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Ivrogbo Progressive Union Makes Case For Development

| December 27, 2012 | 0 Comments

Ivrogbo Progressive Union Makes Case For Development. By Godday Odidi The Ivrogbo Progressive Union (IPU) recently held their annual conference in a grand style at Ivrogbo- Irri Town in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State. Speaking with the President- General of Ivrogbo- Irri community, Mr. Enifome Osokpor said Ivrogbo – Irri Town as [...]

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As Igbos In Rivers And Bayelsa States Converge In Port Harcourt For Their Annual Igbo Day, Princewill Urges Them Not To Give Up On Nigeria

| November 20, 2012 | 0 Comments

20th November, 2012 AS IGBOS IN RIVERS AND BAYELSA STATES CONVERGE IN PORT HARCOURT FOR THEIR ANNUAL IGBO DAY, PRINCEWILL URGES THEM NOT TO GIVE UP ON NIGERIA The 18th of November 2012 in Port Harcourt was a milestone in the history of the unity of the Igbos in Rivers and Bayelsa States as they [...]

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Ekaete Umoh emerges the Next Rehabilitation International Vice President for Africa

| November 5, 2012 | 0 Comments

Ekaete Umoh emerges the Next Rehabilitation International Vice President for Africa Pledges to Address the Long-Neglected Concerns for Nigerians/Africans with Disabilities and Full Implementations of the UN CRPD. By Chief Eric Ndubueze Ufom (INCHEON-SOUTH KOREA NOVEMBER 2, 2012): Today, the 22nd RI World Congress Four days event, ended at Icheon, South Korea. Ekaete Umoh of [...]

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Will the 2013 budget lift education out of decadence

| November 5, 2012 | 0 Comments

Will the 2013 budget lift education out of decadence? On October 10, 2012, President Goodluck Jonathan presented the 2013 budget proposal to a joint session of the National Assembly. A total sum of N426.53 billion was proposed as allocation to the education sector. This is 8.7% of the budget but only a small portion of [...]

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Security Challenge: A Sober Reflection Of The Season.

| November 2, 2012 | 0 Comments

BY GODDAY ODIDI. PUBLIC AFFAIRS ANALYST. 08058124798,08063458693. 20 Oro Street Ajegunle Apapa. Lagos A suicide bomb attacker recently invaded St Ritarsquo’s Catholic Church in Kaduna was an indication of security lapses across the country. Kaduna is one of the States that has severely suffered multiple bomb attacks since the emergence of Jonathan‘s administration in Nigeria. [...]

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SEPLAT, NPDC Promote Academic Excellence South of Nigeria

| October 25, 2012 | 0 Comments

SEPLAT, NPDC Promote Academic Excellence South of Nigeria   ·       Unveils Seplat PEARLs Quiz for public & private schools in Edo & Delta States ·       PEARLs Quiz will Rewards Outstanding Schools and Students   October 23, 2012: Lagos Nigeria: Seplat Petroleum Development Company Limited, one of the foremost independent oil and gas companies in Nigeria, operator of the NPDC/SEPLAT JV [...]

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Groups Commend Hon. Hajiya Zainab Maina as She Leads Nigerians with Disabilities to the RI’s 22nd World Congress

| October 24, 2012 | 0 Comments
Groups Commend Hon. Hajiya Zainab Maina as She Leads Nigerians with Disabilities to the RI’s 22nd World Congress

Groups Commend Hon. Hajiya Zainab Maina as She Leads Nigerians with Disabilities to the RI’s 22nd World Congress  HOUSTON-TEXAS October 22, 2012: FESTAC-USA and its United States based collaborative organizations, the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities of Nigeria in the Diaspora, Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities & Institute for Rehabilitation, Inc., and Kaysom Holdings, [...]

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Non-profit Organization Delivers Aid items to Relief Camps in Rivers State

| October 19, 2012 | 0 Comments

Non-profit Organization Delivers Aid items to Relief Camps in Rivers State Written By Nwaorgu Faustinus In its bid to bring succour to thousands of people displaced as result of the current flood which is ravaging some parts of Nigeria, a non-profit organization that goes by the name “Princewill’s Trust” considered it humane and delivered a [...]

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LGA Underdevelopment and the need for Autonomy to fast-track development

| October 19, 2012 | 0 Comments

LGA Underdevelopment and the need for Autonomy to fast-track development Written By Nwaorgu Faustinus One of the greatest challenges facing almost if not all the 774 local government areas in Nigeria is the generally perceived, known and alleged illegal deduction of funds of council areas by state governors. The deduction which is easily and allegedly [...]

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Delta leaders score Uduaghan high @ 50, ask Ogboru, others to join hands with him

| October 18, 2012 | 0 Comments

  The People’s Movement, a nascent advocacy group on good governance and transparency on Thursday in Lagos congratulated the Delta State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan on  the occasion of his 58th birthday. The group reflected on the five years of the Uduaghan administration and declared that the state was in a promising direction. “We are [...]

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Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi @ 5 And The Health Challenges Of Rivers State – An Overview Of An Insider

| October 18, 2012 | 0 Comments

Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, ezemediaconcept08@rocketmail.com, 08038199163  According to Daisaku Ikeda, “A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind” while to Lewis F. Korns, “The history of the human race always has been, and most likely [...]

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Flood Disaster: Many Pains, Few Solutions

| October 8, 2012 | 0 Comments

The recurring flood disaster along the coastal communities in Nigeria has left no fewer than 25 million Nigerians being displaced and devastated in recent times. Those living along the coastal communities of Rivers, Niger, Benue, Sokoto, Katsina, Lagos, Ondo, Bayelsa, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, and Cross River states are gravely affected by the incessant flood [...]

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Nigeria: Fifty-Two Years after Independence, Education Remain in Shambles

| October 3, 2012 | 0 Comments

As another day of Nigeria’s independence anniversary draws near, it is obvious that all is not well with the country’s educational sector. The portrait of independent Nigeria, after 52 years of its existence is disquieting. While the Asian Tigers, many of whom started out on the journey of development at the same time with Nigeria, [...]

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52 years after independence, Public Education Remain in Shambles

| October 3, 2012 | 0 Comments

The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) uses the occasion of Nigeria’s 52nd independence anniversary to again point attention to the colossal collapse of public education across the country and demand immediate government investment to arrest the decay and revive quality and standard in primary, secondary and tertiary tiers of the educational system. We also use this occasion [...]

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