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Hon. Rotimi Amechi “Government must not be for one section of the Society.It must be for the rich and the poor,emphasizing the upliftment of the poor...”

Editorial

Address Rivers’ Revenue Denial By RMAFC

Address Rivers’ Revenue Denial By RMAFC »

Last week Thursday, Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi voiced discontent over what he considered manipulation of revenue of oil-bearing states, and pleaded with the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to perform its...

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That Ghana’s Hostility Against Nigerian Businesses

That Ghana’s Hostility Against Nigerian Businesses »

Some months ago, it was widely reported that a good number of foreign businesses operating in Ghana had been shut down following the strict implementation of that country’s Investment Protection Act (IPA) of 1994. Most disturbing...

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News

6 Perish In Opobo Boat Mishap »

6 Perish In Opobo Boat Mishap

Not fewer than six lives were lost in a mid-day boat mishap along Opobo/Kono on Sunday afternoon. Among the six people are four toddlers, which...

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Don’t Stagger 2011 Polls -CPC »

Don’t Stagger 2011 Polls  -CPC

The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), yesterday, advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to stagger the 2011 elections. The National Secretary of the...

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Catch Kidnappers, Get N10m …Amaechi Dares LGA Youths »

Catch Kidnappers, Get N10m …Amaechi Dares LGA Youths

Rivers State Governor, Rt Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has told the people of Omuma Local Government Area  to collaborate with security agencies in the...

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Business

Market Crashes Again At Exchange »

Market Crashes Again At Exchange

At the end of trading on the floor of Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) yesterday, market indicators that started picking up after the crash due to the leadership crisis, depreciated once again to end the market on a negative note. The volume and value of traded equities...

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Standard Chartered Declares $3.12bn Profit In Six Months »

Standard Chartered Declares $3.12bn Profit In Six Months

Standard Chartered Plc has announced profit before tax of $3.12 billion for the first six months of  2010. According to the bank, it also recorded ten per cent growth in both earnings and dividend per share. Standard Chartered in a statement added that it maintained income of eight per cent growth in Consumer...

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Standard Chartered Declares $3.12bn »

Standard Chartered Declares $3.12bn

Stock retreated Tuesday as investors grew more cautious before the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting and after reports that showed economic growth slowing in the U.S. and China. The Dow Jones industrial average fell nearly 125 points in morning trading. Broader indexes also fell. Overseas markets stumbled after...

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Opinion

ONELGA: The Need For A Vision »

ONELGA: The Need For A VisionIt goes without saying that Ogba/Egema/Ndoni Local Government Area (ONELGA) is a critical factor in the development of Rivers State and the Nigerian nation. Being...

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Rivers

Experts Proffer Measures For Effective Primary Health

Experts Proffer Measures For Effective Primary Health

Medical experts have identified effective primary health delivery as one way of checking material and Children mortality rate in the country. Speaking at the Annual Meeting and Scientific Week of the Nigerian Medical Association...

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Niger Delta

Lawmaker Backs De-Registration Of Political Parties

Lawmaker Backs De-Registration Of Political Parties

A member, Delta House of Assembly Mrs Onyemaechi Mrakpor, has said that INEC should deregister parties that fail to perform in 2011. Mrakpor, who represents the Aniocha South Constituency in the state, made the...

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South East

2011: Jonathan Charges Youths On Peace

2011: Jonathan Charges Youths On Peace

As the forthcoming 2011 general elections in Nigeria draws nearer, the President , Dr. Goodluck Jonathan , has reminded the youth of this country as stakeholders in the contest of their responsibility to...

Aug 11, 2010 / More »

Nation

THE STATES

THE STATES

Adamawa     The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to sustain its policy of subsidising fertiliser and other farm inputs The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Prof. Sheikh Abdallah, gave the assurance recently in Yola...

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Health

National Child Health Policy: Expert Criticises Lack Of Oral Health

National Child Health Policy: Expert Criticises Lack Of Oral Health

Given that oral health was a fundamental element to good health, a paediatrician, Professor Ebun Adejuyigbe, has criticised the non- inclusion of oral health into the Federal Government’s National Child Health policy. Professor Adejuyigbe,...

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Issues

The Press And Nation Building

The Press And Nation Building

Novelist Jeffrey Areher in his work The Fourth Estate made this observations “In May 1789, Louis XVI summoned to Versailles a full meeting of the ‘Estate General’. The First Estate consisted of three...

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Features

Rumuwoji Market: Beyond The Surface

Rumuwoji Market: Beyond The Surface

Driving or walking through the precincts of the popular Mile 1 Bus Stop, along Ikwerre road in the nation’s Garden City, a grandiose, magnificent splendor of a sprawling complex releases a warm and...

Aug 10, 2010 / More »

Sports

Post-World Cup Event: Soccer City    Records Crowd

Post-World Cup Event: Soccer City Records Crowd

A record 87,000 spectators filed into Johannesburg’s Soccer City Stadium for South Africa’s season-opening Charity Cup on Saturday, less than a month after the arena hosted the World Cup final. The country’s Premier Soccer...

Aug 11, 2010 / More »
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