PUNCH. In a bid to revive the port in Delta State, the Federal Government said it had awarded a contract for remedial dredging of Escravos channel. The government said that the move would help to expand the channel and attract…
Vanguard. The Minister of Information and Culture, Mr. Lai Mohammed yesterday said the establishment of Duchess International Hospital in Lagos will drastically reduce the huge drain caused by medical tourism on the country’s foreign reserves. Mohammed also explained that the…
Vanguard. Top natives of the South-South region at the weekend, warned the Federal Government, the Attorney General of the Federation/Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, and Minister of Niger-Delta Affairs, Godwill Akpabion, to stop playing games with the Niger Delta Development…
PUNCH. The Federal Government on Friday approved the reopening of four additional land borders shut in August 2019 as part of efforts to curtail smuggling and boost local production of rice. A circular released by the Nigeria Customs Service, signed…
THIS DAY. The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs(MNDA), Senator Godswill Akpabio, said the construction of educational facilities in communities in Bayelsa State is geared towards increasing the existing educational infrastructure in the Niger Delta region and thus improve access to…
Vanguard. House of Representatives, Tuesday, urged the Federal Civil Service Commission to, as a matter of urgency, ensure that the teachers who were recruited into Federal Government Colleges in Delta State in 2018 were paid their full salaries and all entitlements…
THE GUARDIAN Chairmen, Forum of African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the 36 states of the Federation and Abuja, yesterday, raised concern over issues confronting the nation and asked the Federal Government to tackle them, particularly insecurity and ASUU strike without…
BUSINESS DAY Federal Government of Nigeria has again been urged to increase efforts aimed at tackling the menace of oil theft in the Niger Delta. The call by Nigeria’s oil producers comes on the heels of the menace impacting negatively…
VANGUARD NEWS Ovie of Idjerhe Kingdom in Ethiope West Local Government Area, His Majesty, Monday Arthur Whiskey Udurhie I, and a member of the reconstituted Delta State Traditional Council has called on the Federal Government to end the ongoing illegality…
THE GUARDIAN The Federal Government has insisted that the nation’s economy must move from being commodity-dependent to an innovation-driven on for sustainable development to be manifest. The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Ogbonnaya Onu, who spoke at the validation…