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    Monday May 5, 2008      
    Arguments over secret trial: Okah defies judge ... Keeps mute in court   Ogan re-affirms commitment to development  
    Police commissioners in the Niger Delta indicted?   Commissioner lauds teenager on book launch  
    Yar’Adua goes abroad again for medical reasons?   Nembe chiefs condemn Amange's call on JTF  
    See what ‘Coca Cola’ as done to me ~ Accident Victim   Anucha charges councilors to render good services  
    Amaechi prescribes antidote to Niger Delta crisis   I return with rays of hope ~Barry Mpigi  
    Thanksgiving, means of attracting God's Favour ~Ikuru      
           
    Monday April 28, 2008   Govt 'll continue to identify with NYSC ~Ikuru  
    Council chairmen sworn in   Mrs Akpabio laments level of poverty among women  
    Ukpong urges politicians to ensure peaceful election   Human capital dev important to my admin ~ Gov. Akpabio  
    Brass LNG: Fake towns find way into area map   Who killed Odukwu?  
    Missing plane: Ibori fools Nigerians   Fire destroys Isokariari's building  
    EFCC goes after former council chairmen? …Public opinion favours it   Govt has plans to development the state ~ Mrs Amaechi  
    Onyeche advocates efficient security system   Rain storm wreck havoc in PH …Kills one, damages property  
           
    Monday April 12, 2008   Housing Commissioner charges staff on productivity  
    Twist in Ohakim’s case: African Watchdog Barks   Go to hell, butchers tell LG chairman, ASEPA  
    Tinubu, Wife, Mother Have Same Age On Voter's Card   Elleh promises proactive management style  
    How British Airways molested 136 Nigerian air Travellers   VC of NDU insists on standard  
    Yenagoa Chamber of Commerce scores Sylva low   Motorists want waste bin provided  
    Mrs. Amaechi calls for women empowerment   We'll not tolerate reckless driving ~Tolofari  
    Robbers cease PH-Owerri road, shoot moving vehicles   Eze Mbagara marks 12years on the throne  
           
    Monday April 7, 2008   Why I want to be a councillor ~Nwachukwu  
    Anxiety mounts as NEPA continues Flip- Flop power supply to Port Harcourt   Bury your head in shame, APN tells PDP in Andoni  
    Telegraph’s prediction comes true Oputubeya case suffers another set back   Development authority to partner with communities in Yenagoa  
    Militants on trial in Nigeria   I'll work towards peace in Niger Delta ~Akpabio  
    Presidential Election Petition Intrigues Begin at the Supreme Court   PDP National chairman locked up in darkness by PHCN  
    Board of internal revenue charged on commitment   BREAKING NEWS: Bamaiyi Discharged and Acquitted  
    Leave Gally alone, Ogolo House warns concerned citizens   APN Supporter matcheted in Andoni  
           
    Monday March 31, 2008   Judiciary Press Corps laud Amaechi on Judges' appointment  
    RATTAWU gives 21-day ultimatum to RSTV   Investigate Bayelsa speaker, AC tells EFCC  
    Moment of decision:   NLNG to partner with Radio Rivers  
    Bayelsa govt defends N60bn loan   RIVPOLY won't go back on standard, Rector declares at matrix  
    Ahmadu Ali is Nigeria’s Ambassador to South Africa   I'll resign if … AC aspirant  
    Youths stalled unity road project ~Ikuru   Muslims can never be militants ~ Okiri  
    3000 members mobilized for Batch 'A' NYSC service   Eliowhani chiefs petition Oha Okporo  
           
    Monday March 24, 2008      
    Rivers Politics: Struggle for LG votes ... Parties fight for control   Sylva clarifies misconception on due process  
    Missile Fraud at Ministry of Defence?   Don't compromise integrity on cheap wealth …Nimi warns ad hoc staff in Andoni  
    Akwa Ibom Govt Allocates 70 Per Cent To Capital Expenditure   Obasanjo to Gbenga: I warned you about Mojisola!  
    AC impeaches Yar’Adua’s rule of law credentials   N930 million arms contract scam: ICPC set to prosecute Ehindero  
    State Assemblies inch towards constitutional amendment   Bamaiyi Awaits Judgment as parties close case  
    Party chairman advises Okrikans on unity   The N60bn drainpipe that is the mint ~Citizen's Report  
    Personnel audit committee of primary schools inaugurated      
           
    Monday March 17, 2008      
    Controversy:
Oil hunt in Ogoniland
  Anyim shows up in Port Harcourt  
    Growing worries in Alaibe’s camp over Jonathan, Sylva alliance   ANPP floors Gbenga Daniels at Appeal Tribunal  
    Agric Minister Invests Hundreds of Millions in the Stock Exchange in One Day NSE DG facilitated deal…   New York Governor Resigns After Prostitution Scandal  
    NNPC Spends $75 Million In Legal Fees
…misconduct shakes U.S fate in oil dealings with Nigeria
  Abacha's brother dupes Kuwaitibizman of $1.3 million  
    Communities set up Kolo Creek Dev. Foundation   COE disobeys tribunal on student's election  
    Delay of commissioners' list:
Who is responsible?
  Mpi highlights aims of free medical programme  
    Robbers attack Lebanese in PH   Masari advises Speakers on oversight functions  
           
    Monday March 10, 2008      
    Race from the EFCC: Odili’s search for a bed of roses   You should hide your head in shame, David-West tells Odili  
    Anyim, Secondus may win at today’s convention   More political killings recorded in Akwa Ibom  
    Fire victims accused of burning own house   Court case may stall LG elections in Rivers  
    Kobani expresses faith in Ake's leadership   Speaker commends commission on staff training  
    Many feared dead as navy, passenger boat   Eze Nwala calls for quality education  
    Bayelsa will be destination for film shooting ~Gov Sylva   Paramount ruler escapes death in Andoni  
           
           
    Monday March 3, 2008      
    Kidnap of toddlers: Anxiety mounts   Crisis in Bayelsa PDP deepens  
    Akpabio signs 2008 appropriation bill   Bayelsans demand money from NPC for child registration  
    Rivers PDP members rally behind Amaechi   Steel Sector Probe: Panel Recommends Sack, Sanctions against GIHL
...Report is biased, says GIHL
 
    A'Ibom state govt plans to decongest prisons   Governor Amaechi plans to establish new ministry  
    Davies advocates peace in Degema   Ake emerges PDP Chairman in Rivers  
    Conference of political parties born in Bayelsa   RSSDA plans to improve cassava, fish farming  
    University closed down on students' protest      
           
           
           
    Monday February 25, 2008      
    MEND files sues FG   Presidential Election Tribunal to Rule Next Week Tuesday Amid Disturbing Controversies
…As Controversy Trails Other Cases
 
    We’ll support private investment in education ~Akpabio   David-West offers options on presidential election verdict  
    Gunmen Abduct Oil Worker, Kills Driver   NUJ wants detained members freed  
    Workshop for LG staff commences Monday   Abiebiare emerges PDP flagbearer in Ogu/Bolo  
    Micro Finance Bank staff tasked on performance   Customs may adopt French language for easy operation.  
    No bird flu in Akwa Ibom ~ Ukpeh   Speaker's wife advises women on moral decadence  
    Truth, Reconciliation body solicits for support   Odual communities receive free medical care service  
    Vandals throw PH international airport into darkness   I was never detained ~ABOLGA boss  
    Govt inaugurates free medical committee   We're ready to create industrial atmosphere ~Ekpo  
           
    Monday February 11, 2008      
    Forth-coming LG elections:
Rivers PDP commences primaries
  Police slaughter armed robbers in Bonny  
    Joint Revolutionary council identifies kidnappers
... Say kidnap of wife of Rivers billionaire is shameful
  ASUU warms up for war against NDU in Bayelsa  
    Amaso charges couples on faithfulness   Monarch needs intervention of JTF  
    Govt congratulates Sultan of Sokoto on honour   Youths beg Okocha on misbehaviour  
    Ayim campaign team storms Rivers Assembly   Traders count losses  
    Bonny stands still for Tolofari’s campaign team   Exercise patience, NASU members urged  
    Sun sets on Wowo      
           
    Monday February 4, 2008      
    LG elections: We’ll not impose candidates ~ Amaechi   Downfall of a roaring tyrant
The move to dump OBJ
 
    NUT drags Bayelsa Govt to Court   RCA set to collect Sun’s award...  
    Subversion Of Sovereignty Of Nigerian By The Central Bank ~Femi Falana   Minister orders AGIS to Release Nido land list  
    The Nigerian Police Force - A Friend Or Enemy?   Govt to partner with Inland Bank on dev  
    LG commissioner demands visible projects   RSIEC boss inspects voters register in wards  
    Rivers govt plans to reform transportation   Otuene extols leadership virtues of works commissioner  
    Touchstone applauds govt on private partnership in marine sector   Bayelsa govt to improve on primary health care  
    Etche PDP chairmanship aspirant promises to maintain peace   PDP chief wants council polls cancelled  
    Amaechi has stunned critics in 100 days, says Engr Deemor      
           
           
    Monday January 28, 2008      
    Rivers to save N12bn yearly   No Absentee voting
…FG tells Nigerians in diaspora
 
    Erring oil firms in trouble   Akpabio to deal with troublemakers  
    Confiscation Hearing: London Court Orders Terry Waya To Pay 1.54 Pound Or Go To Jail for 30 Months   Okiri eulogizes Amaechi on successful hajj  
    Oba blasts Clarke over comments on Rivers State   3,250 persons receive poverty, education funds in Tai  
    MOSOP chides FG's stance on NDDC fund   Okwaraebere kindred task Ohakim on development  
    RSIEC warns against posters on govt property   UBE chairman assures teachers of bonuses  
    Somiari receives news real magazine's award   Maritime agog as Rabiu heads Cotecna  
    Akpabio threatens Ibom science park contractors      
           
           
    Monday January 14, 2008.      
    PCRC seeks support for effective policing By Otikor Samuel   ASALGA sets aside N20m for projects  
    Amaso urges Ogu/Bolo indignes to be peaceful   Former lawmaker bags chieftaincy title  
    Hotel staff protest non-payment of allowances   Yar' Adua to visits Imo state  
    Deemor begins unity govt with 300 appointments   Muslims in Eleme seeks for place of worship  
           
           
    Monday December 17, 2007.      
    Ransom for a professor
... Kidnappers ask for N300m, come down to N100m
  60 illegal oil bunkers roast in Soku fire
By Ubong Ogwute
 
    The state Versus Gov Ibori
... The charges against him
  Illegal park operators dare govt's order in Akwa Ibom State
.... Damage vehicles, injure innocent passengers
 
    RSIEC boss warns staff on electoral fraud
By Ada Omukpai
  Rivers people are not lazy ~Ikuru  
    New ASALGA boss harps on service, teamwork   Govt Inaugurate 7-member WOFEE committee  
    Bayelsa Govt to pass law on fiscal discipline
By Theo Agidee
  Nangibo worried on activities of sea pirates
… Calls on Amaechi for action
 
    Staff training is my priority ~Owoh   Commissioner urges Walga boss to focus on development
By Vivian Osuji
 
           
           
    Monday December 3, 2007.      
    MEND strikes in Bayelsa
* Guns boom, heavy shelling too
  Akpabio goes berserk
... Turns to the use of area boys to harass perceived opponents
 
    Rivers embarks on the search for peace
... Sets up truth and reconciliation commission

  NUPENG declares nationwide strike Dec. 5
By Chimex Ndubuisi
 
    Don't use kidnap as excuse... Amaechi tells oil firms
By Chimex Ndubuisi
  No work, no studies at RIVPOLY
…As staff intensify demand for justice
 
    Perversion of justice:
Rape complainant, others dumped in prison as cultists
By Otikor Samuel
  Columnist suggests ways to decongest P/Harcourt  
    Foundation takes free medical services to Abua/Odual   Pilgrim Administrator plans to sanitize operation
By Vivian Osuji
 
    Rivers Speaker harps on role of doctors      
           
           
    Monday November 26, 2007.      
    I'll Probe Omehia if… ~ Amaechi   NUPENG embarks on strike Sunday
By Amie Brown

 
    Mrs. Sylva wages war against cervical, breast cancer
By Theo Agidee

  Nigerian Senate rejects Obasanjo's Bakassi "Giveaway"  
    IG Berates Human Rights Watch over Police Report
…Parades robbery suspects

  Five-man terrorist group appears in court  
    Amanyanabo of Kalabari tussle:
Chief Amachree wins at Appeal Court

  Amaechi's Survival Team stages unity show in Ogoni
By Alloy Khenom

 
    APGA candidate wants INEC re-organized
By Chimex Ndubuisi

  Works Commissioner inspects road projects
...Orders rehabilitation work on Okulu-Aleto bridge
By Otikor Samuel

 
    Isokrari extols Late Mrs. Nwuke
By Amie Brown

  How Okomoko quaked at Eberechi Nwuke's burial
By Alloy Khenom

 
    Awuse's wife attacked by gunmen
By Chimex Ndubuisi

  Sirawoo debunks newspaper report  
    Chairmanship aspirant promises open door policy
By Christopher Tom
  Accident survivor thanks God  
           
    Monday November 12, 2007.      
    Crisis Rocks RIVPOLY:
Unions want Rector, Registrar removed

  Senewo urges Ogonis to reflect on murdered nine
By Chimex Ndubuisi
 
    Assembly probes N2b scam in UST   New Exco emerges for Bodo City students
By Alloy Khenom
 
    CPP expels state chairman
By Vivian Osuji

  A'Ibom Health boss worried on malaria increasing effect
By Christopher Tom
 
    $6 Million Willbross Bribe: U.S Court May Subpoena PDP, Obaseki, Kupolokun   Non-indigenous group lauds Amaechi on victory
By Otikor Samuel
 
    Rivers Police gun down two robbery suspects   NYSC SCANDAL: Speaker Bankole Keeps Quiet  
    We'll not tolerate vandalisation of property ~ Akpabio
By Christopher Tom
  Beware of sycophants, Amaechi urged  
   
  Groups to partner with NDDC on N'Delta plan  
           
    Monday October 29, 2007.      
    Amaechi takes his rightful pace
... As God grants him victory

  Innocent detainee recounts ordeal in Police custody  
    Sylva negotiates release of hostages   Jubilation thrills waterfront as court ousts Omehia  
    End times at Govt House
* Car thieves intercepted at Govt House
* Former first lady breaks down, sobs

  Femowei's purported return creates tension in Yenagoa  
    Andy Uba's N20 Billion Gamble   New oil spill at Gio Community demands N500m compensation from SPDC  
    Nyame ready to return N1.96B Loot   New NUT body formed in Bayelsa  
    RICA, Nwuche urge support for Amaechi   Asarama youth president promises all-inclusive leadership  
    Divert opinions greet Rivers executive bill      
    EPTM lauds Amaechi on victory      
    Sylva charges Shell to establish operational office in Bayelsa      
           
           
    Monday October 22, 2007.      
    Sylva decries negative reports about Bayelsa   PH-Bonny route unsafe for passengers
By Amie Brown
 
    Involve us in master plan, surveyors tell Omehia
By Vivian Osuji
  Caretaker chairman assures Sagbama people
By Theo Agidee
 
    Control your workers, Choba leaders warn Willbros
By Alloy Khenom
  MOSOP election in USA was not cancelled ~ Ikpobari
By Chimex Ndubuisi
 
    Silva extols virtues of Madueke   Don't relent on prayers, clergyman charges Christians
By Christopher Tom, Uyo
 
           
    Wednesday Octoberday 08, 2007.      
    Okrikans in diaspora write Omehia over waterfront settlements
.... Criticize ex- Governor Peter Odili

Coup of the Judiciary
… How the CJN shielded the judges
 
    Supreme Court hearing:
Power tussle generates fresh public interest
Hand over of schools, Rivers people cry over high fees  
    Dolphins crash out of Confed. Cup Chairmanship tussle in ONOLGA
... Why a group is against Acra-Jaja
 
    Bayelsa to probe illegal deduction of council funds NYSC seeks support of Tai monarch  
    Landlords threaten hunger strike in A'Ibom Senate to tour Niger Delta creeks  
    Diigbo set to revive MOSOP Eke's PA in court on child kidnapping  
    One thing Yar'Adua should do