Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95, the Vatican announced on Saturday. The Pope Emeritus has been down with sickness. Details later…
Month: September 2024
Akwa Ibom Rep Advocates Improved Welfare for Nigerians
Member representing Etinan/Nsit Ibom/Nsit Ubium Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr Onofiok Luke has called on the leadership of the National Assembly to put in place measures to alleviate and mitigate the hardship that Nigerian are going through. He made this call while raising issues concerning the report of the Finance Committee […]
Breaking! APPEAL COURT FREES SENATOR BASSEY ALBERT
The Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, today granted bail to the incarcerated Governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in Akwa Ibom State, Senator Bassey Albert. OBA, as he is popularly called, was convicted Thursday, December 1 this year, by Agatha Okeke of the Federal High Court in […]
Yuletide: Umana’s Wife fetes Children, harps on Godliness, Discipline
By Evelyn Udobia The wife of the Hon Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor (Mrs.) Florence Umana Okon Umana on Monday hosted children to a Christmas party to share in the joy and love of the season, with a charge to be godly and disciplined. The event which held at her Ewet Housing residence […]
Akwa Ibom ACCORD Guber Candidate Vows To Pay Workers 13th Month Salary When Elected
As part of plans to better the lives of civil servants in Akwa Ibom, the governorship candidate of ACCORD in the State, Engr. Emem Coffie FNICE, COREN, has promised that as from December 2023 when he assumes office as the Governor, he will start the payment of 13th month salary. Coffie, a COREN registered […]
ASR Africa Gives N5.5bn grants to 22 Nigerian universities, institutions for infrastructure devt
The Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa) yesterday, announced a N5.5billion grant to 22 universities and institutions of higher learning across Nigeria of 250million Naira each towards infrastructure projects under its ASR Africa Tertiary Education Grants Scheme (TEGS). According to our source; Daily Post, this will bring to 30, the number of tertiary […]
OBA: THE UNBENT SPIRIT OF A SUPER-HERO
“Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another” – Nelson Mandela By Destiny Akaiso If the ultimate target was that by forcing OBA out of the scene by open conspiracy, he will be crestfallen and crushed in spirit, such that he […]
ASR Africa Donates N500m Grant To NDLEA
Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd), has commended the Chairman of Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa), Alhaji Abdul Samad Rabiu, for his philanthropy and support for humanity. He gave the commendation at the agency’s national headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday December 21, when […]
OBA: THE SHEPHERD AND HIS FLOCK
By lmo Ben If only we can imagine the suffering most faithful shepherds go through to care for their flocks, then we would be in better spirit to appreciate what befell Senator (Obong) Bassey Albert, OBA, recently. The shepherd sacrifices his comfort and sometimes even risks his life through bushes and lonely paths to […]
GOVERNOR’S WIFE TO INAUGURATE REMODELED CKS PROJECT UNDERTAKEN BY UYO VICE CHAIRMAN, WEDNESDAY
As part of her efforts to support the Udom Emmanuel-led administration in the provision of conducive and enabling learning environment so as to motivate pupils to learn adequately, the Vice Chairman, Uyo Local Government Council, Hon. (Pst.) Sylvia Ekong, has remodeled a six-classroom hall block at Christ the King (CKS) Primary School, Wellington Bassey […]