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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...”
Rivers state cycling coach,Emmanuel Onosoya believes his team will win medals in the sport in the on-going 17th National Sports Festival. The state is fielding 15 cyclists,7 females and 8 males. One of his cyclists,Edward Osim has done well in men’s 200 m sprint heat which took place at Aggrey Road in Port Harcourt on [...]
The defending champion of the National Sports Festival, Delta State, says it intends to sustain its dominance at the Garden City Games. The Special Assistant (media) to Chairman Delta State Sports Commission, Timi Ebikagboro, said the State which is participating in all the events, will within the first four days of the competition , take [...]
The Rivers/Bayelsa States Joint Council of Traditional Rulers has condemned the recent kidnap of the paramount ruler of Ogboin clan in Bayelsa State, King George Owefa. The position of the traditional rulers was expressed in a six points communiqué signed by the Rivers/Bayelsa State chairmen of Traditional Rulers council, King T.J.T Princewill and King Joshua [...]
Registrar of Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), Dr Uju Ogubunka, has advised the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to defer its policy on cash withdrawal and deposit limit. The Tide correspondent reports that the CBN, had in May this year, introduced limits of N150, 000 and N1million on cash withdrawal and deposit for [...]
The Rivers State House of Assembly, has debunked allegations that laws passed by the state legislature are not implemented by the executive arm of government. The deputy speaker, Hon Leyii Kwane, while responding to questions by newsmen on the issue, said the Assembly’s statutory obligation was in no way undermined by the executive arm of [...]
No fewer than 16, 603 repentant Niger Delta militants have so far received the mandatory transformational training on non-violence at the Federal Government’s post-amnesty camp in Obubra, Cross River. Mr Frederick Anesah, the Camp Commandant, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen, in Obubra yesterday. At least 20,192 ex-militants, who were granted amnesty by the [...]
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) on Wednesday described the call for the removal of subsidy on petroleum products as uncalled for. This was contained in a statement in Lagos by Mr Babatunde Ogun and Mr Bayo Olowoshile, PENGASSAN President and General Secretary respectively. The statement was in reaction to [...]
Chairman of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the Garden City Games has reaffirmed that the on-going 17th National Sports Festival in Port Harcourt will be the best in the annals of sports festival history in Nigeria. Ikuru, who is also the Deputy Governor of Rivers State stated this yesterday in a press briefing with [...]
Rivers State yesterday opened her medal account in the nascent 17th National Sports Festival, Garden City Games, 2011, having four gold, three silver and two bronze medals in the opening day of the Kung Fu event. The medal winners include Ijeoma Ikeije, Adu Bankonle, Eweje Adeleye and Ademola Afolabi, gold medals, Eluagu Michael, Ebere Okebugwuru [...]
As competition for medals at the 17th National Sports Festival, Garden City Games 2011 began yesterday at various venues, about 28 out of the 36 participating states are battling for medals in the golf event at the Port Harcourt Club 1928’s golf course. Tidesports gathered that players in different categories of the event will play [...]
