http://www.thetidenewsonline.com A Commitment to the Truth Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:24:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_16922" align="alignleft" width="420" caption="President Goodluck Jonathan (right) in a handshake with Senegalese Special Envoy, Mr. Daouda Maligueye who paid a visit to the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Monday ."][/caption] The traditional rulers and elders of the coastal communities of Twon Brass in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have raised ... http://www.thetidenewsonline.com/?p=16919 [caption id="attachment_16920" align="alignleft" width="420" caption="Chairman, G-23 Support for Jonathan 2011, Mr Charles Okaye (right) conferring with Hon Emily Solomon, Treasurer, during the state rally conducted by the team at Hotel Presidential, Port Harcourt, Monday"][/caption] Rivers State Governor, Rt Hon Chibuike Amaechi, has explained the rational behind plans to redevelop the waterfronts, ... http://www.thetidenewsonline.com/?p=16918 [caption id="attachment_16921" align="alignleft" width="420" caption="Members of the Nigerian U-18 team that won silver medal in Africa Nation for Women Basketball Championships, at a reception in Abuja, yesterday"][/caption] Ex-international, Chief Segun Odegbami and Austin Jay Jay Okocha who are in the running for the presidency of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) in ... http://www.thetidenewsonline.com/?p=16917 Not fewer than six lives were lost in a mid-day boat mishap along Opobo/Kono on Sunday afternoon. Among the six people are four toddlers, which reliable source said were heading for holiday from Epellema, a satellite community in Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area. The Tide was reliably informed that the kids in company ... http://www.thetidenewsonline.com/?p=16915 A record 87,000 spectators filed into Johannesburg’s Soccer City Stadium for South Africa’s season-opening Charity Cup on Saturday, less than a month after the arena hosted the World Cup final. The country’s Premier Soccer League (PSL) said it had sold 80,000 seats for the one-day tournament, which features four teams in ... http://www.thetidenewsonline.com/?p=16910 Rivers State Social rehabilitation committee in conjunction with Fash Football Challenge is to organize “Football talents show” at the Port Harcourt Liberation Stadium on Friday through Sunday. John Fashanu, the co-ordinator of the project, in an exclusive interview with  Tidesports on Monday, said the talent show is to discover hidden talents ... http://www.thetidenewsonline.com/?p=16909 The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), yesterday, advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to stagger the 2011 elections. The National Secretary of the CPC, Mr Dennis Aghanya, gave the advice in a telephone interview with newsmen in Abuja.``If the elections are staggered, it would give room for manipulations but ... http://www.thetidenewsonline.com/?p=16907 Rivers State Governor, Rt Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has told the people of Omuma Local Government Area  to collaborate with security agencies in the area to fish out criminals in their midst and get reward for it Governor Amaechi, who gave the charge, Monday, during a town hall meeting with the ... http://www.thetidenewsonline.com/?p=16906 The Rivers State House of Assembly, yesterday approved the sum of N2billion for the state government to obtain a grant under the Federal Government and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) N200billion Agricultural credit scheme for the state. The approval followed a letter from the state Governor, Rt Hon Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi ... http://www.thetidenewsonline.com/?p=16899 Given that oral health was a fundamental element to good health, a paediatrician, Professor Ebun Adejuyigbe, has criticised the non- inclusion of oral health into the Federal Government's National Child Health policy. Professor Adejuyigbe, a consultant pediatrician, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH) Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun State, in a lecture at ... http://www.thetidenewsonline.com/?p=16898