ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPresident of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, GCON has congratulated women, particularly Nigerian women on the occasion of this year’s International Women’s Day. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh, the Senate President praised Nigerian women for the sacrifices they make for families and in building the…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesAwards scholarship, starter packs for beneficiaries Compassion, generosity and the transformative power of education took centre stage on Thursday, March 5, 2026, as the Edet Ekpo Bassey Uwe Education Foundation (EEBUEF) celebrated its fifth anniversary with scholarship awards to 11 undergraduate students and presentation of starter packs to vocational trainees. The colourful ceremony, held…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has commended the Senator representing Enugu West Senatorial District, Osita Ngwu for his investment in the education of the next generation of Nigerian children. Akpabio stated this on Friday in Enugu as the Special Guest of Honour at the Osita Ngwu scholarship and bursary awards, where the…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesSenator Henry Seriake Dickson, who represents Bayelsa West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, has formally resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), bringing an end to his long association with the party under which he served as governor of Bayelsa State and rose to national prominence. The announcement, which he made on Thursday…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Senate on Thursday summoned the immediate past Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, over an alleged N210tn expenditure by the national oil company between 2017 and 2023, which the lawmakers say has not been properly accounted for. Invited alongside Kyari are the former Chief Financial Officer,…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThere is good news at the doors of Nigerian government workers as the Federal Executive Council has approved the implementation of a transformative Exit Benefit Scheme that grants retiring federal civil servants a gratuity equal to 100 per cent of their total annual emolument. Effective from 1 January 2026, PUNCH reports that the scheme…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPresident Bola Tinubu has removed Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite as Minister of State for Finance and appointed Mr. Taiwo Oyedele as her replacement, in a dramatic cabinet reshuffle that political observers are linking to last week’s explosive budget defence hearing. The development comes exactly seven days after Hon. Alex Mascot Ikwechegh, member representing Aba North/Aba…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPresident Bola Tinubu on Thursday, March 5, announced the successful conclusion of a historic settlement agreement between the Federal Government of Nigeria, ENI, and Nigerian Agip Exploration Limited (NAEL). A release by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, said the announcement was made at the meeting in Aso Rock…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesObong Nsima Ekere, a former Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom State, has congratulated the new State Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), led by Obong Stephen Leo Ntukekpo. Ntukekpo, at the party’s state congress held at the Uyo Township Stadium on Tuesday, re-emerged as state chairman through a consensus arrangement among party…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•As Stephen Ntukekpo retains state chairmanship President of the Nigerian Senate, Chief Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday, described the Akwa Ibom State congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a gathering radiating peace and unity of purpose as if it were a church communion service. The event held at the Uyo Township Stadium drew…
