Port Harcourt — Rivers State Governor, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, has sworn in six new female Permanent Secretaries. Governor Amaechi swore in the six female Permanent Secretaries at the Council Chamber, Government House, Port Harcourt, yesterday. Those sworn in are Dr. Offor Nnesochi; Mrs. C. Iragunima; Mrs. Clara Princewill; Mrs. Amie Iwo; Mrs. Wihioka Comfort and […]
Following the firecracker explosions in Jankara Market, Lagos, which left at least one person dead and destroyed several properties, some of the firecrackers left in a warehouse closed by the Lagos State Government have disappeared. A police source said the warehouse, which is at Oke Arin Market, Lagos Island was one of the warehouses sealed […]
There was a fire scare on Sunday at the official residence of the Lagos State Deputy Governor, Mrs. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire. It was gathered that the fire started at the boys’ quarter of the resident after an electrical spark. Officials of the government said it was a minor fire incident. Some sources had told our correspondents […]
DECEMBER 31, 2012 BY MIKE ODIEGWU Bishop of Bomadi Catholic Diocese, Vicarage Hyacinth Egbebor, in his homily on Saturday, blamed the helicopter crash that killed the former National Security Adviser, Andrew Azazi; former Kaduna State Governor Patrick Yakowa, and four others, on corruption. At the state funeral of Azazi in Peace Park, Yenagoa, attended by […]
Ailing Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State may be “smuggled” into the country on December 31, the SUNDAY PUNCH learnt on Friday. Chime left the country on September 19 for medical treatment but the state government had continued to insist that he was only on vacation. The six weeks leave of absence Chime applied for […]
Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi says the sum of N21Billion (Twenty one billion Naira) will be needed for the construction of the Trans-Kalabari road, the major road project of his administration in the Kalabari-speaking area of the State. He said contract for the Trans-Kalabari Road project has been re-awarded to Lubrik Construction […]
Some members of the Peretorugbene community in Bayelsa State, the hometown of the late former National Security Adviser, Gen. Andrew Azazi, have warned against burying him in Yenagoa, capital of the state. Azazi died in a helicopter crash on Dec. 15 alongside Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State and four others, on his way from […]
Posted: December 28, 2012 – 15:27 By PREMIUM TIMES Report reaching PREMIUM TIMES indicates that the Kogi State Governor, Idris Wada, was badly hurt in a fatal road accident on Friday and is in the intensive care unit at the Kogi State Hospital in Lokoja, the state capital. The ADC to the Kogi State Governor […]
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson says, the Heroes Park, the proposed burial site for the late former National Security Adviser, General Andrew Owoye Azazi in Yenagoa will henceforth be the final resting place for all true legends and heroes of the State. A statement issued by Daniel Iworiso-Markson, the Chief Press Secretary to […]
A 26-man Brazilian Carnival Band has arrived Calabar to participate in Carnival Calabar. Known as the Vai Vai Samba Band, the Brazilians thrilled a crowd that gathered at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport to welcome them. Speaking through an interpreter, the leader of the band, Thobias Da Vai-vai described the reception as marvelous, noting that […]
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