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ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•Empowers 50 women in Akwa Ibom By Ernest Udoh-Robert A Non-governmental Organization, NGO, Community Partners for Development (CPD) has carried out environmental awareness campaign in riverine communities of Mbo and Ibeno in Akwa Ibom State. Speaking at the sensitization campaign and graduation ceremony, the Executive Director, CPD, Mrs Emem Charis said that, Community Partners…

ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•Say Oro becoming centre of attraction By Ernest Udo-Robert A frontline socio-cultural organisation in Akwa Ibom State, Oron Union, is rolling out the drums in celebration of the 100 years of impactful leadership, unity, love, cultural renaissance of the people in a grand finale scheduled for the 23rd of May 2025. President General of…

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesChairman of the Senate Committee on Solid Minerals, Senator Ekong Sampson has assured that the Senate will judiciously monitor and oversight the one trillion naira appropriation for the solid minerals sector in the 2025 Federal Government Budget. Senator Sampson, representing Akwa Ibom South, stated this on Tuesday, May 13, during a meeting of the…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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,…