The Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 16, Yenagoa, AIG Austin Agbonlahor, has decorated 12 newly promoted officers, charging them on selfless service to the country. Agbonlahor, gave the charge yesterday, in Yenagoa, during the decoration ceremony of the officers. The newly promoted Officers are Sermion Udom, Aaron Bassey and F.S. Ekanem, as Deputy Commissioners…
Month: December 2020
Curfew: Churches In C’River Hold Morning Services
Churches in Cross River State have rescheduled their cross-over programmes following the new COVID-19 restrictions in the state. The Tide reports that some churches commenced their cross-over services by 11am as against the usual vigil programmes of the past. Leaders of the churches had boasted that their cross over programmes would not be shelved because…
Edo Teachers Give Govt 14-Day Strike Notice
THE Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Edo State has issued a fourteen-day indefinite strike notice to the Godwin Obaseki’s administration for failing to meet its financial obligations to the union. The communiqué was signed by the Chairman, Pius Okhueleigbe, Assistant General-Secretary Mike Modesty, and four other executive members. The union, on December 8, gave…
Bayelsa’s 2021 Appropriation Bill Gets Assent
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has signed the 2021 bill of N329.29 billion into law. The governor had on November 26 presented an estimate of N290.295 billion tagged, ‘Budget of Growth’ to the State House of Assembly. While assenting to the bill in Government House, Yenagoa, Diri said the increase in the figure would address…
COVID-19: Okowa Orders Partial Lockdown In Delta
Delta State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has ordered a partial lockdown of all public activities across the state, as a result of the second wave of COVID-19. The new directive is contained in a circular dated December 24th, 2020 which was issued and signed by the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Mr Chiedu…
Gunmen Kill Two, Shoot Two Other Women In Rivers Community
Unknown gunmen suspected to be cultists have reportedly killed two persons at Luubara community in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State. The gunmen were said to have stormed the community, last Tuesday night, and shot sporadically to scare away residents. À native of the community, Nwibani Barry, who spoke to The Tide on phone,…
Tackling Fear Of Exams Failure
The desperate clamour for admission into institutions of higher learning by post-primary students has reached a feverish height, mainly due to the high premium placed on paper qualification today. Every year, millions register for the UTME examinations conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) but out of the lot, very few are given…
Before Kukah Is Crucified
Many years ago, my uncle made an impressionable comment that has helped me during some challenging moments. He was a well-known and respected member of the community. Though not a chief (because he refused to take any chieftaincy title), he was always invited to gatherings of top ranking members of the community where very important…
Our Expectations In 2021
Millions of Nigerians cheered the New Year on January 1, 2020, by taking part in rambunctious gatherings across the country. In many parts of the nation, citizens attended crossover services at their locations of worship. Heavy fireworks rang through neighbourhoods while those who could provide exotic drinks, uncorked them, cheered and libated. The year 2020…
Ikpeazu commissions 3 road projects on New Year day
Okezie Ikpeazu Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State will, on New Year day, commission Osusu Road in Aba South Local Government Area; Ebenma and Egege roads in Aba North. In a statement by the state Commissioner for Information, John Kalu, the Deputy Governor, Ude Oko Chukwu, and Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Chinedum…
Anambra 2021: Zoning spurs more aspirants from South
By Vincent Ujumadu— AWKA With growing insinuations that the next governor of Anambra State will come from the South senatorial zone, more aspirants from the zone are indicating interest in the race. The latest to join the race on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is an American-based lawyer and architect, Mr. Wilson…
Protesting Catholic women ground Owerri over Bishop Chikwe’s kidnap
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State. By Chidi Nkwopara— OWERRI Vehicular traffic along the ever-busy Wetheral Road, Owerri, Imo State, ground to a halt for hours on Thursday, as members of Owerri Archdiocesan Catholic Women Organisation, CWO, embarked on peaceful rosary procession, praying for the quick release of their Auxiliary Bishop, Most Rev. Moses Chikwe…