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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...”
Driving or walking through the precincts of the popular Mile 1 Bus Stop, along Ikwerre road in the nation’s Garden City, a grandiose, magnificent splendor of a sprawling complex releases a warm and befitting smile to the person. The sprawling ultra-modern edifices is what that now sits demurely at the site of what was known [...]
I am a true Rivers State man and proudly so. I believe that Rivers State money should be judiciously used for the benefit of all who reside and do business in Rivers State. As Speaker, adequate provision was made for the development of the state. It is my intention, God willing, that during my tenure [...]
Time was when the nation’s educational standard was quite high. Pupils held their teachers in awe, just as strict rules governed every aspect of the schooling experience. Cheating at examinations and other forms of malpractices were not tolerated, while teachers and parents complimented each other to maintain discipline.
But by the accounts of educationists and other [...]
Historically, during the early 1980s, analog cellular telephone systems were experiencing rapid growth in Europe particularly in Scandinavia and the United Kingdom including France and Germany. Each country developed its own system which was incompatible with everyone else’s in equipment and operation.
This situation was undesirable because not only was the mobile equipment limited to operation [...]
The problem of drug abuse is a universal one. Nigeria like all other countries has its own share of the problem, and like other well meaning countries too, the country is fighting hard to liberate its citizens from the scourge that drug abuse constitutes.
Like any social problem, drug abuse has its own historical sequence. From [...]
It is a thing of joy and indeed heart warming to observe the developmental projects going on and some even completed and commissioned by His Excellency the President and Commander –in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan during his maiden visit to Rivers State.
These projects are in [...]
You might have observed that the number of beggars on the streets of Port Harcourt is on an alarming increase. As you walk out of your home, they assail you. Whichever direction you turn to, they are on your path staring at you with great expectation. Whenever you find a beggar, you are likely to [...]
The trend of the hospitality industry’s activities will give a gloomy picture due to changes in technology ICT, and the economic melt -down, causing instability in the economy. With the past years, the increase in occupancy rate, high cost of capital borrowing, high cost of production, more realistic wages in this sector of the economy, [...]
The huge congestion at the nations’ ports coupled with the exorbitant charges on importers, in the maritime sector have again brought to the fore the need for a more efficient service delivery and transparency in the sector. This fact was revealed during a two-day tour of ports in Rivers State by the Sub-Committee on Ministerial [...]
There is no gainsaying the fact that malaria has since become the major killer disease on the African continent, recording great casualties among pregnant women and children in particular.
Available statistics indicate that of the 300 million malaria cases recorded worldwide annually, 90 per cent occur in Africa, while 60 per cent of Nigerians who [...]
