Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the money his administration is spending on the Dr. Peter Odili Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Diagnostic and Treatment Centre in the State is not a misplaced priority. The governor made the assertion on Thursday when he visited the project site...
factory to be supported by over 2000 smallholder farmers The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has tasked youths to embrace opportunities in the agriculture value chain by deploying innovative ideas to initiate and develop agribusiness projects. Obaseki made the submission after commissioning a 5,400mt per annum cashew processing factory,...
Governor Udom Emmanuel wants foreign companies to set up their production plants in Akwa Ibom State to localise the production of medical consumables. Governor Emmanuel made the advocacy while receiving a donation of medical consumables to the state government by a Japanese based organisation, Saraya Japan in collaboration with Junior...
Rivers State Government has launched a COVID-19 Free Bus Scheme to cushion the effect of the pandemic on citizens. Inaugurating the Scheme in Port Harcourt today, the Commissioner for Transport, Mr. Sunny Ejekwu commended Governor Wike for the initiative which is the first of it's kind in the country. Mr. Ejekwu...
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has commended the Muslim community in the state for their support to his administration's anti-grazing law. Governor Diri gave the commendation on Thursday when he hosted Muslim faithful in Government House, Yenagoa, to mark this year’s Id-el-Fitri celebration. His Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah,...
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has appealed to the Federal Government to implement Monday's Abuja Federal High Court judgement ordering the payment $951 million as shortfall in oil derivation revenue due to the state. Governor Diri made the appeal in his first public reaction to the judgement on Wednesday...
Akwa Ibom State Government has procured office equipment for the smooth running of Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NCARES) programme in the State. The event took place, Tuesday 9th February 2021, in the conference room of the Ministry of Economic Development and Ibom Deep, Uyo. Giving an overview of...
Governor Sim Fubara has reiterated his readiness to step down from his office in a bid to restore peace in Rivers State, amidst the persisting political feud with former Governor Nyesom Wike, currently serving as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Despite interventions, including one by President Bola...
Intellectual icon and first African to graduate from the prestigious Harvard University in the United States, Ambassador Lawrence Baraebibai Ekpebu, will be given a state burial by his home State of Bayelsa. Prof. Ekpebu, who also attended another Ivy League institution in the United States, Princeton University, hailed from Okoloba...
IGP deploys special team to restore sanity in communities Election not war, Obaseki tasks CP on violent free-polls in Edo The Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki , has said the government is in partnership with the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to tackle land grabbing and resolve communal clashes and...