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Rep. Martins Esin secures federal employment for 40 constituents
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Sonie Antai The Member representing Oron/Mbo/Okobo/Udung Uko/Urueoffong Oruko Federal Constituency and Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Youth Development, Rep. Martins Esin, has facilitated the employment of forty (40) constituents into various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Civil Service between January and February 2026. The lawmaker commenced the year with…
More trouble for Akwa Ibom Ministry of Health as commissioner flouts PSR
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares“I can do anything” – Dr John allegedly boasts Fresh allegations of impunity and abuse of office have surfaced at the Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Health, deepening concerns over governance in the sector. The crisis comes on the heels of negative developments in the ministry that prompted Governor Umo Eno to declare a…
LG congresses: Akpabio predicts APC victory in Essien Udim for Tinubu, Eno
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPresident of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has predicted landslide victory for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for President Bola Tinubu and Governor Umo Eno, in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. He charged the newly elected party officers to continue to work for the unity of the party in the…
Unlawful invasion: El-Rufai sues ICPC, AGF ₦1bn
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Joseph Atainyang Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has filed a N1 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit against the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over the alleged unlawful invasion and search of his Abuja residence. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/345/2026 and filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja…
Factional village head, 2 others to die by hanging for murder over palm fruit dispute
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesCourt condemns abuse of traditional power By Emmanuel Ntekim The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has sentenced a factional village head of Ikot Ebita in Nsit Atai Local Government Area, Chief Effiong Okon Ukeme, his secretary, Sylvanus Edet Effiong, and his Chief Security Officer, Ubong Udo Okpon, to death by hanging…
30 MAN seafaring cadets inducted into NLNG-NSML
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Emmanuel Ntekim Thirty (30) seafaring cadets from the Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN), Oron, have been inducted into the Nigeria LNG Limited and Nigeria Shipping and Marine Services Limited (NSML) for a mandatory one-year sea-time training programme. The induction ceremony, held on Friday, February 20, 2026, in Port Harcourt, marks another milestone for…
ICPC tracks 25% incomplete, undone constituency projects in A’Ibom
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Emmanuel Ntekim The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has disclosed that about 25 percent of constituency and executive projects inspected were either incomplete or not properly executed in Akwa Ibom State. Speaking during a radio programme monitored by WatchmanPost, the head of the executive and constituency project tracking team,…
CP Baba Mohammed Azare felicitates Christians, Muslims; assures robust security during Lent, Ramadan
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Emmanuel Ntekim The Commissioner of Police, Baba Mohammed Azare, fsi, of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command, has extended warm felicitations to Christian and Muslim faithful in Akwa Ibom State as they commence the sacred seasons of Lent and Ramadan. In a statement issued on Friday, signed by the command’s spokesperson DSP Timfon…
Supreme Court affirms Okon Abang’s dissenting judgment on FCT APC primaries
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesA decisive 4–1 judgment of the Supreme Court of Nigeria has conclusively resolved the dispute over the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the 2026 Bwari Area Council Chairmanship Election, affirming the dissenting judgment of Justice Okon Abang which declared Hon. Joshua Ishaku the lawful flag bearer of the party. Reading the lead judgment,…
President Tinubu, German Chancellor Merz to collaborate on security, power
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPresident Bola Tinubu and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz have resolved to improve bilateral relations between the two countries and to strengthen collaboration in the security, power, and railway sectors. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy reported in a release that the two leaders had a telephone conversation on Wednesday…