The Advisory Council of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has resolved to urgently address the funding challenges facing the commission so as to reposition it for better service delivery to the people of the region.

The Cross River State government yesterday awarded a N2.4 billion contract for the construction and expansion of the Okpoma, Yala water scheme.

THE Coordinator of Fadama 111 Project in Cross River, Mr Bassey Elemi, has said that a Chinese firm will establish a cassava processing plant in Yakurr Area of the state.

Improved industrialisation and Youth Empowerment have been identified as twin critical elements that must not be toiled with in sustaining the economy of Delta State.

In line with its vision of becoming the most loved brand in the daily lives of Nigerians, leading communications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has built two wings of modern market stalls in the Okehi market in Etche community, Rivers State, also donating borehole water pumps for the residents.

THE Rivers State government on Monday said it was conducting an ‘’organised survey’’ to identify orphans and vulnerable children in the state to enable it provide them with necessary assistance.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has commended Rivers State government’s efforts in the fight against the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).

Abia state has commenced another round of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) implementation with the official launch of three new programmes to tackle poverty, reduce morbidity and mortality in mothers, new-born babies and infants.

The United Nations REDD+ Programme has tremendously enhanced many aspects of the Cross River State economy, especially the forestry business in the state, the chairman of the state forestry commission, Dr Odigha Odigha, has disclosed in Calabar

GOVERNOR Olusegun Mimiko has said that the sum of N2 billion has been earmarked for the development of its agro business projects across the state.

The African Development Bank (AFDB) says it is proposing an integrated project to tackle rural roads, erosion menace and waste management in the two Abia cities of Aba and Umuahia.

The Akwa Ibom State governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, has revealed that the implementation of the tenets of good governance by his government is the secret behind the transformation of the state into an investors’ haven and a destination point for Nigerians,