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REC Urges Media to Drive Voter Registration Ahead of 2027
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares By Ernest Udoh-Robert As Nigeria intensifies efforts to strengthen its electoral process ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Akwa Ibom State, Prof. Anugbum Onuoha, has sounded an alarm over the lack of internal democracy within the country’s political parties. Prof. Onuoha made this disclosure on Thursday, June…
Hope rises for stable electricity in Akwa Ibom
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesAkwa Ibom Governor has inaugurated, the Akwa Ibom Electricity Regulatory Commission with a mandate to overhaul the states power sector within 18 months in order to meet public demand and drive economic growth through reliable electricity supply. Governor Eno stated this Thursday June 4, 2026 during the inauguration of a 5-member board for the…
Worsening insecurity: Nigerian youths storm National Assembly
A group of young Nigerians staged a protest at the National Assembly on Tuesday, urging the federal government to take immediate, decisive action to combat the nation’s escalating insecurity
Like past political storms, pandemics Nigeria will survive insurgencies – Akpabio
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPresident of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has enjoined Nigerians to hold on hope that the country will survive the current Insurgencies like it survived past political upheavals and pandemics. Akpabio spoke on Sunday at an Inter-Denominational Church Service at the National Christian Centre as part of the activities to mark this year Nigeria’s Democracy…
Its time to project NDDC as central actor in Niger Delta Development – Stakeholders
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesStakeholders at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Law and Development Summit have called for the repositioning of the Commission as the central coordinating institution for development efforts in the Niger Delta, stressing that a more empowered NDDC is crucial to achieving sustainable development in the region. Leading the call was former Minister of…
Akpabio: Oyo abduction national tragedy, assault on Nigeria’s future
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPresident of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday led the upper chamber of the National Assembly in mourning the victims of the recent school abduction in Oyo State, describing the incident as a national tragedy and a direct assault on Nigeria’s future. Speaking at the resumption of Senate plenary following the Sallah recess…
Umo Eno’s Adviser fires appointee over comments on Tinubu
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesA media aide attached to the Office of the Political Adviser to the Governor of Akwa Ibom State has been dismissed following comments he made on social media concerning President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Mr. Osborne Ubong Okon, who served as Media Aide to the Political Adviser, was relieved of his appointment on June 2,…
BPP lauds NDDC over procurement policy reforms
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Director-General of the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Dr. Adebowale Adedokun, has commended the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for implementing procurement policy reforms and digitising its procurement processes to enhance transparency, efficiency, and accountability. Speaking at the NDDC Procurement Policy Reform and Digitisation Stakeholders Sensitisation and Training Summit in Port Harcourt, Adedokun…
Justice for Mbai family as Akon Eyakenyi, Oron TRC back claim to Iquita stool
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe long-running leadership question in Iquita Village, Oron Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, has taken a decisive turn following separate interventions by the Deputy Governor of the state, Senator Akon Eyakenyi, and the Oron Traditional Rulers’ Council (TRC), both of which have reportedly endorsed the Mbai family as the rightful lineage to…
Akpabio hails Tinubu’s reforms, strategic leadership at 3rd anniversary
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe President of the Senate, His Excellency, Senator Godswill Akpabio,GCON has extended warm congratulations to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, on the occasion of his 3rd year anniversary in office. Senator Akpabio, in a statement personally signed by him commended the President for three years of bold reforms, strategic leadership, and unwavering commitment to…