ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•As 30 receive starter packs By Ernest Udoh-Robert A Non-governmental Organization, NGO, Community Partners for Development (CPD) is empowering fifty young women from Mbo and Ibeno local government areas, through vocational training. The project which was sponsored by Global Greengrant and implemented by CPD began in October 2024, focused on selected 25 young women…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe House of Representatives on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to support President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. This comes after Tinubu suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy Ngozi Odu, and members of the Rivers State House of Assembly for six months due to the escalating political crisis in the…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Federal High Court in Abuja has vacated its earlier order stopping the suspension of Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, by the Senate. Justice Obiora Egwuatu overturned the ruling on Wednesday after considering arguments from both parties in the suit. Akpoti-Uduaghan had approached the court in an ex-parte motion seeking to stop the Senate…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPresident Bola Tinubu has sworn in Ibok-Ete Ibas, a retired vice admiral, as the sole administrator of Rivers state. The ceremony took place on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. This event comes a day after Tinubu suspended Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers, Ngozi Odu, his deputy, and all state lawmakers for six…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe politics of Rivers State, Nigeria, has assumed a new twist, as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday, declared a state of emergency in the state, suspending Gov Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Ngozi Odu, and all 27 elected members of the House of Assembly for an initial period of six months. The declaration, which…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPhilosophers and theorists the world over have reflected on the essence of life and concluded on their diverse notions and perspectives. Their perceptions portray life as a dynamic existence that prides in its essence. William Shakespeare, for instance, believes that the world is a stage where humans are mere characters, acting out their scripts….
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesSenate President Godswill Akpabio has broken his silence on the sexual harassment allegations leveled against him by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Speaking during Wednesday’s plenary session, Akpabio vehemently denied the allegations, stating that he has never sexually harassed any woman. Akpabio traced his upbringing, saying he and his siblings were raised by their late single…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Council of Oro Traditional Rulers (COTR), the highest traditional rulers council in Oro Nation, which is the third largest ethnic nationality in Akwa Ibom State, has paid a grand tribute to the late Madam Atim Okon Abang, mother of Justice Okon Abang, a judge of the Appeal Court, Abuja. The Council, led by…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesUdom Emmanuel, the immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom State, has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged N700 billion fraud. A trending report by first carried by TheCable confirms that the former governor was taken into custody shortly after he arrived at the EFCC headquarters in…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Senate Deputy Chief Whip, Senator Onyekachi Peter Nwebonyi, has criticized Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki’s attempt to draw parallels between his own past case and the current allegations by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan against Senate President Godswill Akpabio. Nwebonyi described Saraki’s argument as “fundamentally flawed,” highlighting the differences between the two situations. In Saraki’s case,…
