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Reps to review power project contract
The House of Representatives Committee on Power and Steel plans to recommend a review of all the contracts for the power projects under the National Integrated Power Projects (NIPP). The Chairman of the committee, Hon Ndudi Elumelu, made the anno...
RSG pledges assistance to INEC
Train crushes woman to death in PH ...as driver, others die in tanker fire
Failed banks: NDIC wants Banigo, others to refund N2.7bn
FG, states to settle excess crude deposit out of court
Looting spree as old UPTH Structures go down
PREVIOUS EDITORIAL
Restoring order in land transactions
Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi recently promised to present a bill to the Rivers State House of Assembly, to outlaw the collection of illegal levies from land developers in the state. He said multiple levies after formal ... |
New Rivers Specialist Hospital to gulp $98m ...Amaechi performs ground-breaking ceremony
The Team Leader of Clinotech the Canadian firm handling the construction of the new Rivers Specialist Hospital, Dr. Harrison Ofiyai says the Justice Adolphus Karibi Whyte Specialist Hospital, former University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (...
Fire destroys 14 cars, six houses in Lagos
Fire yesterday destroyed about 14 cars and six houses in Lagos when a tanker carrying substance suspected to be petroleum products skidded off the road and ran into residential areas. The tanker, according to a report monitored from Port Harcourt...
Onne Customs nets over N10bn in three months
The Area Two Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Onne has generated a total of N10,403,480,359.15 as revenue from the area between January and March, 2008. From the revenue figure which was made available to The Tide, the Command genera... |
Rivers State Governor, Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi (right) receiving a souvenir from the Executive Board member of Clinotech of Canada, Mr Celal Caglar while Dr Harrison Ofiyai (left) who led the Canadian team applauds during the ground-breaking ceremony of the Justice Adolphus Karibi-Whyte Specialist Hospital, Port Harcourt, yesterday. Photo: Chris Monyanaga
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Nigeria’s challenges with resource allocation
As more Nigerians fall into the poverty gap in the midst of plenty, the process of resource allocation in the country has started begging for review. Incidentally, some people in government have also taken interest in the subject, but failed to m... |
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Children protest kidnapping in N’Delta
Hundreds of children yesterday marched through some major streets of Port Harcourt in protest against frequent cases of kidnappings in the Niger Delta region. The children who later stormed Government House, Port Harcourt where they presented the...
RSG sets up committee on tax collection
Towards creating an enabling environment for investors in Rivers State, the state government has announced plans to establish a committee that would be charged with streamlining the process of tax collection at both the state and local government...
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A Good Start As Tammy Datoru Convokes Summit
When upon inauguration last month as executive Chairman of Okrika Local Government Council, Mr Tammy Datoru vowed to address, in a very business-like manner, the fluctuating fortunes of the area, for over eight years turn-apart by senseless blood... |
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Improving infant, maternal mortality statistics
Monica Uwazuru, 30, shunned her friend’s advice to seek ante-natal care at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja. She preferred a small clinic in her Abule-Egba neighbourhood, a suburb of the Lagos metropolis. Even as her e... |
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| BACK PAGE | N’Delta, potential petrochemical hub of Africa -Yar’Adua
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua says the Niger Delta has the potential of becoming the petrochemical hub of Africa, if peace is allowed to reign in the region. President Yar’Adua made the remark Saturday while addressing the people of Bayelsa State... | Rain stops Kotoko/Dolphins match in Ghana
A waterlogged Baba Yaro Stadium pitch following torrential rain yesterday in Kumasi forced the centre referee to stop the CAF Confederation Cup third round, second leg match between host, Asante Kotoko and Nigeria’s Dolphins FC of Port Harcurt. T... | | | | NIGER DELTA | FG urged to look inward in solving food problem
Mr. Richard Aviomoh, Coordinator of Fadama III project in Edo, has called on the federal government to look inward in its attempt to solve the food problem. Aviomoh told our correspondent in Benin that the federal government should embark on a h... | CRSG rekindles hope for displaced Bakassi people
The Cross River State Government has restated its determination to reintegrate the displaced people of Bakassi Local Government before the August 2008 deadline. Performing the foundation laying ceremony at the New Bakassi Resettlement Area, Ekpri... | | | | NATION | NGO wants free medical care for rape victims
An NGO working on rape cases and other violent acts against women in Delta State has asked the state government to assist such victims with free medical care. Mrs. Joy Anthony, the President of Women of Compassion, the NGO that gives care and sup... | FG to expand Jibia irrigation scheme
The Federal Government is planning to expand the 3,500-hectare capacity of Jibia water irrigation scheme in Katsina State. A source at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources told our correspondent in Katsina that the irrigation ... | | | | BUSINESS | Shell moves to reduce global warming
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria has unveiled strategic plans to reduce global warming through investments aimed at cutting back greenhouse gas emissions and ozone depleting substances arising from gas flaring. Consequently, the... | Ministry clears sacked FAAN security boss
The Federal Ministry of Air Transport has told an Abuja Federal High Court that it has perfected the re-instatement of the sacked Director of Aviation Security, Captain Balarabe Usman and was only waiting for a presidential approval for him to r... | | | | AVIATION | Chinese firm invests in IPP at airport
A Chinese firm has agreed to invest in the Independent Power Project (IPP) at the nation’s airports. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Managing Director, Mr. Richard Aisuebeogun, who disclosed this recently said FAAN had met with t... | FAAN investigates death of police officer
Following the death of a police corporal last Monday at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, management of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has set up a panel to investigate the remote cause of the problem that led to ... | | | | CRIME | Commission arrests alcohol dealers in Zamfara
Officials of the Zamfara State Hizba Commission have arrested one Titus Anny for allegedly selling alcohol in his chemist shop. The chairman of the Commission, Alhaji Shehu Muhammad, told newsmen yesterday in Gusau that the suspect was arrested ... | Police investigate woman’s death in Lagos
The Police in Lagos have started investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman in the Ajegunle area. A source at the Ajegunle Police Station said the woman had accompanied her man friend to a hotel in the area. The source... | | | | POLITICS | CNPP disagrees on de-registration of parties
Chieftains of some political parties have criticised the proposal by the Presidential Inter-party Committee, to de-register some parties. The committee has at a meeting presided over by Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan suggested that parties with... | Sergeants –at-arm told to embrace human rights
Mr. Ehusani Jonathan, has urged the security guards at the National Assembly (NASS), to be conversant with laws that protect fundamental human rights of individuals. Jonathan, a lecturer in the Department of Public and International Law, Universi... | | | | SPORTS | RSG seeks partnership with NFA
The Rivers State Government in her quest to ensure the development of football in the country, has declared her readiness to partner with Nigeria Football Association (NFA) in this direction. The state Commissioner for Sports, Hon Boma Iyaye made... | Sports journalists for Olympic course
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) in conjunction with the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) is to organise a high-level training course for sports journalists in Lagos. Tony Nezianya, NOC’s Public Relations Officer, told Tidesports source i... | | |
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