THE NATION The Rivers State government has faulted an allegation by an opposition leader in the state, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, that Governor Nyesom Wike is on a property acquisition spree. Peterside, a one-time Commissioner for Works and governorship candidate of…
THIS DAY The 2nd Niger Delta Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Summit will hold in Asaba, Delta State on Saturday. The event, which is organized by the Niger Delta Young Professionals (NDYP), is a sequel to the pioneer edition held…
NAIJANEWS.COM The details of the meeting between the South-South Governors and the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, has emerged. Speaking on Friday with reporters in Asaba the Delta State capital, Irabor stated that the meeting was held…
VANGUARD NEWS Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Thursday announced that a contract for the construction of facilities for the College of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Delta, Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area of the state…
THE CABLE The figure is the first annual growth above 3 percent since President Muhammadu Buhari won the 2015 election. In 2014, the economy grew 6.3 percent. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said this in its fourth-quarter GDP report…
PREMIUM TIMES The Nigerian government says it has mapped out an exit strategy for hundreds of thousands of unemployed graduates who are currently taking part in the N-Power scheme. The strategy involves a training programme in specific areas after which…
VANGUARD NEWS Elder statesman and the leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, Chief Edwin Clark, has said the 36 states governors are Nigeria’s problem, arguing that wanting to be in the good books of President Muhammadu Buhari has…
VANGUARD NEWS THE Federal Government, yesterday, raised hope that the lingering fuel crisis and its attendant queues at filling stations will ultimately disappear next week. Already, the government said that it has taken delivery of 2.1 billion litres for distribution…
THE SUN Protesting indigenes of Itsekiri host communities of Ugborodo, Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State, have reportedly shut down about 15 crude oil well heads within the Ogidigben flow station belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC).…
THE GUARDIAN The near-term inflation outlook appears increasingly unpredictable, as the petrol shortage crisis and the rising cost of diesel have added to other challenges driving up prices of essential commodities in the country. Efforts to rein in fuel supply…