
Bauchi Some patients suffering from tuberculosis have advocated for measures to check social stigma against them that would also enhance treatment and control the spread of the disease. A cross-section of the patients in Bauchi made the call on Thursday, while speaking with The Tide’s source on their plight. Malama Safiya Usman, a TB [...]
March 31, 2010 | Posted in
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Nigerians have been called upon, to use their skills, talents and resources in whatever position they find themselves, to serve and glorify God. This is because God wants them to render service in the positions He had put them. The retired Anglican Archbishop of the Niger Delta Province, Most Rev. E.E. Nglass, made the call [...]
March 31, 2010 | Posted in
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The All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools, Rivers State Chapter has elected a new executive members following the expiration of tenure for the Lambeth Nwika led officials. The new ANCOPPS exco is being led by Senior School Principal of Government Girls Secondary School, Oromnike Dr. Augusta Fubara after she defeated other three contestants [...]
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Prof. Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke, the Director-General, Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), on Monday said her administration would restore confidence in the nation’s capital market. Okereke-Onyiuke said this in Lagos while receiving representatives of the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) who were on a familiarisation visit to the Exchange. She reiterated NSE’s commitment to ensuring better surveillance [...]
March 31, 2010 | Posted in
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Stock futures are inching higher Tuesday as investors grow more optimistic about an economic recovery. Reports due out Tuesday are expected to show consumer confidence grew in March and home price declines continued to ease. The reports would follow a recent trend in data that shows the economy is improving, albeit slowly. Investors have reacted [...]
March 31, 2010 | Posted in
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At the end of trading yesterday on the floor of Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) Market declines marginally. According to sectoral reports, investors picked a total of 497,129,475 shares worth N4.20 billion in 10,034 deals, in contrast to 559,057,114 shares worth N5.29 billion in 8,073 deals traded Monday at NSE. The sectoral volume of traded equities [...]
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A university don, Prof Tonye Johnarry, has advocated the ceding of the Port Harcourt Refinery to the Niger Delta people under the post amnesty deal rather than selling it to private entrepreneurs. In a lecture entitled: “Niger Delta Development Through Proof Monuments” delivered at a special forum to mark the 80th birthday of a [...]
March 31, 2010 | Posted in
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Rivers State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Prince Ogbonna Nwuke has assured the Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce, Mines and Agriculture Insustry (PHACCIMA) of government support toward the establishment of an oil and gas international centre in Port Harcourt. Prince Nwuke made the promise when the executive members of PHACCIMA visited him in his office [...]
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A student Mr Edidiong Ibanga, who was shot last week by unknown gunmen in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom, has described his survival as a miracle. In an interview with our correspondent on his sick bed at Ikot Abasi General Hospital on Saturday, Ibanga said he thanked the good Samaritan who picked him up and took [...]
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Rivers State Commissioner for Housing, Mr Marshall Uwom, has commended the youths of Otari community in Abua/Odual Local Government Area of the state for embracing peace at all times. The commissioner made the commendation when members of the Agba Royal Family, Otari community paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Port Harcourt. Mr [...]
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