Archives for September 9th, 2014

TAMING THE EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 09 September 2014 in Health 1940 Reads

BY PATRICK OKPOMU It came like a thief in the night, unannounced but deadly. And since its secret arrival, death has been stalking the land, leaving fear, sorrow and tears in its wake. Yet only a few days ago, a fellow African country, who shares no immediate border with us and whose health infrastructure is nowhere as ...

Amaechi Builds 20-Classroom Blocks Model School to Commemorate World Book Capital City 2014 •Okocha, Ikanya hail historic project

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 09 September 2014 in Education 3212 Reads

By Nwaorgu Faustinus The Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi administration in Rivers State has taken yet another giant step in educational development by constructing a new 20-classroom Blocks Model Primary School to commemorate the status of the State Capital as the current World Book Capital City. Known as World Capital City Model Primary School, the edifice is located ...

Jonathan’s Government: Agent of Darkness, Says Rivers APC

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 09 September 2014 in Politics 1226 Reads

By Nwaorgu Faustinus The All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State Chapter, has chided the President Goodluck Jonathan administration, describing it as an agent of darkness. DR IKANYA IBIAMU DAVIES, Interim Chairman, Rivers State APC Rivers APC said in a statement issued recently in Port Harcourt by its Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya said, “it is a big ...

DELTA LOCAL POLLS: LAWYER VOWS TO FIGHT FOR JUSTICE OVER EXCLUSION

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 09 September 2014 in Politics 1351 Reads

Tejiri Ebikeme, Francis Sadhere A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Councillorship aspirant for Ward 13, Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State, Barrister Jah’swill Onyemah-Iwe has vowed to fight for justice for his exclusion from the forthcoming October 25, 2014 local polls in the state. The Warri-based legal practitioner, while speaking to journalists, in Warri, claimed that ...

Dickson to compel Oil Companies to stick to best practices

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 09 September 2014 in News 1257 Reads

By: Jesse Everly, Yenagoa Dickson Seriake The Executive Governor of Bayelsa State, Rt. Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, has stated that multinational oil companies operating in the state will be compelled to do the right thing by sticking to internationally accepted standards as it concerns the level of pollution in the host communities. Ably represented by the Honourable ...

EVD Is Not A Death Sentence – Bayelsa Health Commissioner

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 09 September 2014 in News 1320 Reads

By: Jesse Everly, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Honourable Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ayibatonye Owei, has stated that the Ebola virus disease is not a death sentence. He also disclosed the State Government's willingness and preparedness towards tackling the Ebola virus disease by providing two isolation centres in Federal Medical Centre (FMC) and Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital ...

Gov. Dickson tasks Bayelsans not to panic over Ebola

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 09 September 2014 in News 1168 Reads

By: Jesse Everly, Yenagoa The Executive Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, has called on residents of the state not to panic over the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the country. Bayelsa State Governor The Governor stated this at the Banquet Hall in Yenagoa today during the 16th edition of the Bayelsa State Monthly ...