N13m quarterly running cost for NASS lawmakers grossly inadequate – Lawan
The senate president, Mr. Ahmad Lawan, has said that the N13 million and N8 million quarterly office running cost for a member of the senate...
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Support for Bonny Medical Centre thickens
The bill for the Establishment of a Federal Medical Centre, Bonny, Rivers State is now gathering momentum as critical stakeholders, at a one day public...
Reps commit Youth Entrepreneurship Bill to Committee stage
The House of Representatives, Wednesday, transmitted the Youth Entrepreneurship Development Trust Fund Bill from Second Reading to the Committee Stage. Leading debate on the general...
ICPC probes UPTH N950m COVID-19 intervention fund
By: Felix Ikpotor Following the threat by the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba to probe the utilisation of the N950 million Coronavirus...
Build skills for easy employment, Dikio charges PAP students
Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd), has urged PAP’s scholarship students to build skills in areas that can guarantee them...
NLNG Train-7: Senate blasts Saipem over breach of Local Content Act
The Senate Committee on Local Content has expressed displeasure at Saipem Contracting Nigeria Limited, a company handling the Train-7 gas project, for what it termed...
Wike, Okonjo-Iweala, others to receive 4th DAAR Awards, Dec 6
The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; and Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa;...
MOSOP-SA backs peace move by Ogoni leaders
Following the move by some Ogoni leaders to end the crisis and factions rocking the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP, the...
Give attention to raising standard of living in Ogoniland, council boss urges HYPREP
By: Admin Chairman of Khana local council in Rivers State, Dr.Thomas Bariere has urged the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project, HYPREP, to give more attention to...
NDLEA intercepts 12,385kg marijuana in Lagos
NDLEA has seized 12,385 kilograms of “Loud’’ marijuana smuggled into Lagos from a neighbouring country through the waterways. Director, Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA,...