDGET FOR 2024

…as infrastructure, education, health and security take priority …tagged as Budget of Renewed Hope, Consolidation and Continuity His Excellency, Governor Siminalayi Fubara on Monday at the Executive Chamber of Government House in Port Harcourt, presided over the council meeting to deliberate among…

Hungry People to Reach 49.5 million in Nigeria, Other West, Central African Countries in August 2024-WFP

Hungry People to Reach 49.5 million in Nigeria, Other West, Central African Countries in August 2024-WFP

Hungry people in West and Central Africa including Nigeria may reach a staggering 49.5 million people between June and August 2024, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has raised the alarm. The WFP in a statement on Tuesday said: Despite considerable…

COURT DISMISSES CLAIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST GUINEA, AMID CLAIMS OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY

COURT DISMISSES CLAIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST GUINEA, AMID CLAIMS OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY

The ECOWAS Court of Justice has dismissed a case brought by a Guinean alleging violation of his rights to fair, impartial and independent court proceedings by the State of Guinea. In its judgment delivered by Hon Justice Sengu Mohamed Koroma, Judge Rapporteur,…

VP SHETTIMA TO NCP MEMBERS:’Our Decisions On Privatisation Must Resonate In Lives Of Nigerians’

VP SHETTIMA TO NCP MEMBERS:’Our Decisions On Privatisation Must Resonate In Lives Of Nigerians’

*Urges members to embed reforms in Tinubu’s 8-point Renewed Hope Agenda STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has charged members of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) to ensure their economic decisions and reforms are reflected in the…

AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY WINS NIGERIA TECHNOLOGY AWARDS

AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY WINS NIGERIA TECHNOLOGY AWARDS

–By J.O. Ikupa Worldwide Publicity Secretary, AAU Alumni Association: The Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma has won this year’s Nigeria Technology Awards in three(3) categories. The categories include: State University Website/Portal of the year, Excellence in Technology Deployment State University and Best Use…

OIL THEFT: TANTITA SECURITY SERVICES LIMITED, NSCDC, ARMY ARREST ANOTHER MASSIVE VESSEL

OIL THEFT: TANTITA SECURITY SERVICES LIMITED, NSCDC, ARMY ARREST ANOTHER MASSIVE VESSEL

•••Tantita, Army and the Navy on Another Stand Off Suspected Vessel Operatives of the Tantita Security Services Limited, the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp have arrested a massive vessel in the coastal waters of Ondo States. Authoritative…

ECOWAS COURT PARTNERS STAKEHOLDERS FOR EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS DECISIONS

ECOWAS COURT PARTNERS STAKEHOLDERS FOR EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS DECISIONS

West Africa’s regional court – ECOWAS Court of Justice is participating in a two-day capacity building seminar organised by the Pan African Lawyers’ Union (PALU), aimed at advancing strategies for the implementation of decisions of regional courts. In his keynote remarks, Mr…

NDLEA Officers in Crossfire with Hoodlums in Notorious Edo Hemp Forest…3 Operatives Injured, One Undergoes Brain Surgery

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have engaged armed hoodlums in crossfire during a siege on forest warehouses in Opuje community, Owan West local government area of Edo state where drugs to be sold during the forthcoming Yuletide period…

COP28: Commonwealth Unveils New Framework for 56 Member States

COP28: Commonwealth Unveils New Framework for 56 Member States

The Commonwealth has launched a new implementation framework to facilitate coordinated action among the 56 Commonwealth countries, including African member states, on land, biodiversity and climate challenges, directly impacting a quarter of the world’s land area. A statement on Tuesday from the…

NDLEA Smashes Attempts to Smuggle Drugs in Jeans Hems, Dolls, Buttons to Europe, Asia

NDLEA Smashes Attempts to Smuggle Drugs in Jeans Hems, Dolls, Buttons to Europe, Asia

Attempts by drug syndicates to smuggle illicit substances including various quantities of methamphetamine and opioids concealed in hems of new jeans trousers, dolls, buttons, local soap and tins of beverage to Europe, United Arab Emirate and Asia have been thwarted by operatives…