More trouble for PDP as Plateau, Adamawa governors reject expulsion of Wike, ors

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesIt seems there is more to come in the line of the unending crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, and his Adamawa counterpart, Adamu Umaru Fintiri, have roundly rejected and condemned the decision to expel Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike; former Ekiti State Governor,…

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Nigeria among world’s 14 hunger-stricken spots – UN ●$29bn required to salvage situation 

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesNigeria among world’s 14 hunger-stricken spots – UN ●$29bn required to salvage situation  These are not the best of times for the Bola Ahmed Tinubu government’s claims that its economic reforms were yielding the right results forNigerians. This is partly because the UN has in its latest bi-annual Hunger Hotspots Report warned that acute…

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Col Okon Peter Essang (Rtd.) A.KA. Akpaya goes home @ 80

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesLate Colonel (Engineer) Okon Peter Essang (Rtd.)—a distinguished soldier, engineer, administrator, and community leader—will be laid to rest Saturday, November 15, 2025. His funeral service, to be conducted by the Methodist Church Nigeria, Archdiocese of Oron, will hold at the Oron Township Stadium by 10:00 a.m., before interment at his residence, 62 Isangedighi Street,…

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Court adjourns Journalists’ ₦3bn rights suit against A’Ibom Chief Judge, Police

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Our Correspondent, Uyo The Federal High Court sitting in Uyo on Tuesday, again adjourned hearing in a N3Billion fundamental human rights suit filed by three investigative journalists against the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Hon. Justice Ekaette F. F. Obot, and senior police officers over alleged unlawful arrest and detention. The case,…

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AKBC turnaround: AKSG signs partnership pact with Dubai-based media group

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesWeeks after its casual staff stand down over nonpayment of two years’ wages, hopes seem to be rising for the Akwa Ibom State Broadcasting Corporation (AKBC), the state’s electronic media organisation. This is because the state government has struck a deal with a Dubai-based media consultant, LLC, to restructure the state broadcaster and make…

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EMOIMEE projects inspection: NNPCL, Seplat Energy, NUPRC tour cites in Eastern Obolo, Ikot Abasi, ors

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesA team of officials from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Seplat Energy, and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) on Tuesday, inspected EMOIMEE projects across Eastern Obolo, Ikot Abasi, Mkpat Enin and Onna local government areas of Akwa Ibom State. The tour of projects is part of activities marking the second…

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Malicious fabrication, falsehood, Eyiboh warns Rant HQ

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Office of the President of the Senate, Distinguished Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, has strongly refuted a viral social media post falsely attributing a controversial statement to him. The rebuttal, issued on Sunday and signed by Hon. Eseme Eyiboh, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Senate President, described the post — published…

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