Archives for July 12th, 2015

GOV DICKSON HARPS ON DIVERSIFICATION OF NIGERIA’S ECONOMY, BLAMES OVER DEPENDENCE ON OIL AS THE BANE OF THE ECONOMY

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BY PHILIP EKE, YENAGOA Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has blamed the present economic woes of the country on the over-dependence on crude oil revenues by successive administrations. Governor Dickson, who stated this on Monday while speaking on a live programme on Africa Independent Television, AIT, emphasized that, until the national economy is diversified, the country would continue to experience harsh ...

Woman bites off daughter’s ear in Delta

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  By Our Correspondent Pandemonium broke out at the weekend in Akumazi community, Ika North-East Local Government Area of Delta State when a 46-year-old woman, Chiekube Igbinosa, bit off her daughter’s ear during a brawl over a man. Investigations by our correspondent showed that Igbinosa and her daughter, Mabel, were both having an affair with the same man, ...

I Will Reposition Delta NIESV – Appih

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  Tejiri Ebikeme   The newly elected Delta State Branch Chairman of Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV), Chief Efe Appih (JP) has promised to reposition the noble institution for greater efficiency in his tenure. A Cross Section Of The NIESV Delta Exco In his acceptance speech, weekend in Asaba, the Delta State capital, shortly after his ...

NEST Oil, host communities’ crisis: Army brokers truce

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By Our Correspondent The Nigerian Army has brokered a truce between two warring indigenous oil firms, Nest Oil Plc, Jones Creek oil field and their host communities in Warri South West council of Delta State. The host communities include , Kokodiagbene, Okerenkoko, Akpatagbegbe, Akpataegbemu and Omadino. The jaw-jaw was brokered by officers from the 4th Brigade in Benin ...