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Malicious fabrication, falsehood, Eyiboh warns Rant HQ
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Office of the President of the Senate, Distinguished Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, has strongly refuted a viral social media post falsely attributing a controversial statement to him. The rebuttal, issued on Sunday and signed by Hon. Eseme Eyiboh, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Senate President, described the post — published…
Mid-term scorecard: Okobo State Rep, Bassey lists achievements, lauds Gov Eno on intervention
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe member representing Okobo State Constituency in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Hon. Bassey Plus Bassey Pius Bassey, has listed out his legislative achievements for the past two years. Hon. Bassey who enumerated nine bills, 24 constituency projects and various other oversight functions as his major programmes, reaffirmed his commitment to purposeful…
AKSG upgrades college to education university, awaits 50 CNG buses delivery
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares AKSG upgrades college to education university, awaits 50 CNG buses delivery· ●Ban on Ekpo Masquerades still in force – Tourism Commissioner Udofia• The Akwa Ibom State Government has announced that it has upgraded its College of Education, Afaha Nsit, Nsit Ibom LGA to a university of education. The state Commissioner of Information, Dr…
Tinubu bows to public pressure, reviews clemency list
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesTinubu bows to public pressure, reviews clemency list Following public criticisms of his pardon granted some individuals convicted of various crimes, President Bola Tinubu has made a U-turn by reviewing the list. Accordingly, he has signed instruments of clemency and pardon to give legal backing to his constitutional power of prerogative of mercy to…
Neglected CSR: Effiat youth leader speaks, lauds Gov Eno, ors on interventions
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesOkokon Asuquo Okon, national youth president of Effiat Community in Mbo Local Government Area, has accused oil companies operating in the Effiat Ikpoto Community of neglecting their corporate social responsibilities (CSR), leading to years of frustration and agitation among the youth. Okon, popularly known as Commander Egbu Nkakad, in a chat with newsmen in…
Save our healthcare sector, resident doctors plead with PBT
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares Save our healthcare system, resident doctors plead with PBT Worried by what they perceive as government’s non-implementation of their 19-point demands,” the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has taken its case to President Bola Tinubu for his direct personal intervention. In a letter entitled, ‘A Passionate Appeal to the Commander-in-Chief of the…
Charges against Senator Natasha not abuse of court process – AGF
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice has faulted claim by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan that the charges filed against before the HIgh Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the Federal High Court in Abuja amounted to an abuse of court process. The AGF’s office said…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesDangote targets making Refinery world’s largest by 2028 Africa’s wealthiest man, Aliko Dangote, has announced his plan to expand his petroleum refinery from its current 650,000 barrels per daily to 1.4 million barrels per day. If all goes well as planned, this dream would become a reality by 2018 and make the refinery the…
Ibibio royal fathers receive Akpabio, declare support for him, Tinubu
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe leadership of the Ibibio Traditional Council in Akwa Ibom State has declared total support for President of the Senate and former governor of the state, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. They made the declaration on Friday while receiving Akpabio and his entourage comprising some members of the National Assembly,…
Tinubu fires, replaces service chiefs
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares Tinubu fires, replaces service 8chiefs· President Bola Tinubu yesterday removed from office his service chiefs and appointed others to take their places with immediate effect. The development came barely a week after rumours of a coup plot against the Tinubu administration spread on the country, a developmentthe Defence Headquarters promptly denied as a…