By Omobola Tolu-Kusimo, The Nation Newspaper Edo Leads Civil servants in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, and Bayelsa States may not retire well due to the non-implementation and compliance of pension laws by their governors. But civil servants of Edo, Delta, and Rivers States have a lot to benefit from upon retirement as their State Governors
By Ushang Ewa An educationist and former Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa, Bayelsa and Ebonyi States, Chief Joseph Iyambe Cyril Igbe has passed on at the age of 86. A native of Nkim in Ogoja Local Government Area, Mr. Igbe, fondly referred to as Chief JIC Igbe, passed away
By David Nsa The Cross River State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has called on the party in Bayelsa State to be weary over Dr. Frankland Briyai’s guber ambition, calling it “a Mischief.” In a statement singed by the State Publicity Secretary, Mr. Bassey Ita the All Progressives Congress in Bayelsa State and
By Ushang Ewa The Independent National Electoral Commission’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in Cross River State, Dr. Frankland Briyai has resigned. Briyai who took over from Mike Igini in 2017, announced his resignation on Thursday following weeks of speculations. He has joined the gubernatorial race in his native Bayelsa state and hopes to shake off heavyweights
By Jonathan Ugbal The Chairman of the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) in Bayelsa State, Mr. Ezekiel Ogbianko has said that the panacea to poverty and unemployment in the Niger Delta region lies in Governors emulating the strides made in the agro sector by their colleague in Cross River, Senator Ben Ayade. Ogbianko made
By Jonathan Ugbal Follow @NaijaJonathan and Monday Ogar Follow @ogar_monday In a bid to develop the tourism sector in the nine states that make up the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, professionals and stakeholders will between July 11 and 13, 2018 converge in Calabar, the Cross River State capital for the Niger Delta Tourism Expo.