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  Wisecracks, Banters, Laughter As Buhari Commissions Police Barracks A packed audience of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Inspector General of Police, ministers, National Assembly members, the Interim Administrator of NDDC and directors, senior police and government officials, as well as religious and traditional leaders cracked up in laughter yesterday as Gov. Nyesom Wike and Senator Godswill  Akpabio exchanged banters publicly at the commissioning of a police barracks in Omagwa, Port Harcourt.

  Buhari Commends NDDC For Donating Barracks To Nigeria Police President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the provision of modern accommodation to the police is an important feature of the comprehensive reform of the service which his administration is embarking on.

 A Breath Of Fresh Air  By Dr Dakuku Peterside.  In recent times, we have been bombarded with news of insecurity, corruption, and secession agitations in Nigeria that we have become so used to them. News and images of kidnapping, ethnic killings, and mayhem, like horror movies, litter our media space, which have almost become an acceptable reality of life.

  SPU Barracks Named After President Muhammadu Buhari The new Special Protection Unit Base 6 barracks built and donated by Niger Delta Development Commission to the Nigeria Police Force in Omagwa, Rivers State, has been renamed the President Muhammadu Buhari Nigeria Police (Special Protection Unit) Base 6 Barracks.

 President Buhari To Commission NDDC's Apartment Complex For Police President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday (September 28) commission the Special Protection Unit Base 6 barracks, built and donated by the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to the Nigeria Police Force. 

 Wike Must Urgently Reactivate Flood Control Master Plan In Rivers ~Dakuku The 2015 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Dr Dakuku Peterside has called on Governor Nyesom Wike to urgently reactivate the drainage master plan put in place by his predecessor, Rt Hon Chibuike Amaechi.

 Fraudsters Use NDDC To Swindle Many  -  Do not be a victim!  The Management of NDDC has alerted Nigerians not to transact any business on online accounts on Facebook and LinkedIn, opened in the name of Mr Efiong Akwa, the Interim Administrator and Chief Executive of the Commission, which are deceiving people into parting with large sums of money. 

  Buhari's Outreach To The Southeast By Dakuku Peterside PhD Symbolic gestures are particularly evident in Africa. Ndigbo or south easterners, more than any other group ,attach importance to symbolic gestures. It is ingrained in their culture. However, for once, Igbos are divided over the significance and symbolisms of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit last week to the Eastern heartland. The visit of Mr President to Imo State has elicited many reactions.

  Gov. Wike's Refusal To Pay Pensioners Is Wicked And Irresponsible - Dr Dakuku Peterside   Former All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Rivers State, Dr. Dakuku Peterside has called on Governor Nyesom Wike to hearken to the voices of retired senior citizens and pay them all their outstanding entitlements without further delay.

  UniUyo Community Excited About New NDDC Hostel The University of Uyo community is buzzing with excitement over the completion of the ultra modern hostel blocks being donated to the university by the NDDC. Construction work was progressing steadily when this writer visited the project site on Tuesday, September 7.

  Plateau Of Crises And Death By Dr Dakuku Peterside . Plateau state is named Plateau for a reason. It is approximately the Centre of Nigeria and the midpoint between Christian and Muslim civilizations in Nigeria, convergence between settlers and indigenous people, battleground between farmers and herders, and a clash point between indigenous culture and foreign civilisation. For this and other reasons, it occupies a special place in geography classes. Those who journey through the Plateau and its enclave leave the place with great memories of its unique scenery, wild sanctuaries, meandering hills, notable waterfalls, and striking rocks. These landmark features earned her the sobriquet "the home of peace and tourism". I know about its status as the home of tourism as a fact, but I cannot say so of its peaceful disposition since the advent of the current democratic era in 1999. Peace has eluded the State that I once enjoyed going for a vacations to my late uncle, Gally Brow...