Tell us about the workshop you just had in Lagos? The workshop was about enlightening stakeholders on the new platform and was designed in conjunction with the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigerian Content Fund , all the operators, service providers, The Content Fund had been upgraded and change, so we needed to enlighten…
The Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Nsima Ekere, has again stated the resolve of the Commission to deliver on quality projects in communities across the Niger Delta region. Ekere was speaking after inspecting road and drainage projects, including the emergency repairs of Hospital Road and gully erosion at Midim Waterside in…
The Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Nsima Ekere, has been endorsed by the people of the five local government areas making up the former Abak Division to contest the 2019 gubernatorial election in Akwa Ibom State. The endorsement came during a mega rally organized to honour Ekere by the Abak 5…
Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has stated that Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike is setting the pace in infrastructural development for others to follow. Speaking before commissioning the Mgbuoshimini Model Primary School and Mgbuoshimini Primary Healthcare Centre in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area on Thursday, Governor Okowa said that Governor Wike is one of…
The Oba Ewuare II Foundation has disbursed the last chunk of stipend to the Libya returnees. It would be recalled that His Royal majesty, Ewuare II promised to pay 78 Libya returnees who paid him courtesy visit the sum of Twenty Thousand Naira each for three months to enable them settle down. The Oba Ewuare…
Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has dragged major International Oil Companies, IOCs, before the ongoing 107th session of the International Labour Organisation, ILO, over alleged anti-labor policies, practices, and activities. Presenting NUPENG’s complaints before ILO Committee on the Application of Standards, Diana Junguera Curiel, Energy Industry Director, IndustriAll Global Union, specifically,…
The Senator representing Rivers East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Andrew Uchendu, has asked the state governor, Nyesom Wike, to stop embarrassing Rivers people by raising false alarms against the Buhari government. Senator Uchendu, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt and signed by his media aide, Solomon Okocha, said Governor Wike should only…
FG sets 2019 as deadline for teachers’ qualification - Minister The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has urged teachers to ensure they were qualified, licensed and registered before 2019 or be flushed out of the classrooms. Adamu gave the warning while monitoring the 2018 Batch A Teacher Professional Qualifying Examination (PQE) in Abuja on…
THE Nigerian Police Force has said it is not aware of the withdrawal of invitation extended to the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki to answer some allegation levelled against him by some suspected gang leader of the Offa Bank robbers which claimed 33 lives. This is just as the Police said that two more suspects…
The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Nsima Ekere, has charged traditional rulers to promote peace, stability and security to aid the development process of the Niger Delta region. Dr Ekere was speaking when the executive and members of Traditional Rulers of Oil Mineral Producing Communities of Nigeria, TROMPCON, paid him…
