ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesOkokon Asuquo Okon, national youth president of Effiat Community in Mbo Local Government Area, has accused oil companies operating in the Effiat Ikpoto Community of neglecting their corporate social responsibilities (CSR), leading to years of frustration and agitation among the youth. Okon, popularly known as Commander Egbu Nkakad, in a chat with newsmen in…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice has faulted claim by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan that the charges filed against before the HIgh Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the Federal High Court in Abuja amounted to an abuse of court process. The AGF’s office said…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Sufuyan Ojeifo History, in its long and patient arc, is a master storyteller. Its finest tales often begin with conflict rather than applause, with accusation rather than acclaim. Before the garlands and the gratitude, there is the crucible, the fire through which greatness is tested and purified. The recent wave of false accusations…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe leadership of the Ibibio Traditional Council in Akwa Ibom State has declared total support for President of the Senate and former governor of the state, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. They made the declaration on Friday while receiving Akpabio and his entourage comprising some members of the National Assembly,…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesWomen of Annang land, one of the dominant ethnic group in Akwa Ibom State, have threatened to ostracize Mrs. Patience Ibanga Akpabio over what they described as her campaign of calumny against her brother-in-law, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, President of the Nigerian Tenth Senate. The threat, issued under the auspices of Annang Women Advocacy…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesGovernor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has appointed a distinguished IT and digital communication specialist as Special Assistant on New Media. Prior to this appointment, Destiny Young led Technology Infrastructure Management and IT Operations at the Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority in Onne, Rivers State. Destiny Young, a highly credentialed IT professional,…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Rt Hon Eseme Eyiboh In the grand theatre of Nigerian public life, where noise often masquerades as news and envy parades as activism, one truth remains constant: the measure of a leader’s vision is often revealed by the weight of the storms they must weather. The recent deeply personal attacks aimed at the…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Acting Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of EMOIMEE Host Community Development Trust, Engr Clinton Akpan, has said the Trust remains topmost in performance index, compared to other host communities development trusts across the country. Engr Akpan said the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), had asserted this at the last Annual…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares*Says he remains a beacon of unity, national healing President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, GCON has felicitated the former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, GCFR on his 91st birthday. Akpabio in a congratulatory message he personally signed, said Gen. Gowon ‘s policy of ‘No Victor, No Vanquished’ after the civil war…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesChief Nse Ntuen, an Akwa Ibom elder and former member, Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly who has known Senator Godswill Akpabio for over 50 years, has strongly condemned and unequivocally dismissed the recent wave of unfounded allegations and tirade of abuse directed at the President of the Senate. In a detailed statement issued…
