Smoking, drinking can make you go blind, Optometrist warns
A Benin-based optometrist, Dr. Ozor Ibhade, has warned that excessive smoking and drinking are likely to cause visual impairment in humans. Ibhade told the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Benin that…
FG offers jobs to 350 Niger Delta ex-militants
The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh (retd.), said the Federal Government has so far offered employment to…
2019 Battle: Itsekiri’ll never play second fiddle in Delta South – Uduaghan
Delta State Commissioner for Transport, Mr. Vincent Uduaghan has declared that the Itsekiri and other tribes in Delta South Senatorial District would no longer play second fiddle to the Ijaw…
Pere of Ijaw-Apoiland set for colourful coronation on Sunday
The proud and ancient kingdom and people of Ijaw-Apoiland will be making history on Sunday March 11th, 2018, with the crowning of the 15th Pere of the kingdom and the…
Harmonized PIGB to be ready next month-Kachikwu
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Dr. Ibe Kachikwu on Thursday said following the commitment and disposition of the National Assembly, it has become obvious that the harmonized Petroleum…
28, 590 PCVs unclaimed in Bayelsa, says INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday, said no fewer than 28, 590 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were yet to be collected by their owners in Bayelsa. Clement Oha,…
Insecurity: Navy seeks new approach to combat current, emerging maritime threats
The Nigerian Navy (NN) on Thursday said it was seeking new ways of combating current and emerging threats in the maritime domain. The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Ibok-Ete…
We Must Sensitize Niger Delta Youths to Dangers of Militancy – NDDC MD
The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Nsima Ekere, has urged major stakeholders to sensitize youths in the Niger Delta on the dangers of militancy and…
Breaking: Gbaramatu Chief, Tortor killed in cold blood
A chief in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State has been killed by unknown assailants. Chief Towei Tortor aka Bola was kidnapped from his home…
Termites sacrifice their elderly in ant wars: study
When termites go to war, the oldest soldiers fight on the front lines, being closer to death anyway, a study revealed on Wednesday. In life-or-death battles with ants that invade…
