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Traditional rulers, communities canvass new role for securing oil installation
King Okpoitari Diongoli Against the backdrop of the recent bombing of oil facilities and plans by the Federal Government to militarise the Niger Delta, to forestall further vandalisation, traditional...
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Burubo: Communities can partner FG to Police oil infrastructure
Pastor Victor Burubo Pastor Victor Burubo is a prominent Okrika community leader and spokesperson of the Ijaw National Congress. He told KELVIN EBIRI that traditional rulers in the Niger Delta have to...
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New JAMB Admission Template: Conflicting, confusing orders from education...
Candidates at a post-UME centre Despite the denial by JAMB that the new admission template, the Points System, did not emanate from it, some institutions have embraced it. During the week, the Federal...
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GM Crops: Ethical issues, health concerns query new food technologies
Genetically Modified Tomato The quest to tackle the challenges of feeding the ballooning global population has led to the development of some innovative ideas in the agricultural sector, where...
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Stop the bloody attacks on our people, Adamawa Indigenes warn
Displaced persons moving out of affected communities PHOTO: Emmanuel Ande It is no longer news that herdsmen are killing farmers in many states of the federation, mostly in North-Central and parts of...
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Ondo PDP: Ilaje monarchs endorse Jegede
Eyitayo Ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primaries in Ondo State, traditional rulers in Ilaje Local Government Area have endorsed Eyitayo Jegede for the November 26 poll. Jegede...
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Ijaw youths seek more funds for amnesty programme
Gen Paul Boroh Ijaw youths have appealed to the Federal Government to increase its funding of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). The youths said the appeal becomes necessary as the Coordinator...
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Groups urge government, oil industry operators to clean up communities
Crude Oil Production To stem the crisis of oil pollution and environmental degradation in the Niger Delta, all oil spills must be cleaned up to create sustainable environment for all communities in the...
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Group defends Buhari’s NDDC appointments
President Miuhammadu Buhari Cross River State Youth for Leadership and Good Governance, has flayed the Niger Delta Volunteers (NDV), for recently calling on the National Assembly not to confirm Senator...
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Kasali expresses NCAM’s readiness to train more youth in mechanised farming
Mechanised farming Dr. Yomi Kasali, acting director, National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), Ilorin, has expressed the readiness of the centre to train and equip young farmers in...
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Vicampro Farm to pioneer potato processing
Vicampro Potato Farmers Two years after it ventured into the Nigerian space with the largest potato farm for both farming and processing plant, Vicampro Farm Ltd has signed an MoU with BlackPace B.V...
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Pension as source of misery to senior citizens
Retirees from Edo State demanding for their pension One of the simplest definitions of salary is that it is a fixed regular payment, typically paid on a monthly basis, by an employer to an employee,...
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Water Hyacinth: Pain in the neck of coastal communities, residents
Not long ago, a section of Ogun River, by Kara market, on the border of Lagos and Ogun States was blocked by compose; water hyacinth and dirt, resulting in panic across communities in the two states....
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Recession not an excuse to neglect maternal mortality
Particpants at the forum CHRICED Intensifies Campaign Against Maternal Deaths As Nigeria reels from the effects of a full scale economic recession, civil society activists are worried that key...
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Bini gets new Oba, promises reforms in palace administration
Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole (second left) presents the staff of office to His Royal Majesty, Omo n’Oba n’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, Oba of Benin after his coronation … Some are lucky...
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Anti-Grazing Law: Apprehension as Ekiti, Miyetti Allah exchange tirades
Fayose The full implementation of anti-public grazing law of Ekiti State, which regulates the pastoral activities of herdsmen, has raised mutual distrust between cattle rearers and residents, with...
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Divining the source of Niger Delta oil
Professor Oyewale Tomori, President Nigeria Academy of Science delivering his address“It’S a very special occasion,” Professor Oyewale Tomori declared. A bus was ferrying us from Warri’s Casa De Pedro...
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Cross River: Land, chieftaincy tussle sack Odukpani Qua Clan
< Previous 1 of 10 Next > Chief Bassey in front of his burnt house Another burnt house in the community Odukpani Quo Clan, in Odukpani Local Council of Cross River State, comprises of 29...
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NYSC: Burdened by funds, constrained by bureaucracy
NYSC • Calls For Review Of Scheme Reaches Crescendo • Reduce Age Limit, Make Participation Optional, say stakeholders Only recently, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) wrote to all Corps Producing...
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From Libya with tears: The true story of a trafficked Nigerian lady
maltatoday.com.mt Miss Peju Akins (pseudonym) was offered a poisoned chalice in a Lagos church in January, 2015; she embraced it hook, line and sinker! A lady she met during Sunday service painted the...
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