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Ogbakor Etche embarks on skills acquisition drive
The Ogbakor Etche Monday at Okehi commenced a skills training scheme which is expected to benefit approximately 30 youths drawn from the Etche ethnic nation. The scheme is being run in conjunction with Shell Petroleum Development Company. Speaking at the take off of the Scheme,…
Dickson set to battle APC in Senate race
Away from Edo and Ondo states where gubernatorial elections have captured public imagination, Bayelsa State is getting ready for bye-elections to fill vacant senatorial seats. Apparently, those seats were vacated by Governor Diri and his deputy who were serving senators as at the time they…
Unbelievable: Woman returns from the land of the dead
A woman aged about 60 years old has come back to life after she was pronounced dead. Sons and daughters of Okomoko Community in the Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State had learnt that Mrs Nwachi Benson Onyenma Nwuke had died in the early…
Crisis in Wike’s PDP
Governor Nyesom Wike may be wining and dining at Government House, Port Harcourt, over Obaseki’s victory in Edo which is being attributed to him by his admirers, but a moment of realism now awaits him. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, under his watch as leader…
Edo elections: I brought nothing to the table – Wike
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has admitted he did nothing extraordinary to ensure the success of the PDP in Edo State. There have been all kinds of accounts across the country pertaining to what the Rivers strongman did or did not do to overwhelm…
100 times up the ladder: Dakuku says Elemelu deserves it all
Dr Dakuku Peterside has congratulated Tony Elumelu who is currently among the first 100 recognized icons in the world. Dakuku, former Director General of NIMASA said in a statement made available to the Telegraph that Elemulu who broke grounds in banking deserved the exceptional honour…
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Nigerians to pay some more for fuel
The pump price of petrol has been jerked up by the Federal Government. Also jerked up is the tariff that Nigerians are to pay for the consumption of electricity. The new price regimes are coming against the backdrop of efforts by the Federal Government to…
We’ll shoot down prices – Buhari
The Federal Government has sworn to force down the prices of poultry products in the country. To this end, it has ordered the release of 30,000 tonnes of maize from the national strategic reserve in support of animal feeds producers. The measure is also designed…
Nigerians to pay some more for fuel
The pump price of petrol has been jerked up by the Federal Government. Also jerked up is the tariff that Nigerians are to pay for the consumption of electricity. The new price regimes are coming against the backdrop of efforts by the Federal Government to…
We’ll shoot down prices – Buhari
The Federal Government has sworn to force down the prices of poultry products in the country. To this end, it has ordered the release of 30,000 tonnes of maize from the national strategic reserve in support of animal feeds producers. The measure is also designed…
Mixed reactions greet withdrawal of Covid-19 buses
Reactions have begun to trail the sudden withdrawal of the fleet of the Free Covid-19 buses scattered into the roads by the Rivers state government as a part of the measures in tackling the frightening rising rate of the Corona Virus pandemic in the state….
Ogbakor Etche embarks on skills acquisition drive
The Ogbakor Etche Monday at Okehi commenced a skills training scheme which is expected to benefit approximately 30 youths drawn from the Etche ethnic nation. The scheme is being run in conjunction with Shell Petroleum Development Company. Speaking at the take off of the Scheme,…
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Bayern’s ceaseless goal hunt rips Barca apart
Bayern Munich, Germany’s soccer ambassadors, have shot into the semis of the Euro Championships, thus keeping their hunt for a treble this season on course Against Bayern in a match played a while ago, Barca fell completely apart, conceding scandalously cheap goals as the German…
How Liverpool crashed out of Europe by Ogbonna Nwuke
Reigning European champions have crashed out of the European championship. They were forced out of the race by Athletico Madrid Wednesday night. Athletico had beaten the Reds in the first leg played in Spain by a lone goal, a goal margin which gave rise to…
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