Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of, a blessing money can't buy.
Izaak Walton (1593 - 1683)
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 Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has sworn in 10 new Permanent Secretaries in the state civil service with a charge for them to be loyal to the state and avoid corruption. Amaechi said the 10 Permanent Secretaries were appointed on merit. He spoke shortly after a brief swearing-in ceremony for the 10 […]
The Rivers State Newspaper Corporation, (RSNC) publishers of The Tide group of Newspapers was among media establishments and corporate organizations, honoured by the Association of Justices of Peace in Rivers State at the 4th Annual General Assembly (AGA) of the body held at the conference hall of the Ministry of Justice in Port Harcourt, last […]
The Special Adviser on Agriculture and Food Security to Osun State Governor, Mr Festus Agunbiade, last Wednesday said Nigeria spends over N600 billion annually to import food items. Agunbiade said this in his key note address on the second day of the “Farmers Festival and Agric Show 2013” in Osogbo. The forum was organised by […]
Coalition of forty-six pro-democracy organisations under the aegis of United Action for Democracy, UAD, yesterday called for a holistic probe into alleged hiring, training of snipers and other armed personnel secretly and clandestinely by President Goodluck Jonathan as raised by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. According to UAD, the alleged placing of over 1000 Nigerians on […]
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as shocking, the news of Wednesday’s judgment of the Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, presided over by Justice Ahmed Mohammed, which declared as unconstitutional, the taking over of the Rivers House of Assembly by the National Assembly. The party wondered how “the court […]
Hope for possible presentation of the 2014 Budget by President Goodluck Jonathan to the joint session of the National Assembly this year, may have been lost completely due to indefinite adjournment of conference committee of both the Senate and the House of Representatives on harmonization of oil benchmark for the budget. In a text message […]
The Federal Government, yesterday, said it was withdrawing the ultimatum given to striking university lecturers to resume or be sacked following appeals from well-meaning Nigerians and substantial compliance with the directive by some members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). According to the Federal Government, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN had confirmed […]
In spite of steady rain, thousands of mourners converged on Soweto’s famous FNB Stadium yesterday, to pay tribute to world statesman, Nelson Mandela. A sea of umbrellas added to the colour as mourners whistled, sang and danced while proceedings at the 80,000 seat venue was delayed as the South African President Jacob Zuma and many […]
Vehicular movement along the Eleme axis of the East/West Road was yesterday disrupted, resulting in heavy traffic grid lock, following a mass protest by the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) over the non implementation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report by the Federal Government. Placard carrying youths and women from […]
A member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, Chief Benjamin Apugo, yesterday landed a mother slap on the party’s leadership as he resigned his membership for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Chief Apugo who was a founding member of the party revealed that he has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). […]
