According to the cocoa farmers, proceeds from cocoa farming in the outgoing season tripled what they realised in the previous cocoa farming season. Cocoa farmers in the agrarian communities of Oyo State are counting their gains from the soaring prices of cocoa beans in the outgoing season. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan, the state capital, on Wednesday, a cross-section of cocoa farmers confirmed that the 2024 farming season was the most profitable of their farming years. According to them, proceeds from cocoa farming in the outgoing season tripled what they realised in the previous cocoa…
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Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has urged the leadership of the Pan Niger Delta Development Forum (PANDEF) to focus on issues that border on the region’s development in its advocacy as a voice of the region. Diri gave the admonition yesterday when a delegation of PANDEF led by its new chairman, Amb. Godknows Igali paid him a courtesy visit in the Government House, Yenagoa. He expressed his administration’s commitment to collaborate with the forum to address issues of development bedevilling the Niger Delta region. The governor stressed that PANDEF needed the collaboration of governors of the region as well as…
-Promises hell for criminals in Akwa Ibom By Shadrach Okon Nigeria Police Force Akwa Ibom State Command during the week paraded 33 suspects caught in connection with various criminal activities in Akwa Ibom State in the past few weeks. The Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP John Timfon who is the police spokesperson for the command revealed this during a press briefing at Police Headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia in Uyo. The criminal suspects comprising: three burglary suspects, two suspected thieves, three child traffickers, 17 illicit drug dealers, one notorious cultist, one fake currency dealer, and six suspected tricycle thieves were arrested…
-pledges to redouble efforts towards sustainable development Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has dedicated the “Governor of the Year Award” bestowed on him by ThisDay Newspapers and Arise TV to his Deputy, Senator Akon Eyakenyi; all past Governors of the State; and specifically, to his predecessor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, CON. Speaking to the Government House Press Corps and a cross-section of Akwa Ibom people who trooped out to receive him on arrival from the event at the Victor Attah International Airport, the Governor, who was deeply touched by the overwhelming show of solidarity from stakeholders and the people…
BY INIUBONG EMMANUEL SAM The Nigerian government has established as a national goal to replace all educational assessments to computer-based testing (CBT) by 2027. The government seeks to create a digital examination framework that maintains operational excellence while adopting current international assessment frameworks. Adoption of CBT will create streamlined marking with precise results while combating examination malpractice and providing standardized test evaluation. For this initiative to succeed there must be clear readiness from the infrastructure side and from all stakeholders especially the group of students who will perform these tests. The ongoing improvements in digital technology create potential possibilities for…
Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa has sentenced four convicts to death by hanging over alleged conspiracy and kidnapping. They convicts are Manager Etonzor, Daniel Derietiedei, Inimotimi Rufus and Tari Firstman. On Wednesday, the presiding Judge, Justice Patience Diri, in the suit numbered YHC/43c/2021, found the four persons guilty of the allegations of conspiracy and kidnapping under Section 2 (1) of the Bayelsa State Law 2013. According to the police prosecution counsel, the four persons led by Etonzor had stormed the working site of a Dredging Company located at the Ayama Ijaw in Southern Ijaw Local Government area of…
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has assured that the Federal Government is prepared to receive Nigerians who may be deported from the United States. This is coming following the identification of 3,690 Nigerians among 1.4 million individuals classified as “illegal migrants” with deportation orders by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). According to a document from ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), these Nigerians have been on ICE’s non-detained docket with final orders of removal since 24 November 2024. The non-detained docket consists of individuals who have been ordered to leave the U.S. or are in the…
Activist Omoyele Sowore on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to cybercrime charges the police instituted against in Abuja for referring to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun as “illegal IGP”. Mr Sowore pleaded not guilty to all 17 counts read to him at the Federal High Court in Abuja, where the police earlier filed the indictment on Tuesday. Following Sowore’s not-guilty plea, trial judge Abdulla Liman adjourned proceedings until 3 p.m. today (Wednesday), when he is set to hear the activist’s bail application. Earlier in the proceedings, which started at about 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Mr Sowore’s lawyer, Abubakar Marshall…
-It’s leap towards deepening gas utilisation, says Ekpo The Federal Government has awarded 10 Gas Distribution Licenses to six top-tier firms, marking a significant leap towards deepening gas utilization in the country. The beneficiary firms are NNPC Gas Marketing Limited, Shell Nigeria Gas Ltd, AXXELA, NIPCO PLC, Central Horizon Gas Company and Falcon Corporation Limited. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo, in an address at the event in Abuja today, said the move reaffirms the government’s commitment to sustainable development of Nigeria’s vast gas resources. Ekpo praised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s visionary leadership, which enabled…
For over two years, the Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo, also known as the Nest of Champions, has been Nigeria’s only FIFA/CAF approved facility to host international football matches. The stadium is home to the senior national team, the Super Eagles and Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL) club, Akwa United, as well as venue for Rivers United, Enugu Rangers and Enyimba’s continental matches. It was recently recognised as one of the best football stadiums by CAF and given the pass to host any games involving some of Nigeria’s neighbouring countries, who do not have any approved stadium for their international games.…