The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) said it would clamp downon illicit retailers of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) popularly knownas cooking gas in Rivers. DPR’s Port Harcourt Zone Operations’ Controller, Mr Bassey Nkanga,told Journalists of the planned clampdown on the sideline of LPGstakeholders’ meeting in Port Harcourt. He said it was now illegal for retailers…
Justice Walter Onnoghen has rejected the judgement of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) which convicted him of six counts of false declaration of assets preferred against him by the Federal Government. Shortly after the judgement delivered on Thursday, the judge filed a notice of appeal at the Court of Appeal in Abuja to challenge…
President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the National Minimum Wage, Daily Trust has reliably gathered. Sources in the State House told our correspondent that the president assented to the bill today. Presidential adviser on National Assembly (Senate), Sen Ita Enang is being expected to brief the State House Correspondents on the development. Recall that the…
The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has convicted the former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, for false declaration of assets and barred from holding public office for 10 years. The Tribunal presided over by Justice Danladi Umar and two others, declared that that Onnoghen breached the provision of CCT Act. section 36….
The University of Coventry in the United Kingdom will next month sign amemorandum of understanding with the Niger Delta Development Commission,NDDC, to boost education in the Niger Delta region. Speaking at the Port Harcourt International Airport, shortly on arrivalfrom a five-day working visit to some universities in the United Kingdom,the NDDC Acting Managing Director, Prof….
Senator Magnus Abe Rivers South-East has declared an end to his 2019governorship ambition in Rivers state. The declaration followed the last week’s Supreme Court judgement onthe matter bordering on the 2019 governorship candidacy for the stateAll Progressives Congress (APC) in the general elections. Abe also noted the Supreme Court pronouncement has also brought to anend…
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB)recognized Shell as the most impactful International Oil Corporation(IOC) on Local Content Initiatives in the Nigerian Oil and Gasindustry. The Shell Companies in Nigeria clinched the laurels in the upstreamcategory at the just concluded 2019 Nigerian Oil and Gas OpportunityFair (NOGOF)in Niger Delta. Shell beat Total and ExxonMobil…
The Nigerian Customs Services, NCS, says it has generated overN25.5billion in the first quarter of 2019, at the Port Harcourt IIArea Command, Onne seaport, in Rivers State. Customs Comptroller, Port Harcourt II Area Command, Aliyu GaladimaSaidu, stated that the command also seized nine containers loaded withitems such as vegetable oil, soaps, machetes, wears and rice…
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, says it is consolidating itsexisting partnerships with universities in the United Kingdom to ensurethat the Commission gets more value for its human capital developmentprogrammes. Speaking after a five-day working visit to some universities in the UnitedKingdom where NDDC scholars are undergoing post-graduate studies, ActingManaging Director, Prof. Nelson Brambaifa, said…
Chairman of the Rivers State chapter of Inter Party Advisory Council(IPAC) and the former governorship candidate of the Accord Party inRivers State Sir Precious Baridoo, condemns the incessant killing ofRivers State citizens by unknown gunmen in the State. The Rivers State IPAC chairman in an interview with Newsmen in Port Harcourt, has called on all…
