A’Ibom partners Lagos State on emergency management
Etim Ekpimah Officials of the Akwa Ibom State Emergency Management Agency are in Lagos to get first-hand information on how to increase their knowledge of
EFCC arraigns medical supplier for N2.9m fraud
Glory Ebomah The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Sunday Ekele, for criminal breach of trust and misappropriation
A’Ibom govt presents budgetary outlay of N845.632bn to assembly
Ini Billie, Uyo The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Umo Eno has presented a budgetary outlay of N845.632 billion for the 2024 Financial Year to
‘3 judges shouldn’t upturn millions of voters’ – Obasanjo rejects sack of govs
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has faulted verdicts of the Nigerian judges on the electoral disputes, saying three to five judges should not overturn decisions made…
Kano, Jigawa, Sokoto students to benefit from EU intervention
Kano State has been selected to be one of the top beneficiaries of the newly introduced European Union-funded education and empowerment programme in Nigeria. The
37 die in Congo Army recruitment stampede
Agency Report Thirty-seven youths were killed in a stampede overnight during an army recruitment drive in a stadium in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic
Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa alive, hearty – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters has described a report as unfortunate, unethical and lacking credibility by an online newspaper alleging that the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS),
PWDs: A’Ibom begins paying N100m scholarship grant to students
Ini Billie, Uyo The Akwa Ibom State Government has started the payment of N100 million scholarship grant to students who are Persons With Disability (PWD).
Be peaceful with host communities, Eno urges corps members
Akpan Umoh, Uyo Gov Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom has charged corps members to be peaceful and initiate projects that would be of benefit to
NCDMB begins training of PENGASSAN executives on leadership skills
Akpan Umoh, Uyo The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has commenced the training of Executives of the Petroleum & Natural Gas Senior Staff
Fake American soldier bags two years jail term in Kaduna
Etim Ekpimah The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, November 20, 2023, secured the conviction and sentencing of
NBS assembles stakeholders to chat ways for improved statistical system for development
Akpan Umoh, Uyo The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has assembled stakeholders to deliberate on the Production of the National Strategy for Development of Statistics
Gunmen attack A’Ibom community, abduct businessman
Our Correspondent The waves of kidnapping that have swept parts of Akwa Ibom State, especially Oruk Anam Local Government Area and environs have taken another
Man dies in police custody in Akwa Ibom
… family ordered to provide money for autopsy Ofonime Honesty, Uyo The police in Akwa Ibom State have been accused of seizing the corpse of
Obasanjo: Western Liberal Democracy not working for Africa
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, submitted that Western Liberal Democracy has not been a system of government in Africa because it was “forced” on
Bigamy: Naturalised Nigerian professor expelled from S’Africa
Professor Edwin Ijeoma, who relocated to South Africa in 1998 to study at the University of Pretoria has been expelled from the country on allegation
SERAP, 35 others sue Tinubu for appointing ‘APC Loyalists’ as RECs
Two civil society organisations – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT – and 34 concerned Nigerians, have dragged President Bola Tinubu before the Federal
Protesting tanker drivers threaten breakaway from NUPENG
The Petroleum Tanker Drivers arm of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, on Sunday, threatened to pull out of NUPENG. PTD declared
Rice price skyrockets as local production declines
Rice consumption in the country has been on a steady rise, beyond the reach of local supply, leading to a supply gap of about two
Court remands student over attempted defilement of 3-year-old girl
A Magistrates Court in Kwara State has remanded a 21-year-old student, Adamu AbdulGaniyu, a resident of Ajijola Anabi Compound, Ita Kudima, Ilorin, Kwara State for
Bayelsa Oil Communities lament bottlenecks in PIA implementation
… threaten to shut down oil production Nathan Tamarapreye, Yenagoa Oil-bearing communities in Bayelsa State have bemoaned prolonged delays in the implementation of the host
Appeal Court sacks Plateau Governor, Mutfwang
The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal on Sunday sacked Plateau State Governor, Mutfwang Manasseh of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. It ordered the
Man kidnaps self, demands N3m ransom from his relatives
The Abia State Police Command has arrested one John, from Amachara, Umuahia South Local Government Area (LGA) of Abia State for faking his own kidnap
Doherty tackles Sanwo-Olu over N2bn for rechargeable fans, N18m for chickens
The governorship candidate of the Action Democratic Congress in Lagos State, Funso Doherty, has written to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on projects funded