ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesSome pastors threatening me – Gov Eno Barely two years in office, it has emerged that some pastors in Akwa Ibom State have fallen out with their fellow cleric and governor of the State, Pastor Umo Eno. The governor himself made this known, Sunday, 29 January, 2025, during the year’s Thanksgiving…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares Special Feature How floods, explosions, stampedes, others struck Nigeria in 2024 By Mukhtar Y. Madobi As 2025 begins, it is crucial to reflect on the significant events that shaped Nigeria’s emergency and response sector over the past year. The year 2024 was marked by numerous tragedies, including devastating floods, building collapses,…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesClergyman urges journalists to practise ’empathetic journalism’ A clergyman and chaplain of St. Bernard Army Chaplaincy, Ibagwa, Abak LGA of Akwa Ibom State, Rev. Father Christian Usungurua, has called on journalists to embrace what he calls, “empathetic journalism”, as a means of building a better society. Usungurua made the call Sunday, 12 January 2025,…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•Show ₦300k bn recurrent expenditure, N655k bn capital expenditure By Samuel Abasiekong-Abasiekong The Akwa Ibom State Government on Thursday, January 10, presented the breakdown of its 2025 budget to Akwa Ibom people. The budget breakdown event, which held at Ibom Icon Hotel and Golf Resorts, Uyo, was organised by the Ministry of Finance in…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe 53 years of the Bashar al-Assad family’s rule over Syria was terminated rather shockingly early morning of Sunday, 8 December, when rebels romped into Damascus the country’s seat of power, forcing Assad to flee the country. He is said to be in asylum in Russia. According to early agency reports, the rebels who…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesAlthough the results of the last Saturday’s general polls are yet to be officially announced (as at the time of writing this on Sunday) by the Electoral Commission (EC), Ghana’s Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has conceded defeat in the election to the opposition party’s candidate and former president John Mahama. “The people of Ghana…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBreaking: Gov Eno sacks EXCO Friday, 10 January By Joseph Atainyang Barring any last minute change of mind, the Akwa Ibom State governor, Pastor Umo Eno, will dissolve his Executive Council (EXCO) come Friday, January 10, 2025, WatchmanPost can confirm. Impeccable government sources confirmed this to WatchmanPost, Monday and Tuesday. A Government House source…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesSecurity: Nigerian troops took out 10,937 terrorists in 2024 – Defence spokesman Nigerian troops in 2024 put out of business 10,937 terrorists, the Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, has disclosed. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja recently, Buba added that 16,171 terror militants and their families also surrendered to the…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPRESIDENT BOLA TINUBU’S 2025 NEW YEAR MESSAGE Fellow Nigerians, ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesTEXT OF 2025 NEW YEAR BROADCAST BY GOVERNOR UMO ENO OF AKWA IBOM STATE, GOVERNMENT HOUSE, UYO, JANUARY 1, 2025 My dear Akwa Ibomites 1. Let me start by wishing us all a Happy and prosperous New Year! We give thanks to God for seeing us through the preceding year. Even though the general…
