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Its time to project NDDC as central actor in Niger Delta Development – Stakeholders
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesStakeholders at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Law and Development Summit have called for the repositioning of the Commission as the central coordinating institution for development efforts in the Niger Delta, stressing that a more empowered NDDC is crucial to achieving sustainable development in the region. Leading the call was former Minister of…
Akpabio: Oyo abduction national tragedy, assault on Nigeria’s future
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPresident of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday led the upper chamber of the National Assembly in mourning the victims of the recent school abduction in Oyo State, describing the incident as a national tragedy and a direct assault on Nigeria’s future. Speaking at the resumption of Senate plenary following the Sallah recess…
Umo Eno’s Adviser fires appointee over comments on Tinubu
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesA media aide attached to the Office of the Political Adviser to the Governor of Akwa Ibom State has been dismissed following comments he made on social media concerning President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Mr. Osborne Ubong Okon, who served as Media Aide to the Political Adviser, was relieved of his appointment on June 2,…
BPP lauds NDDC over procurement policy reforms
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Director-General of the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Dr. Adebowale Adedokun, has commended the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for implementing procurement policy reforms and digitising its procurement processes to enhance transparency, efficiency, and accountability. Speaking at the NDDC Procurement Policy Reform and Digitisation Stakeholders Sensitisation and Training Summit in Port Harcourt, Adedokun…
Justice for Mbai family as Akon Eyakenyi, Oron TRC back claim to Iquita stool
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe long-running leadership question in Iquita Village, Oron Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, has taken a decisive turn following separate interventions by the Deputy Governor of the state, Senator Akon Eyakenyi, and the Oron Traditional Rulers’ Council (TRC), both of which have reportedly endorsed the Mbai family as the rightful lineage to…
Akpabio hails Tinubu’s reforms, strategic leadership at 3rd anniversary
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe President of the Senate, His Excellency, Senator Godswill Akpabio,GCON has extended warm congratulations to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, on the occasion of his 3rd year anniversary in office. Senator Akpabio, in a statement personally signed by him commended the President for three years of bold reforms, strategic leadership, and unwavering commitment to…
Group tasks Gov Eno to stop traditional rulers from partisan politics
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesA civil society organisation, Open Forum, has called on the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Bassey Eno, to urgently issue an Executive Order barring traditional rulers in the state from participating in partisan politics. Open Forum warns that the growing politicisation of the traditional institution is eroding its integrity and threatening peace…
Man, 63, nabbed with large consignment of Indian hemp
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Emmanuel Ntekim The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrest a suspected drug dealer and the recover large quantities of substances suspected to be Indian hemp. The command on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, at about 9:30 a.m., acting on credible intelligence, received information that a suspected drug trafficker was conveying bags of illicit…
Forum condemns endless delays in implementation of UMSO
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Oro Stakeholders Forum for the Actualisation of University of Maritime Studies, Oron (UMSO) has condemned what it described as endless delays in the implementation and operationalisation of the University, warning that the situation is undermining Nigeria’s blue economy aspirations and weakening public confidence in governance. Speaking during a press conference held in Abuja…
Massive turn out for Akpabio at APC senatorial primary
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesConstituents and party faithful turned out en masse on Monday, May 18, for the affirmation of Senator Godswill Akpabio as the candidate for the Senate seat in Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District. Akpabio who was returned unopposed as the sole candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, took part in the primary election…