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Keyamo tackles Atiku over wrong timing of resignation from PDP
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesNigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has criticized former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for resigning from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the national mourning period for late President Muhammadu Buhari. Keyamo accused Atiku of insensitivity, saying the timing of his resignation was an attempt to draw attention away from the…
Buhari was forged in furnace of battle, tempered in trials of governance – Akpabio
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPresident of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, GCFR, has described late former President Muhammadu Buhari, as a man forged in the furnace of battle and tempered in the trials of governance. In his tribute to the former president at the Special Session of the Expanded Special Federal Executive Council Meeting in honour of the…
2027: Offot Ukwa Clan lays claim to Uyo State House of Assembly seat
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Offot Ukwa Clan 2027 Mandate Group has asserted its right to represent Uyo state constituency in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, citing the zoning and rotation formula that has guided the constituency’s representation for years. According to the group’s Central Coordinator, Hon Asuquo Ekpenyong, “2027 is the turn of Offot Ukwa…
Buhari was a statesman, leader of great integrity — Akpabio mourns Ex-President
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPresident of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, GCON has expressed profound sadness over the passing of immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR describing him as “a statesman and leader of great integrity”. Buhari died on Sunday at a London Clinic at the age of 82. The Senate President in a statement personally signed by…
Akpabio charges A’Ibom APC on unity, urges support for Tinubu, Eno
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, GCON, has urged the entire structure of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State to remain united and support President Bola Tinubu and Governor Umo Eno in building a united and prosperous nation. Akpabio made the call while addressing a stakeholders’ meeting of the APC…
Akpabio congratulates Gov Okpebholo on Supreme Court victory
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•Says it’s triumph of democracy, peoples will President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, GCON has congratulated the governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo on his confirmation as the duly elected candidate in the September 2024 gubernatorial elections in Edo State. Akpabio, in a congratulatory message personally signed by him described the Supreme…
Safety practitioners hail Umo Eno as Nigeria’s most safety-conscious governor
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesGovernor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has been commended for prioritising occupational safety in the state. The National President, Institute of Safety Professionals of Nigeria (ISPON), Engr. Timothy Iwuagwu stated this during the 2025 Safety Conference and Induction of New Members on Friday, 27th June, 2025 in Uyo. Engr. Iwuagwu further praised the…
Olubadan lived a good life and was a man of integrity – Akpabio
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPresident of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, GCON has sympathised with the family of Olubadan of Ibadan, the Government and the people of Oyo State over the transition of their Monarch, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, who passed on at the age of 90 on Monday. Akpabio, in a condolence message signed by his Special Adviser…
Another drama in sight as Natasha Akpoti storms Senate today
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•Yet to publish court ordered apologies Nigerians are again expectant of another drama at the Senate, as suspended lawmaker Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan threatens to attend today’s plenary. A Federal High Court in Abuja recently disagreed with her six-month suspension but fined her N5 million for contempt of court over a Facebook post deemed to have…
Marine & blue economy investment: X-raying Gov Umo Eno’s bold signature in Oro Nation beyond political statement
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBY Edet Okpo & Nature-Udo Substance The ongoing construction of Oron Marine Terminal Project certainly Speaks a lot about Governor Umo Eno’s developmental mindset, his sincere love for Oro ethnic Nationality and the State government’s lofty intentions to diversify the economy through the Blue Economy corridor. A real-time walk around the busy project site…