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A’Ibom Govt presents 2025 budget details

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…

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Islamist rebels take over Syria as Assad flees country

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…

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Opposition retakes government in Ghana

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…

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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…

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Security: Nigerian troops took out  10,937 terrorists in 2024 – Defence spokesman

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…

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POLICY RELEASE ON DECARBONISATION AND ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY IN NIGERIAN UPSTREAM OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS: ISSUANCE OF UPSTREAM PETROLEUM DECARBONISATION TEMPLATE

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPRESS STATEMENT  POLICY RELEASE ON DECARBONISATION AND ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY IN NIGERIAN UPSTREAM OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS: ISSUANCE OF UPSTREAM PETROLEUM DECARBONISATION TEMPLATE   The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has announced the release of the Upstream Petroleum Decarbonisation Template (UPDT), a pivotal regulatory tool aimed at enhancing the decarbonisation and sustainability agenda within…

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Eno signs 2025 ₦955bn Appropriation  Estimates into law 

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesEno signs 2025 ₦955bn Appropriation  Estimates into law ✓₦655bn for capital, ₦300bn for recurrent expenditures   Governor Umo Eno has signed the 2025 ₦955billion Akwa Ibom State budget, christened Budget of Consolidation and Expansion.  into law. He gave assent to the Appropriation Bill at the State Executive Council Chambers, Government House, Uyo. Speaking shortly…

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Was Jimmy Carter a pacifist?  

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesWas Jimmy Carter a pacifist?   By Eno Udo   Former United States President Jimmy Carter passed on as the first American president to have clocked a 100 years, and would now be remembered for his record in and out office. Most often American presidents are adjudged by how well or not they used their…

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