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Special reports From The Geopolis – South South state/LGAs in Nigeria.
Our 140-bed hospital, reference point in Africa – Ayade
By Joseph Kingston, Calabar
Governor Ben Ayade has said that the Cross River state’s 140-bed specialist hospital, currently at an advanced stage of completion in Obudu, would be a…
Open Grazing Bill: Miyetti Allah demands 750,000 hectares Delta land
By Nosa Akenzua,
Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, (MACBAN) on Tuesday requested the Delta State Government to grant its members 750,000 square meters of land as…
Wike threatens another lockdown over escalating Covid-19 cases
By Amaechi Okonkwo, Port Harcourt
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has threatened another lockdown in the State if residents fail to adhere to the existing COVID-19…
Non-oil sectors boost Delta’s economy by 51 percent – Okowa
By Nosa Akenzua
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has attributed the 51 percent increase in the state’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, between 2015 and 2019 to the friendly policies…
Police arrests kidnap syndicates’ arms, drug supplier in C’River
By Joseph Kingston, Calabar
Police in Cross River State has arrested a 56-year-old man described as a notorious supplier of drugs, food and arms to various kidnap syndicates in the…
A baby boy corpse found inside dustbin in Bayelsa
By Kenechukwu Obiajuru, Yenagoa
A lifeless body of a new born baby boy was found at a public dustbin in Okaka community, Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital on Saturday morning during the…
Vigilante groups in C’River kill notorious ex-militant leader
By Joseph Kingston, Calabar
Combined forces of vigilante groups from some communities in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State have reportedly killed a notorious ex-militant…
Udom Orders Demolition Of 3 Churches
Furious over the decision by three leading Pentecostal Church clerics to differ in the governor Udom Emmanuel’s choice of successor in the forthcoming general elections in 2023, the…
C’ River Commissioner, staff barricade bank over cash withdrawal hitches
By Joseph Kingston, Calabar
Barring any last minute intervention, the Cross River State government-owned Cally Air may be grounded over inability of its aviation ministry to withdraw…
Bayelsa CJ Hails Diri on Judiciary Autonomy
By Kenechukwu Obiajuru, Yenagoa
Bayelsa State Chief Judge, Justice Kate Abiri, has commended Governor Douye Diri for granting financial autonomy to the State’s judiciary.
She said…
CLO wants Bayelsa Govt to build befitting edifice for Orphanage
By Kenechukwu Obiajuru, Yenagoa
The Civil Liberties Organization, (CLO) in Bayelsa State, has frowned at the ongoing abnormalities in the State-owned Glory Land Orphanage Home in…
Labour to picket C’River HoS office over illegal deductions
By Joseph Kingston, Calabar
The Organized Labour in Cross River State under the auspices of the Public Service Negotiating Council has vowed to protest against the Office of the…
NDDC repositioning to better develop Niger Delta region -Ag Head
Cyril Mbah, Abuja
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has commenced thorough internal reforms that will reposition the agency and properly empower it to implement its mandate…
Federal agencies seek Bayelsa govt’s collaboration on uncompleted secretariat project
By Kenechukwu Obiajuru, Yenagoa
Federal Government parastatals in Bayelsa state have solicited the cooperation of the state government in easing their office accommodation…