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Ikpeazu vows to arrest, prosecute those erecting illegal structures in Ariaria market
Following the successful dislodging of all street traders around the Enyimba area of the Ariaria International Market by the Ministry of Trade and Investment, and in a bid to restore sanity and order to the area, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has ordered that on no account should any form of street trading return to that area under any guise whatsoever. The...
BREAKING: ASEPA launches house-to-house waste collection in Umuahia
Abia State Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA) has launched a new house-to-house waste collection program in Umuahia as part of its efforts to further improve sanitation within the capital city. Speaking during the launch, Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, who was represented by the Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Ude Oko Chukwu, PhD, expressed the determination of government to ensure that...
Unqualified teachers to exit classrooms December 31, says TRCN
OYO - The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), yesterday, disclosed that the Federal Government has directed that all unqualified teachers should be flushed out of the classrooms by December 31, this year. TRCN Registrar, Prof Olusegun Ajiboye, while inducting over 200 Education graduates of the University of Ibadan, said quacks teaching Nigerian children would be thrown out and replaced...
Akwa Ibom internal revenue chairman bags award for improved IGR
AKWA IBOM- The Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria (APBN) Akwa Ibom state has presented an award to the Executive Chairman, Akwa Ibom Internal Revenue Service (AKIRS), Mr. Okon Okon. The award is in appreciation of his ingenuity in repositioning tax collection and the concomitant improvement in the internally generated revenue of the state. The AKIRS generated N26.6 billion between...
Go back to site – NDDC to contractors
Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Acting Executive Director Projects, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh on Monday, directed all contractors handling NDDC projects to return to sites or be ready to face the consequences. Ojougboh, who gave the directive while addressing newsmen, said this had become necessary following President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s avowed commitment to ensure that the Niger Delta Social Economic...
BREAKING: Fire guts oil facility in Ogoni
Abasifreke Effiong RIVERS - Environmental right activist, Fyneface Fyneface has drawn the attention of our reporter to an inferno in an oil facility in B-Dere and Bolo communities in Ogoni, Rivers State. According to videos and photos served up on Facebook, the fire incident started about 1p.m on Monday, 25th November 2019. WATCH VIDEO: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10213120369958047&id=1658161286 https://www.facebook.com/fynefacef/videos/10213120367797993/ Fyneface said nothing has been done to...
Buhari opens 2019 All Nigeria Judges’ Conference
PHOTO NEWS ABUJA - President Buhari declares Open the 2019 All Nigeria Judges' Conference at National Judicial Institute Abuja on 25th Nov 2019. President Buhari with Chief Justice of Nigeria Hon. Justice Tanko Muhammad and Fmr. President National Industrial Court of Nigeria Hon. Justice Babatunde Adejumo Rtd.
Yuletide: Four agencies to intervention on Calabar-Itu-Aba road
Four federal agencies have agreed to collaborate with the office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs to intervene on the dilapidated Calabar - Odukpani- Itu - Ikot Ekpene - Aba road. The intervention seeks to ameliorate the plight of motorists on the road. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs,...
NDDC’s N24billion Ogbia-Nembe road ready for inauguration
BAYELSA - Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, is preparing grounds for the commissioning of the N24 billion Ogbia-Nembe Road, built in partnership with Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC. It spans 29 kilometres through swampy terrains in Bayelsa State. Speaking on behalf of the NDDC Acting Managing Director, Gbene Joi Nunieh, after inspecting the project on Sunday 24th November, the Acting Executive...
The Dune report on failed roads: Akwa Ibom gov’t tackles contractors
Abasifreke Effiong Akwa Ibom state government has directed all contractors handling road projects in the state to return to site or risk being blacklisted. The directive is coming few days after The Dune newspaper report detailed how newly completed roads constructed by the Udom Emmanuel adminstration were failing barely few months after they were inaugurated. The report generated reactions from...
