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Eastern Obolo LG chairman interfaces with indigenes resident in Lagos
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•Drums Support for Governor Umo Eno’s Arise Agenda •Keep up the good work – Lagos Residents In practical fulfilment of his promise to run an all-inclusive and participatory template of leadership, the chairman of Eastern Obolo Local Government Area, Rt. Hon. Samuel Nteogwuijah, held a town hall meeting with indigenes of Eastern Obolo residing…

JAMB Registrar breaks down in tears, says UTME errors affected 379,997
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•Announces resit from May 16 The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, on Wednesday, broke down in tears as he apologised for the errors in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. “I apologise for the trauma caused to the candidates,” Oloyede said tearfully during a press conference in…

Akpabio calls for immediate census to end population crisis
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPresident of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has called for the immediate conduct of a national population census, describing the exercise as critical to Nigeria’s future development and long overdue. Speaking in his office during a courtesy visit by the management team of the National Population Commission on Wednesday, Akpabio stressed that Nigeria could no…

Senator Bassey flag-off capacity-building workshop for traders in Uyo SD
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Our Reporter, Uyo Petty traders in Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District have begun receiving critical support to grow their businesses, as Senator Aniekan Bassey flags off a comprehensive 6-day training and empowerment programme aimed at strengthening small-scale enterprises and enhancing economic self-reliance at the grassroots level. The initiative, launched on Wednesday at the…

Senator Aniekan Bassey supplies medical kits to PHCs in Uyo Senatorial District
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesIn a continued effort to enhance healthcare delivery and support Governor Umo Eno’s A.R.I.S.E Agenda, the Senator representing Akwa Ibom North East (Uyo Senatorial District), Senator Aniekan Bassey, has distributed essential medical consumables and drugs to Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) across the district. The distribution exercise took place on Tuesday at the Senatorial District…

NDDC donates U-learning tablets, textbooks to schools in A’Ibom
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesCommissioner representing Akwa Ibom State in the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Apostle Abasiandikan Nkono, on Thursday, flagged-off the first phase of distribution of U-Lesson educational tablets and textbooks to 65 primary and post-primary schools in the State. The event held at the state office of the commission in Uyo,…

Tension in Lagos as Liaison Officer plots to scheme out AKISCOM
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•Forms parallel group for Gov’s Thanksgiving There is tension in Lagos as Akwa Ibom State Liaison Officer, Mr Samuel Asuquo has allegedly schemed to form another sociocultural group to usurp the role of the well – known Akwa Ibom State Community (AKISCOM), Lagos, especially during the Gov Umo Eno’s thanksgiving service scheduled for Sunday,…

SSDC MD appointment: Senator Sampson congratulates Usoro Akpabio
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Senator representing Akwa Ibom South in the National Assembly, Senator Ekong Sampson, has felicitated with Miss Usoro Akpabio on her appointment by President Bola Tinubu as Managing Director of the South South Development Commission. In a message to the new MD, the Onomkpoinam Mkpat Enin hailed Akpabio’s appointment as pioneer helmswoman of the…

Gov Eno applauds Itu council boss over new secretariat complex, cars for legislators
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesAkwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Bassey Eno, has applauded the executive chairman of Itu local government council, Hon. Ubong Nkutt, for constructing an ultra-modern administrative Secretariat complex in the area. Impressed by the state-of-the-art edifice, Pastor Eno, while commissioning the project on Thursday, May 8, during the fifth edition of the Arise Town…

Anthony Joshua confirms December return date
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesAnthony Joshua has confirmed plans to return to the ring in December, following a period of recovery after undergoing elbow surgery this month. The two-time world heavyweight champion has been out of action since suffering a devastating fifth-round knockout against Daniel Dubois at Wembley in September. Speaking to ESPN Mexico, Joshua revealed he was…