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target=_blank>Human Trafficking: Edo Taskforce lauds Senator Urhoghide, Niger Delta Ministry
The Edo State Taskforce Against Human Trafficking (ETAHT) has expressed appreciations to Senator Mathew Urhoghide (Edo South Senatorial District) and the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs for a two-week intensive training programme on poultry farming for some returnees in the state.
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target=_blank>Uniuyo student drowns in hotel swimming pool — Police
Uyo, May 19, 2019 (NAN) A 100 level student of University of Uyo, identified as Kingsley Etim, was said to have been drowned in the swimming pool of De Vegas Paradise Hotel in Uyo on Saturday during a pool party.
Confirming the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Akwa Ibom, SP Odiko Macdon, described the incident as unfortunate.
He said that the Command had commenced preliminary investigation into the matter to unravel more facts concerning the incident, as the police did not foreclose a foul play.
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target=_blank>We have set support structures to make Edo farmers wealthy, says Obaseki
Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has assured farmers in the state that his administration will continue to invest in developing the agricultural sector to provide more opportunities for farmers to become wealthy and support the state in achieving food security.
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target=_blank>Ending ‘Environmental Terrorism’ in Bayelsa the Dickson Way
Holding the bull by the horns, even as toxic intrigues by international oil majors play out and the federal government dithers, Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State empanels an international commission on oil spills to assess environmental damages and determine responsibility, among other issues.
Agonies of Otuabagi, Bayelsa oil community despoiled, deserted(Opens in a new browser tab)
According to Sheikh Zaki Yamani, the stubborn Arab strategist, and one-time Saudi Arabian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources from 1962-1986, “The Stone Age did not end for lack of stones, and the Oil Age will end long before the world runs out of oil.” The compelling logic of this position expressed three decades ago, remains true.
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target=_blank>Boro Day: Embrace intellectualism, Governor Dickson urges Ijaw youths
Bayelsa State Governor, Honourable Seriake Dickson, on Thursday, called on the Ijaw Nation, particularly the youths, to focus on intellectual approach in the struggle for justice, egalitarian society and resource control.
Shagari: Dickson leads Ijaw delegation to condole with Sultan, Tambuwal(Opens in a new browser tab)
Represented by his deputy, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah (Retd), Governor Dickson made the call at this year’s Isaac Boro Day Anniversary/Wreath Laying Ceremony in Yenagoa.
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target=_blank>Photos: Benin Kingdom invokes age-long traditional practice to cleanse the land of robbery, cultism, kidnapping
Murder of Bureau de Change operators: SARS arrest additional suspect(Opens in a new browser tab)
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target=_blank>Bayelsa oil commission meets CSOs, holds public evidence session
In furtherance of its mandate and assignment, the Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission (BSOEC) would commence another round of public engagements from Tuesday, May 21 with a meeting with civil society organisations (CSOs) in Yenagoa, the state capital.
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target=_blank>Every strategic information in governance must be beneficial to govt —Ukah
ASABA—Delta State Commissioner for Information, Hon. Patrick Ukah, has stressed the need for information to be made available to the right audience in the right format and at the right time, as an integral part of good governance in constitutional democracy.
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target=_blank>Jihadists kill Nigerian soldier, injure others in Mali
A Nigerian soldier was killed and another compatriot was injured in two attacks on the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, UN officials said on Sunday.
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Benue : Rage of the people against killer herdsmen pays off
As Benue people look forward to the inauguration of Governor Samuel Ortom for a second term in office on May 29, the last may not have been heard of the March gubernatorial election in the state as the defeated candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Emmanuel Jime, has approached the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Makurdi to upturn the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate.
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