Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Dr Stephen Oru, has called for effective collaboration between the ministry and the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for the overall development of the Niger Delta region.

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) on Monday announced its commitment to provide leadership in establishing private refineries.

Mr Benson Ojoko, the Coordinator, World Bank’s State Employment and Expenditure for Results (SEEFOR) in Delta, said the project would employ 2,000 youths in the state.

Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Dr Sampson Parker, said in Port Harcourt yesterday that the government has spent about N1bn on drugs for HIV/AIDS patients.

Comrade Adams Eric Oshiomhole of Edo State has commissioned two 500-seating capacity lecture theatres and a block of lecturers’ offices at the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma.

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.