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Aniefiok Christopher The Akwa Ibom Commissioner of Police, Baba Mohammed Azare, has challenged senior police officers to embrace mentorship as a fundamental leadership responsibility and a critical tool in building the next generation of professional police leaders in the Nigeria Police Force. Azare described mentorship as one of the most powerful instruments for institutional growth, stressing that policing is not merely about enforcing the law but also about developing capable, disciplined, ethical, and service-oriented officers who will sustain the vision and values for the Force. He made the call while delivering a lecture titled “Mentorship in Policing: Building the Next…

The Federal Government has praised the recent sanction of three Nigerian bureau de change operators by the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for alleged terrorism financing.  “The Nigeria Sanctions Committee welcomes the recent inclusion of Mukthar Muhammad Adamu, Nine to Nine BDC, and Generation BDC Limited by the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) yesterday. “These designations follow the inclusion of Adamu and his companies as part of a broader update to the Nigeria Sanctions List approved and published on 18th June 2026,” it disclosed in a statement by the committee made available to Channels…

Akakan Umoh  Nigeria’s Health Minister and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, has advised Akwa Ibom Government to make health insurance scheme mandatory for all people in the state. At the moment, Akwa Ibom civil servants (including junior civil servants whose enrollment was funded by the state), children aged 0 to 5 years, pregnant women, elderly persons aged 60 years and above, persons with disabilities (PWDs) and Internally displaced persons (IDPs) are beneficiaries of the scheme. Speaking at the unveiling of Ibom International Hospital, Uyo on Tuesday, Pate said making the scheme mandatory would ensure wider coverage and improved access…

Edi Umoh Argentina captain Lionel Messi has made history as the highest goal scorer in FIFA World Cup history after taking his tally to 17 goals in the Mundial. Messi became the highest goal scorer in World Cup history Monday, moving up to 18 with a superb double in Argentina’s Group J match against Austria and breaking a tie with Germany legend Miroslav Klose. He entered the day on 16 goals following a hat trick in Argentina’s opener, and missed a penalty early on against Austria which briefly denied him the outright record. Also read Men’s Ballon d’Or: Lionel Messi…

Israel Umoh The controversies, intrigues and endless delays that have trailed the take-off of Ibom Deep Seaport in Nigeria’s Akwa Ibom State are more like fairytale and nightmare. Conceived by Akwa Ibom ex-Governor Victor Attah with lofty promises more than 21 years ago to transform Nigeria’s Maritime economy and become a major shipping hub, the project has become a symbol of bureaucratic bottlenecks, political grandstanding and unfulfilled expectations. From the flimsy name change to location argument, the much-touted project remains on the drawing board with buck-passing, leaving prospective investors and major stakeholders to continue wallowing in the sea of uncertainty.…

Aniefiok Christopher Open Forum has decried the delay in the implementation of Ibom Science Park over what it described as ‘‘mismanagement of the project’’ by past administrations in the state, leading to a sorry state of the project. Consequently, the organsation has called on the state government to order forensic audit of all State-owned investments and AKICORP, the supervising agency presiding over the failure of government investments. Addressing journalists in his office, Mr. Matthew Koffi Okono, the Forum’s President, urged the Governor to direct the officials at AKICORP, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Trade and Investment, the Ministry…

Agency Report Keir Starmer has resigned as British prime minister and leader of the Labour Party, bringing an end to his premiership just two years after leading Labour to a landmark general election victory. Starmer announced Monday that he will stand down as Labour leader and Prime Minister, ending months of political turmoil and opening a contest to replace him. The announcement follows mounting pressure on the prime minister after Labour suffered heavy losses in local elections in May and faced an increasingly vocal rebellion from his own lawmakers over his leadership and policy agenda. The move comes less than…

Aniefiok Christopher Nigerian’s President Bola Tinubu and Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele have felicitated Governor Biodun Oyebanji on his victory in the Saturday’s Ekiti State governorship election. The President hailed the people of Ekiti State for what he described as their “peaceful and orderly conduct, and for reposing their trust in Oyebanji.” In a statement issued on Sunday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu also praised security agencies for maintaining law and order during the poll. He charged the Independent National Electoral Commission to continue improving on the conduct of…

Akakan Umoh The Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has won the 16 local government areas in the Ekiti State governorship poll, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced the results in the early hours of Sunday. The results announced by the Returning Officer, Professor Adenike Oladiji, showed that Oyebanji recorded a clean sweep across the state, defeating his closest challengers, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Wole Oluyede, and the African Democratic Congress candidate, Dare Bejide. Oyebanji also the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has set a record as the first governor in Ekiti State’s history to win re-election…

Aniefiok Christopher A Nigerian clergyman, Bishop Osaji Patrick, the founder of Goshen Christian Assembly, Obosi in Anambra State, has predicted that Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) will withdraw the presidential candidacy of Mr. Peter Obi before the 2027 general elections over what the party calls lack of confidence in him.  Obi joined NDC led by Senator Seriake Dickson on May 3, 2026 after he had defected from African Democratic Congress (ADC) to be chosen as the party’s Presidential candidate for the 2027 general election. Later, Obi was adopted as the NDC presidential candidate following a motion by Senator Victor Umeh representing…