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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...”
As the United States, and indeed, the world grapples with more than three-month old continuous crude oil slick from the British Petroleum Plc’s Deepwater Horizon rig that has created the worst environmental disaster in history in the Gulf of Mexico, the Shell Petroluem Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC)says it has completed the clean up and [...]
Two AK 47 rifles belonging to the Nigerian Police have been recovered from the hideout of a notorious armed robbery gang by detectives of the Rivers State police command. Dr Rita Inoma-Abbey, the command’s Pubic Relations Officer who disclosed this to newsmen said the recovery followed a confessional statement made by an alleged member of [...]
Rodents and other reptiles are actively making use of the dusty cables and other transmitting equipment supplied to both Bayelsa State Glory Land Television and the State Radio House. This is because the State Government has been unable to upset millions of naira owed contractors that supplied the equipment. Consequently, staff of the media houses, [...]
Worried by the increasing rate of expired goods in the markets in Rivers State, the state government has resolved to clampdown on perpetrators and ensure their prosecution. Commissioner of Environment, Hon Kingsley Chindah gave the warning at a meeting he held with supermarket and shop owners in Port Harcourt, recently. Hon Chindah stated that henceforth [...]
President Goodluck Jonathan said yesterday that Nigeria remained committed to the strategic objectives of the African Union. Jonathan, who is attending the AU summit for the first time as President, gave the assurance while addressing the 15th African Union Ordinary Summit in Kampala. He said that Nigeria would pursue and ensure the realisation of all [...]
Africa Union Ministerial Committee has said that African countries were not ready to leave their markets open for European goods. The AU Commissioner for Trade and Industry, Mrs Elizabeth Tankeu told newsmen in Munyonyo, Uganda, that opening up African market to European goods as demanded by the European Union would further put the economy of [...]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says the N6.1 billion budgeted for the registration of SIM cards is to ensure comprehensive registration of telecoms users. Mr Bashir Gwandu, Acting Executive Vice Chairman of the commission said this in an interview with newsmen over the weekend in Lagos. He said the commission would require N120 to register [...]
The Rivers State Road Traffic Management Authority (TIMA-RIV) has been advised to break alliances with the police if it must succeed in achieving its primary objective of road decongestion. The advice was given by Mr Johnson Umeh, a road transport employer in Port Harcourt during an interview with The Tide recently. He warned that once [...]
The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) has said that it is collaborating with the UNDP to work out guidelines on damage assessment. The Acting Director-General of NOSDRA, Mrs Uche Okwechime, stated this when Dr Charles Agbo, the Acting Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), paid her a courtesy visit in Abuja on [...]
The Delta Government says it has laid out plans to develop capacity for private sector participation in the state’s waste management programme. Dr Bello Orubebe, the Commissioner for Environment, who disclosed the plan to newsmen in Asaba said the public should expect a sustainable and integrated waste management system. Orubebe said that the ministry had [...]
