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Nigeria’s non-oil exports hit $3.225bn in H1 2025 – NEPC
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares The Nigerian Export Promotion Council has announced that the country’s non-oil exports climbed to $3.225bn in the first half of 2025, marking a 19.59 per cent increase over the $2.696bn recorded in the same period last year. The Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of the NEPC, Nonye Ayeni, disclosed this in Abuja on Sunday…
Be intentional about tourism investment, cultural preservation – Eno tells Akwa Ibom in Diaspora
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares •pledges to host 2026 AKISAN Convention in Uyo Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has called on the Akwa Ibom diaspora in the United States to leverage their skills, professional networks, and resources to drive tourism, investment, and cultural heritage promotion in their home state. Gov Eno stated this while making a remark…
Oron Youth Summit: Umo Eno has not forgotten Oro Nation – Akon Eyakenyi
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•as stakeholders laud Youth Wing for cultural promotion Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Akon Eyakenyi, on Saturday, August 9, expressed satisfaction to the state governor, Pastor Umo Eno, for his deliberate inclusion of Oro Nation in the scheme of the state’s development agenda. Senator Eyakenyi who spoke during the 8th Oro Youth…
Uyo town square meeting: Eno blesses 1187 with N492 Million grants
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesAkwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has empowered 1,187 persons with N492.7m farm, trade, and business grants in Uyo Federal Constituency. The Governor disbursed the grants at the Uyo Federal Constituency Town Square Meeting held at the Ibom Hall grounds in Uyo. The Governor, who was elated by the massive turnout, said 276…
Akpabio mourns former PDP chair, Audu Ogbeh
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPresident of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has expressed sadness over the passing of Chief Audu Ogbeh, former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development under late President Muhammadu Buhari’s first term and ex-chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Akpabio, in a statement through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh,…
Birthday: APC growing dominantly under your leadership – Gov Eno tells Yolwatda
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesAkwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has sent his felicitations to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, on the occasion of his birthday, commending him for his leadership, vision, and commitment to strengthening democratic values in Nigeria. In a goodwill message released issued by Chief Press Secretary,…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesAkwa Ibom State University gets new helmsman The Akwa Ibom State Government has appointed an acting vice chancellor for its university, with immediate effect. He is Prof. Otoabasi Etim Akpan. Akpan’s appointment came following the expiration of the tenure of his predecessor, Prof Nse Essien, whose leadership was tainted in its waning days with…
“Education critical element for national development”, Tinubu, commends Nigerian teens on global excellence
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPresident Bola Tinubu congratulates Nafisa Abdullahi Aminu, Rukayya Muhammad Fema, and Hadiza Kashim Kalli on emerging world champions in English language communication skills and debate at the 2025 TeenEagle Global competition in London, United Kingdom. Seventeen-year-old Nafisa was named the overall best in English language skills; 15-year-old Rukayya emerged as the overall best in…
Democracy at verge of collapse in Nigeria, ADC on rescue mission – Osunbor
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•Declares Nigerians are disillusioned over poor governance Former Governor of Edo State, two-term senator, and newly appointed National Legal Adviser of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Professor Oserheimen Osunbor, on Monday, raised the alarm that democracy is on the verge of collapse in Nigeria. The Professor of Law stated that poor governance has left…
FG appeals to IOCs to re-invest in Nigeria
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesNigeria has appealed to the international oil companies that exited from the country to return and re-invest. The minister of state for petroleum, Heineken Lokpobiri said that the President Bola Tinubu Administration has created an investment-friendly environment the oil companies would find conducive. Lokpobiri, who said this at the 2025 Nigeria annual international conference…