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NPC launches electronic vital registration to strengthen legal identity, national planning
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe National Population Commission (NPC) has formally commenced the full digital registration of births, deaths and other vital events through its Electronic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (E-CRVS) system, describing the initiative as a landmark reform that will strengthen legal identity, improve governance and provide reliable demographic data for national development. The announcement was…
Mbo rues underdevelopment despite oil contributions to national economy
The Mbo people of Akwa Ibom State have decried the poor level of development in their area despite being major contributors to Nigeria’s oil-dependent economy. Please click the link to read more.
Christians in Nigeria reject proposed ban on preaching inside vehicles
Christians under the aegis of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), South-West region, have rejected a proposed ban on preaching inside commercial vehicles, warning that the provision could infringe upon citizens’ constitutional rights. Please click the link to read more.
Insecurity will soon be a thing of the past in Nigeria – Akpabio
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPresident of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has assured Nigerians that the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration will do all within its powers to ensure that the problems of insecurity currently confronting the country became a thing of the past. Akpabio gave the assurance on Wednesday, while receiving in courtesy, members of the Ladies Golf…
Sex-induced cardiac arrest killed Abacha – Ex-DSS boss claims
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesA former Assistant Director of the Department of State Services, Dennis Amachree, has dismissed long-standing claims that Nigeria’s former military Head of State, the late Gen. Sani Abacha, died after eating poisoned apples, insisting instead that the former ruler suffered a sex-induced cardiac arrest. Amachree made the claim in his newly released memoir, DSS…
Gov Eno unveils new flood, drainage master plan
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has unveiled a comprehensive strategy to address perennial flooding in the State, announcing plans to develop a new flood and drainage master plan, establish a specialised environmental task force, enforce monthly sanitation exercises and demolish all structures obstructing natural drainage channels. Please click the link to read more.
Akpabio and his architecture of vision
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Ken Harries Esq “Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others,” observed Jonathan Swift. Every generation encounters leaders who solve today’s problems, but far fewer produce leaders who design tomorrow’s possibilities. The true measure of visionary leadership lies in the ability to recognise opportunities long before they become obvious, to imagine…
Mary Habila’s death: Fresh revelations tentatively exonerate David Umahi
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•As minister seeks forensic findings Fresh details have emerged over the controversial death of Mary Habila, a medical professional attached to the David Umahi Federal University of Medical Sciences (DUFUS) and on secondment to the Federal Ministry of Works, with new witness testimony appearing to dispel speculations linking Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi,…
VP Shettima launches Niger Delta Agric Development, Investment Fund
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has launched the Niger Delta Agricultural Development and Investment Fund and inaugurated a Coordinating Council for agricultural development and investment in the Niger Delta region. Speaking during the Niger Delta Agricultural Development and Investment Summit, at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Senator Shettima said that…
Black sand mining: Coastal community calls for urgent govt’s intervention
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Emmanuel Ntekim Residents of Unyenge, a coastal community in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, have raised alarm over unchecked black sand mining activities that threaten their environment, livelihoods, and future. Already weary from decades of environmental degradation caused by oil exploration, the community fears that the large-scale commercial extraction of…