This narrative is changing as small holder farmers and commercial farmers are making large investment in rice productions

STAFF of Delta State Ministry of Housing have been locked out of their offices, following the sealing off of their office premises on the orders of a state High Court sitting in Asaba over the ministry’s inability to pay three years rent of N9 million owed the landlord.

ABA- The United Nations Children’s Education Fund, UNICEF, in conjunction with the National Orientation Agency, NOA, Abia State, has asked women groups in the state to imbibe the culture of having clean environment to ensure healthy living among their families.

IN line with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 – “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages”, the health of Nigerians is at risk due to lack of awareness on health promotion strategies, poor chronic disease management and lack of awareness on minor ailments which can transform to major diseases if left untreated.

FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange, yesterday, admitted for listing the Forte Oil Plc’s N9 billion bonds on its platform

Information and Communication Technology has redefined every aspect of human endeavour. Individuals and organizations have quickly begun to realize that they don’t stand a chance outside of technologies. However, many Public Relations firms which should serve as the link between such entities and their various publics seem to be doing things the old way, hence, limiting the potential of such relationships.

The National Agency for Food and drug Administration, NAFDAC, has begun investigations into the alleged importation of “Indian garri” in the country, even as Nigerians have been cautioned against consumption of the product.

UMUAHIA—THE sleepy Omoba Ancient Kingdom in Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Council of Abia State came alive recently when the traditional rulers in the areas came together to honour one of their own, a young entrepreneur and a benefactor of the community, Chief Kelly Izuwa Nwogu for his philanthropy and love for community development, youth empowerment and care for people living with disability.

Is it not enough that the president is away on a medical vacation that could be costing the country so much in scarce foreign exchange even when we are being told that nothing is wrong with him?

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, admitted that it failed to remit N23.4 billion Nigerian Export Supervision Scheme, NESS, fees, chargeable on crude oil and gas exports since 2008.

Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, yesterday rejected plans by the Federal Government to sack 3,500 public servants on the guise that the their appointments were irregular and unauthorised, threatening to cripple government operations nationwide if it went ahead with the plan.

LAST week I discussed how issues of ethnicity and diversity have continued to plague Nigeria since independence. Prior to that I had detailed how the independence Constitution, following meticulous planning by the nation’s founding fathers, had addressed that same diversity and put in place a system of government that ensured that the regions making up the country thrived

OWERRI —The people of Umuasonye in Orji area of Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State have protested the lack of electricity in the area in the last 10 years.

There is a vacuum of leadership in the South-east APC. I am a governor. My brothers Chris Ngige and Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu are ministers, hence the importance of Nnamani coming to the party at this time. I decline the leadership of Ndi-Igbo in APC. With Ken Nnamani, the question of who is the leader of APC in the South-east has been answered. Nnamani is the leader of APC in the South-east — Okorocha

IT was five years ago, yesterday, that former member of the House of Representatives and erstwhile commissioner of justice, Henry Seriake Dickson was sworn in as governor of Bayelsa State, with its moniker, Glory of All Lands. That date, February 14, 2012 has now come to signify Democracy Day for the people of Bayelsa State. The state commissioner for Information and Strategy, Jonathan Obuebite, in this interview spoke on the strides and struggles of the Dickson administration