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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...”
Two toddlers, a boy and a girl were, yesterday, burnt to death in a fire incident at 182 Ikwerre Road, Opposite Mile III Park in Port Harcourt. Apart from the death of the two children, the fire also consumed electronics and other items worth millions of naira. An eye witness told The Tide that the [...]
A Passenger on board the same Northwest Airline flight that was attacked on Christmas day was taken into custody in Detroit, United States of America, on Sunday, after becoming disruptive upon landing, according to law enforcement officials. An official who spoke on condition of anonymity as investigation was on-going, said the man was Nigerian and [...]
Rivers State has the highest number of literate women in the whole of the Niger Delta, according to the 2008 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey. The NDHS report was unveiled last week in Port Harcourt by the Federal Commissioner representing the state in the National Population Commission (NPC), Chief Moses Ofori. A breakdown of the [...]
Determined to recover all outstanding loans granted to beneficiaries of its micro-credit scheme, the Osun State Government has invited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate defaulters who are yet to fulfill their contractual agreement. Till date, no fewer than N800 million is being owed by beneficiaries of the loan scheme introduced in [...]
The manager in-charge of Local Committee On Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (LACA) in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers State, Mrs Happiness Ngbakiri has described as false, claims by some pastors of Penticostal churches in the country that they have spiritual powers to cure the dreaded HIV/AIDS. Mrs Ngbakiri, delivering a lecture titled, “community Development and [...]
The Ministry of Niger-Delta has come under attack by stakeholders over the way and manner it has conducted the amnesty and rehabilitation programme of the repentant militants in the region. The stakeholders made public their view in a weekly phone-in interview programme organised by Silverbird Communications Port Harcourt at the weekend. Speaking at the forum, [...]
The Rivers State Government has announced the constitution of a new board for the Rivers State Road Traffic Management Authority with Mr Nelson Gogo-Jaja as its controller-general. This was contained in a statement made available to The Tide in Port Harcourt. The statement which was signed by the secretary to the state government Hon Magnus [...]
A United Kingdom Court in London has ordered a temporary forfeiture of all assets, both identified and unidentified, belonging to the wanted former group managing director and chief executive officer of Intercontinental Bank Plc, Mr. Erastus Akingbola. The order, known, as Mareva order, covers all assets traceable to him globally, including his investments, cash in [...]
The Nigerian Army has announced the promotion of officers in the cadre of General. The release indicates that eight officers were elevated to the rank of Major General, while 49 others were moved to the rank of Brigadier General. The exercise which is the last for the year 2009, is in conformity with the outcome [...]
Maryam Babangida is Dead. A statement from General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida’s family announced yesterday that Maryam passed on early Sunday morning at the age of 61, after a protracted illness. The former chairperson of the Better Life for Rural Women during her husband’s years in office had been hospitalised at University of California Los Angele’s [...]
