THE TIDE AT 40

NASS Gets 40 New States Requests

A member of the National Assembly Joint Committee on Constitution Review, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe says about 40 requests for the creation of new states in the country are currently before the National Assembly. Abe, who is the senator representing Rivers South-East senatorial district, disclosed this during an interactive session with youths and students from [...]

W’Bank Plans $150m Agric Project Expansion

The World Bank-assisted Commercial Agriculture Development Project (CADP) will be expanded to include five other states of the federation, the Task Team Leader of the project, Dr Lucas Akapa, has said. The project is currently being implemented in five states – Enugu, Cross River, Kano, Kaduna and Lagos. Akapa, who disclosed this in Lagos during [...]

Robbers Kill Two TIMARIV Officials

Two officials of the Rivers State Road Traffic Management Agency (TIMARIV) have been killed by fleeing armed robbers along the Emekuku-Agudama axis of D/Line, Port Harcourt. In the incident which occurred in the early hours of yesterday, a police officer attached to Azikiwe Police Station was also wounded. Eye witness told The Tide that the [...]

SSANU May Begin Strike, Jan. 9

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) says it may commence an indefinite strike on Jan. 9, 2012 over the non implementation the 2009 agreement it reached with government. The chairman of the University of Ibadan chapter, Mr Olu Omolona, told newsmen after a congress at the institution on Thursday that the Federal Government [...]

CAN Promises To Fight Back, if…

The national leadership of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has charged the Federal Government to rise to the challenge of checking the violent activities of the Boko Haram sect, warning that if the killing of Christians by the sect persists, they would be left with no option than to defend themselves. CAN President Pastor Ayo [...]

‘How Oil Production Can Resume In Ogoniland’

The Senator representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Magnus Abe, has identified full implementation of the United Nations Environment Progamme (UNEP) report on Ogoniland as a critical factor for the resumption of oil exploration in Ogoniland. Senator Abe, a prominent Ogoni leader and chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), also said [...]

Sekibo Begins Re-election Campaign… Opposition Parties Set For Jan 5 Poll

Senator George Thompson Sekibo, has re-affirmed his determination to ensure the effective  representation of the people of Rivers East Senatorial District in the National Assembly. Senator Sekibo, who spoke while addressing the people of Ikwerre, Emohua, Omuma and Etche Local Government Councils respectively during his re-election campaign, was optimistic that his re-election was a formality [...]

Senator Commends FG On Amnesty Programme

Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (Down-Stream) Senator Magnus Abe on Monday, said that the post amnesty rehabilitation programme for former Niger Delta militants has yielded the desired results. Abe, who represents Rivers South East Senatorial District, told The Tide in Lagos that the skill acquisition and re-education component of the programme had served as “potent [...]

INEC Begins Training Of Ad-Hoc Staff

The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced training of adhoc workers for the Rivers State East Senatorial re-run election in the state. The exercise which started last Tuesday with the training of supervisory presiding officers is aimed at ensuring that INEC adhoc workers meet the current standard of INEC in ensuring transparency. In a notice [...]