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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...”
The recent suggestion by the Chairperson of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Farida Waziri that special courts be designated to hear cases of corrupt enrichment raised against public officers in Nigeria, provides another auspicious platform to critically appraise the anti-graft body, its operations, hopes and fears. Ascending the saddle, following the exit [...]
The Rivers State Government has approved the sum of N3 billion for the payment of arrears of gratuities owed retirees from the state Public Service. The Head of Service, Mrs Esther Anucha who disclosed this while declaring open one-day South-South, South-East Zonal Conference of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), held at the conference hall [...]
The Rivers State Newspaper Corporation (RSNC), publisher of Tide Group of Newspapers has pledged to remain focused in its determination to clear the battered image of the Niger Delta region. The General Manager of the Corporation, Mr Celestine Ogolo stated this when the Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) Planning Committee for its forthcoming [...]
The Action Congress party (AC) in Rivers State has raised alarm over alleged plans by political opponents to assassinate the party leader in the state, Prince Tonye Princewill and the Commissioner for Urban Development, Barr. Osima Ginah. The party in a statement yesterday also alleged that there were other secret plans by some faction [...]
A man who paraded himself as an army official was on Tuesday arrested in Port Harcourt by operatives of the Nigerian Army. The suspect who has been duping unsuspecting members of the public has since been detained at the Port Harcourt Brigade headquarters for further investigation. The fake army officer, identified as Adesola Bucknor [...]
Prof. Dora Akunyili, the Minister of Information and Communications, on Monday in Abuja inaugurated a negotiating team for the enhancement of the salary of workers in the information sector. Speaking at the inauguration, Akunyili expressed displeasure at the warning strike declared by RATTAWU and the 21-day ultimatum it gave the ministry on the matter. [...]
The dramatic and surreptitious entry of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua into the country at the odd hour of about 1.50 am Wednesday morning after a 93 – day medical sojourn in Saudi Arabia is not known to the Senators and members of the House of Representatives. Most of the Senators who spoke with The Tide [...]
Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, Wednesday, assured Nigerians that “the ship of state’’ was on course with the return of President Umaru Yar’Adua. Jonathan was reacting to President Yar’Adua’s return in the early hours of Wednesday, from Saudi Arabia where he had been on medical vacation since Nov. 23, 2009. His reaction was contained in a [...]
The National Poverty Eradication Programme, (NAPEP) has so far delivered 4,012 tricycles to help alleviate suffering of the citizens. The tricycles, according to NAPEP are part of the 5,000 including spare parts for which a N2.4bn contract was awarded. In a statement by NAPEP’s head of Publicity, P.A Onuoha, the agency notes that contrary to [...]
The South-South forum has condemned the deployment of soldiers to the airport without authority and knowledge of the Acting President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan. Making their feeling known in a press conference in Abuja yesterday, the forum said that the action is unconstitutional and amounted to a treasonable offence. The forum also questioned the authority of [...]
