No fewer than five communities in Akwa Ibom State have benefited from World Bank-assisted micro projects worth N50 million to enhance community development in the state. The Commissioner for Economic Development and Ibom Deep Seaport, Akan Okon, revealed this during ...

The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka, Mbo Council of Akwa Ibom State, has arrested 13 suspected smugglers and seized 2,053 bags of rice weighing 50kg each from them. Parading the suspects yesterday in Ibaka, the Commanding Officer, FOB, ...

The Senate has sworn in representative of Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District, Christopher Ekpenyong of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The lawmaker took the oath administered by Deputy Clerk of the Senate, Musa Abdullahi about 10:40 am after adoption ...

The South East Amalgamated Traders Association (SEAMATA) urged Igbo traders to shelve their business trips to China and other Asian countries following the outbreak of Coronavirus. In a statement in Enugu, President General of SEAMATA, Chief Gozie Akudolu and Secretary, ...

Swears in Ekpenyong as representative of A’Ibom North West The Senate has charged the Federal Ministry of Aviation on the need for proper surveillance of all persons arriving from China, especially Chinese citizens from Nigeria who traveled for the Chinese ...

Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan again visited the Presidential Villa, Abuja where he met with President Muhammadu Buhari. The former president was sighted when he was being ushered into the president’s office about 1.45pm. It is unclear whether the meeting ...

Beneficiaries of European Union (EU) and World Bank-assisted projects, under the supervision of Delta State Employment and Expenditure For Results (SEEFOR) at different locations in the state have commended the interventions in their communities. The impact assessment, led by National ...

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has cautioned leaders and members of the proscribed Edo Peoples Movement (EPM) to desist from activities and statements capable of causing breakdown of law and order in the state. He specifically warned former Governor Adams ...

A professor of Climatology, Department of Geography, University of Lagos, Emmanuel Oladipo, has cautioned that if proper measures are not taken to harness the effects of climate change, the Niger Delta region could be submerged in flood. Oladipo, who is ...

Gender Development and Policy Centre (Gen-Cent), University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), in collaboration with Women Aid Collective (WACOL) has taken the campaign against sexual harassment in tertiary institutions to the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus (UNEC). Gen-Cent, which promotes gender ...