• April 16, 2021
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  The industrialization policy of Governor Udom Emmanuel is gathering steam with more investments berthing Akwa Ibom state through the foreign direct investment programme of the Administration. The latest is...

• March 30, 2021
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Rivers State Commissioner for Environment, Dr. Igbiks Tamuno has been sacked by governor Nysemo Wike. Kelvin Ebiri, Special Assistant on (Media) to Governor Wike announced the removal of the former commissioner. He said: “The Governor directed the sacked Commissioner to submit all Government Documents and Property in his possession to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Environment.” No reason was given for this latest sack as the governor is fond of sacking his aides at the slightest provocation.

• April 6, 2021
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The new Olu of Warri, Prince Utieyinoritsetsola Emiko was born on 2nd April 1984 to Ogiame Atuwatse II the Olu of Warri (prior to his ascending the throne) & Olori...

• June 18, 2019
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Like every good Nigerian father he gave his boy the best education and enrolled him in one of Nigeria’s Ivy secondary schools, Mayflower Ikenne owned by the late patriot – Pa Tai Solarin.After his marriage broke down with Joshua’s mother, Joshua moved to England. Joshua was a bright kid and an athlete but he lost his way and ended up a bricklayer. His father was embarrassed but did not give up on him, knowing the dream he had for his son, he supported him when he took up boxing. In 2009, Joshua became even more frustrated and lost his way again. He became a street fighter and was detained by the police and put on remand. He was reduced to the level of a low life common criminal and had...

• April 7, 2021
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LAGOS, April 7 — Gunmen have kidnapped two Chinese workers from a gold-mining site in southwest Nigeria and shot their security guards, police said today, in the latest such incident in the area. Kidnapping for ransom used to be common in Nigeria’s oil-producing south but has lately spread to other parts of the country. The victims are usually released after a ransom is paid although police rarely confirm if money changes hands. The latest abduction occurred on Monday at Okepa/Itikan village in Osun state, police spokeswoman Yemisi Opalola said in a statement. She said “a gang of criminals, at about 4pm, attacked and abducted two Chinese nationals.” “The two men, namely; Zhao Jian, 33, and Wen, 50, were working at a mining site,” she said. The gunmen shot and wounded...