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April 16, 2025 No Responses

Diri Tasks Renaissance Energy On Support For Host Communities

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has advised the management of Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited that having acquired the assets of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), it should operate differently from the former owners of the oi...

April 15, 2025 No Responses

IITA Partners Bayelsa On Farm Centre

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) located in Ibadan, Oyo State, has disclosed plans to set up a sub-national centre in Bayelsa State through partnership with the state government.The Deputy Director-General of the institute, Dr. Kenton...

April 9, 2025 No Responses

Lagos Partners Parking Authority To Improve Accessibility For Persons With Disabilities

The Lagos State Office for Disability Affairs (LASODA) and the Lagos State Parking Authority (LASPA) have pledged to strengthen collaboration towards ensuring full compliance with laws protecting Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), with a particular focus on mak...

March 28, 2025 No Responses

NLNG Science Quiz For Rivers Schools To Focus On Advancing Renewable Energy Innovations

NLNG has kicked off the 2025 edition of its annual Science Quiz and Science Project Exhibition, with a sharp focus on advancing renewable energy innovations among secondary school students in Rivers State.The 2025 edition, which commenced on Wednesday, is desi...

March 21, 2025 No Responses

Alao Assumes Duty As Permanent Secretary, Lagos Finance Ministry

Mahmud Tajudeen Alao has officially assumed office as the new Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Ministry of Finance, following his recent appointment by the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu.A distinguished financial expert and seasoned civil s...

March 21, 2025 No Responses

NADDC DG Visits Imo Governor To Discuss Partnership

The Director General, National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Oluwemimo Joseph Osanipin, on Thursday paid a courtesy visit to Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma.The visit aimed to strengthen the ongoing collaboration between NADDC an...

March 18, 2025 No Responses

Tinubu’s Text On State Of Emergency In Rivers

TEXT OF THE BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES, DECLARING STATE OF EMERGENCY IN RIVERS STATE ON TUESDAY 18 MARCH 2025 Fellow Nigerians, I feel greatly disturbed at the turn we have come to regarding the...

March 18, 2025 No Responses

Tinubu Declares State Of Emergency In Rivers

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, citing an unending political crisis.Tinubu made the proclamation during a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday, suspending Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy and all the members of t...

March 17, 2025 No Responses

At UN Summit, Diri Makes Case For Niger Delta Coastal Communities

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has again taken his campaign against environmental degradation and the impact of climate change on communities in the Niger Delta to the international arena.The Bayelsa governor on Monday advocated for the imposit...

March 14, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arrests Eight Trucks Conveying Suspected Illegal Solid Minerals

Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested eight trucks conveying suspected illegal solid minerals.According to EFCC, they were arrested on Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at Katsina-ala Local Gov...

March 10, 2025 No Responses

Edo Partners NELFUND On Student Loan, Monthly Stipend

.. Edo State Government has entered into partnership with Nigerian Education Loan Fund ((NELFUND) as part of measures to extend its services to Students in Edo State Owned Tertiary Institutions.According to the state government, the partnership which will guar...

February 27, 2025 No Responses

Minister Inaugurates Rivers Road Network

The Minister of Regional Development, Engr. Abubakar Momoh has inaugurated the 7.3-kilometre Oyigbo Road network, which traverses Obunku, Umuosi, Obeakpu, Mgboji, and Ndoki communities in the Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State. He also launched the r...

February 25, 2025 No Responses

Akwa Ibom: Excerpt From The Executive Council Meeting

Following the swearing-in of New Commissioners and Special Advisers by the Governor, His Excellency, Pastor Umo Eno, the newly inaugurated State Executive Council was on Tuesday duly reconstituted, with the Governor in Council presiding over the session. Key d...