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As the Senate resumed plenary on Tuesday, Advocate Broadcasting Network (ADBN), a television station based in Akwa Ibom alongside six others, is approved to cover live plenary of the Red chambers. This is as the Red Chambers has barred 10 television stations from live coverage of its plenary. Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has brushed aside negotiations with the Senate Press Corps. Consequently, the National Assembly Sergeant-At-Arms barred the television stations in the country from having access to the Chamber starting from Tuesday. Also read As Senate inaugurates Ad hoc to probe N30trn Ways and Means, Emefiele in trouble Senate probes…

Dr. Daniel Evans Eshett …Α Keynote paper on the occasion of the 2024 World Press Freedom Day, by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Akwa Ibom State Council, May 3, 2024 Introduction The lives of billions of people worldwide are also being impacted by the climate and biodiversity crises, in addition to the environment and ecosystems. Their turbulent and heartbreaking tales ought to be heard and shared. It’s not always enjoyable to watch them. They might even be unsettling. However, that knowledge alone makes action possible. The first step in resolving the crisis is exposing it. Journalists play a vital…

In an effort to boost the reading culture among the people,  MediaFuse-Dentsu Nigeria, has decided to sponsor the reading session of Uyo Book Club, a vibrant community of book lovers based in Nigeria’s Akwa State. Founded 2014, the leading integrated marketing communications network, is full-service agency offering specialist media services, integrated communication planning, full creative services, production, content development and aggregation, search and performance marketing; social/community management. The Group Chief Executive Officer of MediaFuse-Dentsu Nigeria, Emeka Chris Okeke, in a letter to the founder of UBC, Dr. Udeme Nana, described the sponsorship as another way of supporting initiatives that foster…

The Presidency has hit former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for what it calls ‘’fast developing a reputation for distorting and manipulating facts for his self-serving objective of discrediting the current administration.’’ In a press release entitled: STATE HOUSE PRESS STATEMENT ATIKU ABUBAKAR’S PENCHANT FOR DISTORTING FACTS, Bayo Onanuga Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy had on May 6, 2024 knocked Atiku for daring to criticse Tinubu administration over award of contract for the construction of Lagos-Calabar Coastal superhighway to a company in which the President’s son-…

Governor Umo Eno, Monday, May 6, gave legal backing to the amended Akwa Ibom Independent Electoral Commission Law Cap 69 Bill recently passed into law by the State House of Assembly. AKISIEC is a legal umpire that conducts elections into the 31 local government councils in the state. With the amendment, the Akwa Ibom Independent Electoral Commission Law will update the electoral laws in the state. It will enhance efficiency in the electoral process at the grassroots level, provides legal backing and aligns the activities of AKISIEC in the conduct of local government elections. Also read Gov Eno sets age…

Chelsea thrashed West Ham 5-0 to move above Manchester United into seventh place and keep their hopes of European qualification on Sunday. Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino is fighting to convince the club’s co-owner Todd Boehly to give him a second season in charge after his troubled debut campaign. Pochettino admits it is “not his decision” if he stays, but securing a place in Europe could be enough to avoid the sack. Cole Palmer put Chelsea ahead in the 15th minute with his 21st league goal of the season, the forward firing home after West Ham failed to clear. Related posts…

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has again hit Godwin Emefiele, the embattled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), for leaving behind a “foamy economy.” Though ‘foamy’ economy is not a standard economic term, Artificial Intelligence says ‘foamy’ economy is characterized by speculation, bubbles or unstable growth. On his earlier remark about Emefiele being responsible for Nigeria’s economic woes, Akpabio said, “I still stand by my position.” Akpabio alleged that Emefiele “left a very big hole in the national treasury,” urging Nigerians to be patient with President Bola Tinubu administration, You may also read Eno seeks Akpabio’s intervention in…

Akwa Ibom Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has sought Senator Godswill Akpabio’s intervention, in the realization of the Ibom Deep Seaport, Palm Oil Refinery, Petroleum Products Depot in the state. Eno made the call Friday, when Senate President, Akpabio paid him during a State Banquet for Akpabio and other visiting Senators at Government House, Uyo. The Governor stated that the development of the seaport which has the deepest water drought in Nigeria will be an economic catalyst for Nigeria in the Gulf of Guinea. Also read We need free press, unbiased reportage- advocates Gov Eno  Jonathan, Akpabio, Udom, others salute Governor Eno…

The former manager, First City Monument Bank, FCMB, Onitsha branch, Nwachukwu Placidus, has been turned to a prison landlord for diverting fixed deposit funds of a customer worth N112,100,000 million to his personal use. Placidus is to spend a cumulative of 121 years behind bars. Justice S. N. Odili of the Anambra State High Court in Onitsha, handed the judgement on Friday following Placidus’ arraignment on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 by the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The EFCC Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, in a statement on Saturday, explained that the convict was arraigned on…

Severe windstorm visited angst on Ibom ICON Hotels and Golf Course, Uyo, pulling down about 100 trees and blocking some footpaths and Right Of Way. Worst hit of the unfortunate incident which occurred on the evening of Wednesday, May 1, 2024, is the golf course where the ferocious windstorm uprooted some trees and battered some branches. The hotel premises and the golf looks like a war-torn area as fallen trees spread across different corners waiting for sawing to ease access to some places by users and visitors alike. Keen observers think that havocs wrecked by the windstorm could pose serious…