NUJ Cautions Govt On Insecurity …Horsfall Warns Youth Against Violence
Worried by the growing spate of insecurity in the country, the National President of the Nigeria Union Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Mohammed Garba has urged governments at all levels to be proactive in...
View ArticleINEC Creates 30,000 Polling Units …To Use e-Register For 2015 Polls
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, Alhaji Baba Farouk (5th left), with other stakeholders , on a walk to commemorate the World Water Day in Abuja,yesterday The Independent National...
View ArticleFG Approves Orthography For Etche Language
Chief of Staff, Government House, Rivers State, Sir Tony Okocha (right) chatting with the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mrs Ibim Semenitari (left), Permanent Secretary, Ministry of...
View ArticleCleric Seeks End To Gas Flaring In Nigeria
Chairman,Rivers State House of Assembly Committee on Environment, Hon Victoria Nyeche (right), discussing with Divisional Police Officer for Rivers State Environmental Sanitation Authority, SP Rufina...
View Article‘Amaechi Didn’t Disparage Dakuku Peterside’ …Lambasts Newspaper For...
The Rivers State Government has debunked insinuations that it any way disparaged the character, integrity and leadership qualities of the member representing Andoni/Opobo/Nkoro Federal Constituency in...
View ArticleANOLGA Boss Wants Andoni In UNEP Report Implementation
The Andoni local government council has urged for the inclusion of Andoni in the on-going implementation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report on Ogoniland. The council chairman,...
View ArticleNIS: Cleric Wants Minister, Controller-General Sacked
The General Overseer of Omega Power Ministries (OPM) Apostle Chibuzor Chinyere has joined other eminent Nigerians across the country in calling for the sack of Minister for Interior Hon. Abba Moro and...
View ArticleNigeria, A Giant In Captivity – Cookey
A former Vice Chancellor of University of Port Harcourt, Prof Sylvanus J.S. Cookey says Nigeria will remain a captive giant until the constitution is reframed to reflect the ethnic diversities of the...
View ArticleYouth Tasks Sports Minister On International Competitions
Nigerian youth under the ages of Grand Visionary Youth Empowerment Initiative have charged the new Minister of Sports to put in place modalities for full participation of Nigeria in the up coming...
View ArticleNES Wants Commitment To Provision Of Clean Water
The National President of Nigerian Environmental Society (NES), Mr Olu Ander Wai Ogosu has called on governments in the country to be more committed towards the provision of clean water to the...
View ArticleCommunity Threatens To Sue ASALGA Over Ceding Of Territories
The Ilelema community in the Asari Toru Local Government Area has threatened a legal suit against the Asari Toru Local Government Council over the ceding of its territories to those he described as...
View ArticleRSSDA’s Fast Food Partnership Nets N1.5bn Profit
The first phase of the Franchise Agreement between the Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency (RSSDA) and The Promise Fast Food has generated a profit of N1.5 billion in the last five years. The...
View ArticleRSG Allocates $1.1m For SEEFOR
The Rivers State Government has allocated the sum of $1,110,000 for the implementation of the Technical, Vocational and Agricultural Training (TVAT), of the State Employment and Expenditure For Results...
View ArticleRivers Youths Want Confab To Address Environmental Issues
Rivers Youths under the aegis of Grand Visionary Youth Empowerment Initiative have urged delegates to the on-going National Conference to place the issue of environmental degradation of the Niger Delta...
View ArticleWorld Population Threatens Sustainable Water Management
The Honourable Minister of Water Resources, Mrs Sarah Ochekpe, says world population would increase to 8.3 billion by 2030. Mrs Ochekpe, who said this at the opening of the national consultation on...
View Article36 Nigerians Ladies Screened For First Lady’s Reality Show
About 36 young Nigerian ladies are currently participating in the audition for the First Lady Reality Show/Pageant Award in some cities across the country. The audition which started in Port Harcourt...
View ArticleDredging Activities Threaten Community
The people of Dumo Ama Community in p Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State have raised alarm over the possible submergence of the community following the on-going dredging activities in the...
View ArticleStakeholders Want Ministry’s Presence At PH Waterfronts
The Rivers State Min istry of Environment has been urged to extend its activities to some waterfronts in Port Harcourt. Across section of stakeholders who said this in an interview with The Tide in...
View ArticleRSG Renews Pledge To Partner Groups For Dev
L-R: Director, Maritime Services, Ministry of Transport, Alhaji Suleiman Nagogo, Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers Council, Capt. Adamu Biu and Representative of the Director-General, Nigerian...
View ArticleFoundation Presents Scholarship To Orphans
The Lucky Worluh foun dation for the orphans has presented a cheque of N50,000 each to 22 orphans drawn from across the state in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The presentation brings to one hundred...
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