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In a bold move to cushion the economic hardship facing workers in the state, the Imo State Government has raised the minimum wage from ₦70,000 to ₦104,000. Governor Hope Uzodimma made the announcement during a crucial meeting with labour leaders at the Government House in Owerri, the state capital. This is even as the governor approved ₦16 billion for the immediate clearance of all outstanding gratuities owed to pensioners in the state. You may also read: Imo: Uzodimma Still Unsettled, Scared Of PDP  For civil servants already earning consolidated salaries of ₦104,000 or more, the government has approved an additional 10…

A top government official in Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Ebang Engonga, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for embezzlement, months after he made major headlines when leaked sex tapes involving him and the wives of other officials surfaced online. Hilario Mitogo, press director of the Supreme Court, said the Bioko provincial tribunal found Engonga guilty of diverting hundreds of thousands of dollars in public funds earmarked for official travel expenses. Engonga, who served as head of the national financial investigation agency, was tried alongside five other top officials accused of misappropriating state resources in the oil-rich Central African nation.…

Governor Umo Eno has charged Bulk Purchase Agency to prioritise issuance of vouchers to the pregnant women, nursing mothers, the elderly and persons with disabilities. Eno spoke this during the Third Phase of the Arise Food Security Programme during food distribution to vulnerable households in Ibiono Ibom and Itu Local Government Areas on Monday. Spearheaded by the Akwa Ibom State Government through the Bulk Purchase Agency, the initiative reflects Pastor Umo Eno’s sustained commitment to food relief and social support across the state following the ARISE Food Security Team storming the council headquarters with a truckload of rice and beans…

Hope is rising as Ukanafun Local Government urban in Akwa Ibom State returns to electricity ways after wallowing in blackout for more than eight years despite successive local government administrations in the area. Owing to vandalisation of electricity basic infrastructure and abandonment of contracts award, Ikot Akpa Nkuk, the local government headquarters and its environs beam hope of electricity supply.  Unfortunately, the economic life of the urban and its environ is ebbing and social life is gravely zeroing thus easing suspected pick pockets, phone snatchers, kidnappers and robbery suspects to have a field day in the area. You may also…

Akwa Ibom State Government has restated its commitment to tackling malnutrition and improving the health of women and children through strengthened partnerships with development organizations. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ekem Emmanuel John, stated this at the year 1 results sharing of the Transforming Lives Through Nutrition project implemented by three consortium of partners: Helen Keller Int’l, Vitamin Angels, and International Development Enterprises (IDE), with grant from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The event, held on August 22, 2025, at CEEDAPEG Hotels, Ewet Housing Estate, Uyo, featured the presentation of the first-year scorecard of the Transforming Lives…

Akwa Ibom government has reiterated the call for people in the state to head to farm to enhance adequate food production. This was as ARISE Food Security Programme of the Governor Umo Eno-led administration hit Oruk Anam  and the people celebrated the life-saving intervention of  the third phase of the free food distribution. While reiterating its call for the citizens to return to the farm as a more sustainable solution to hunger, the State Government assured that the periodic intervention of free staple food distribution to the vulnerable people at the grassroots will keep coming in phases, to cushion economic…

Press release The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has smoked out two additional suspects in connection with a recent failed kidnapping attempt in Eket Local Government Area. In a press release dated August 25 and signed by DSP Timfon John, Police Public Relations Officer, Akwa Ibom State Police Command said ‘‘Following a painstaking intelligence-gathering operation, Operatives of the Command in a joint operation, apprehended two individuals on August 22, 2025, around 1:00AM. ‘‘The suspects have been identified as Victor Bassey Tom, a resident of Uqua Isi Edoho, Esit Eket Local Government Area, and Nelson Samuel of Okorotip, Ibeno Local Government…

… Redeploys Commissioner for Lands The Akwa Ibom State Government has revoked land allocations made from May 29, 2023, to August 25, 2025, including government-acquired lands. A statement issued Monday by the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Uko Essien Udom, SAN, explained that the action is to enable the revalidation of all land allocations and migration to the new digital Akwa-GIS platform. During this transition, all fresh allocations and land transactions are suspended for one month during which period the Directorate of Land shall be shut, while the revalidation exercise will last two months, to be conducted by the GIS…

The National Commission for Colleges of Education has sealed 22 illegal Colleges of Education in the country.  The institutions were discovered during a crackdown on illegal colleges of education in the country. The Commission said: “The NCCE identified and shut down 22 illegal Colleges of Education operating across the country. You may also read: CSO Urges Gov Eno To assent Akwa Ibom State University of Education Bill  I Lost my parents at 13 that threatened my education– Justice Mbaba Recounts  Many Nigerian Graduates Can’t Read Nor Write, Bemoans Minister of Education “The NCCE conducted personnel audit, financial monitoring in all…

Pan-Africanist Julius Malema says the transformation and development of the continent lies within it and not from other countries.  Malema, the South African opposition leader, spoke on Sunday during the opening ceremony of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) Annual General Conference. “We must reject the illusion that our salvation will come from Washington, London, Brussels, or Beijing. Our salvation lies here, in Lagos and Johannesburg, in Abuja and Pretoria, in the hands of Africans who refuse to be divided,” the opposition leader told the gathering in Enugu. You may wish to read: South African farmers arraigned for killing Two women…