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Barikui Felix As the Ogoni Specialist Hospital, OSH, currently under construction by the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project, HYPREP, nears completion, the Project Coordination Office, PCO, has set up a 13-man Technical Planning Committee, TPC, to map out strategies for the hospital’s speedy and smooth operationalisation. The committee, headed by Professor Christie Mato, is expected to…
NDE launches renewed hope employment initiative for A/Ibom youths By Uko Etim, Uyo The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has launched the Renewed Hope Employment Initiative, a programme to provide skills training and job placement opportunities for unskilled and unemployed youths in Akwa Ibom State. The Director General of NDE, Mr. Silas Agara, disclosed this…
No fewer than four persons have been confirmed dead in a motor accident that occurred along the Benin-Lagos road in Edo State. NewsNowng gathered that the accident happened on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, at the Ovia river bridge axis of the road in Ovia North East Local Government Area of the state. It was learnt…
A new study by ActionAid has revealed that deep cuts to public spending on education and health across six African countries, including Nigeria, have seen workers struggle to afford essentials like food, resulting in overcrowded classrooms and failing healthcare. Published on Tuesday, the Human Cost of Public Sector Cuts in Africa surveyed over 600 healthcare…
Barikui Felix The Director, Energy Security, Office of the National Security Adviser, Ojukaye Flag-Amachree has lauded the Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited, PINL, for constantly engaging with stakeholders from communities hosting the Trans Niger Pipeline. Flag-Amachree, who stated this through his representative, Mr Young Harry Amachree, during a stakeholders meeting to appraise the company’s operations on…
There was pandemonium on Thursday, 22nd May, 2025, as intra-fighting reportedly broke out between suspected Deygbam cult groups who engaged in a supremacy battle. Our source disclosed that the fighting, which has been going on for days, started from the Sagana axis of Mile 1 Diobu at about 6:00 p.m. on Thursday and moved to…
Katherine Abayomi The once serene and affordable Garden City of Port Harcourt, Rivers State—renowned for its low-cost housing and well-planned Government Residential Areas (GRAs)—has taken a troubling turn. What was once a haven of comfort has now become a nightmare for many residents due to the skyrocketing cost of rent, particularly in the capital city….
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau has indicted an Air Peace pilot and a Co-pilot for taking hard drugs and alcohol The accident investigators tested the crew positive for the substances after the aircraft they flew was involved in a runway incursion at the Port Harcourt International Airport on July 13, 2025. This was contained in…
…..N90 Billion needed to close blood gap. By Katherine Abayomi Nigeria needs two million units of blood annually, but only manages to collect about 500,000—leaving a staggering 75% shortfall. This critical gap puts the lives of mothers in labour, accident victims, children with sickle cell anaemia, and cancer patients at serious risk. An estimated 80,000…
The United Nations (UN) has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Nigeria’s efforts in combating plastic pollution as part of broader initiatives to promote sustainable environmental protection. This pledge was made on Friday in Abuja by the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. Mohamed Fall, during a keynote address at a one-day sensitisation campaign themed “Ending…