ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPresident of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has enjoined Nigerians to hold on hope that the country will survive the current Insurgencies like it survived past political upheavals and pandemics. Akpabio spoke on Sunday at an Inter-Denominational Church Service at the National Christian Centre as part of the activities to mark this year Nigeria’s Democracy…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPresident of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has dismissed reports suggesting that he promised to secure senatorial tickets for members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who lost in the party’s primary elections. In a statement issued on Friday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh, Akpabio described the reports…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesTony Elumelu’s strategic acquisition in Seplat Energy Plc has delivered a remarkable return, with the billionaire investor gaining about N680 billion in dividends and value appreciation, just five months after completing a $500 million stake purchase in the company. Elumelu, through his investment vehicle, emerged as Seplat’s largest shareholder following the acquisition, a move…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesTeachers in Akwa Ibom State public schools joined their counterparts across the country on Tuesday to shut down schools, protesting the continued detention of more than forty students terrorists kidnapped from three schools in Oyo State a fortnight ago. While teachers in Akwa Ibom observed the strike through school closures, many of their colleagues…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesStakeholders at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Law and Development Summit have called for the repositioning of the Commission as the central coordinating institution for development efforts in the Niger Delta, stressing that a more empowered NDDC is crucial to achieving sustainable development in the region. Leading the call was former Minister of…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPresident of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday led the upper chamber of the National Assembly in mourning the victims of the recent school abduction in Oyo State, describing the incident as a national tragedy and a direct assault on Nigeria’s future. Speaking at the resumption of Senate plenary following the Sallah recess…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesA media aide attached to the Office of the Political Adviser to the Governor of Akwa Ibom State has been dismissed following comments he made on social media concerning President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Mr. Osborne Ubong Okon, who served as Media Aide to the Political Adviser, was relieved of his appointment on June 2,…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Director-General of the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Dr. Adebowale Adedokun, has commended the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for implementing procurement policy reforms and digitising its procurement processes to enhance transparency, efficiency, and accountability. Speaking at the NDDC Procurement Policy Reform and Digitisation Stakeholders Sensitisation and Training Summit in Port Harcourt, Adedokun…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe long-running leadership question in Iquita Village, Oron Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, has taken a decisive turn following separate interventions by the Deputy Governor of the state, Senator Akon Eyakenyi, and the Oron Traditional Rulers’ Council (TRC), both of which have reportedly endorsed the Mbai family as the rightful lineage to…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesIn the market of thunder where rumours wear agbada, And politics drinks palm wine from a cracked calabash, A quarrel rose like Harmattan dust Between two drummers of the old APC caravan. One beat his chest with the fury of River Niger: “I fought the wars! I crossed the bridges! I carried the general…
