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AV Becoming Series: Building Young Minds For Purpose, Enterprise And Community Impact

adminSeptember 4, 2026

The launch of the AV Becoming Series in Uyo has highlighted the importance of exposing young people to ideas, experiences and practical lessons that can strengthen their capacity for purposeful living, entrepreneurship and leadership. The event, held at the Ibom-LED Amphitheatre, featured the unveiling of three books by Williams and MefLyn Anwana. Beyond the book...

Ondo Pay: Aiyedatiwa Moves State Payroll To Digital Platform

adminSeptember 4, 2026

The Ondo State Government has introduced Ondo Pay, a digital payroll and human resources system aimed at making salary administration faster, more accurate and easier to monitor across the state public service. The AI-enabled platform brings key payroll functions, including employee records, salary calculations, approvals, payments, reporting and pension migration, into a centralised system. The...

Prolonged Ondo Varsities Strike Raises Question About Unspent ₦4.73bn

adminSeptember 4, 2026

Students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) and Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH) are facing prolonged disruption of academic activities as industrial action continues at the institutions. The disruption has drawn attention to reports that about ₦4.73 billion allocated to the two universities was not spent, even as workers complain of unpaid...

A’Ibom Infrastructure: Activist Wants Government To Open Hensek’s 11-Year Contract Files

adminSeptember 4, 2026

The paper trail behind more than a decade of road and infrastructure projects handled by Hensek Integrated Services Ltd in Akwa Ibom may soon come under public scrutiny, following a demand for the state government to release details of the contracts awarded to the indigenous construction firm. A public affairs commentator, Ita Benedict, has asked...

Blast Hits APC Governorship Candidate’s Convoy In Borno

adminSeptember 4, 2026

The convoy of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Borno State, Engr. Mustapha Gubio, reportedly came under attack on Thursday after a police armoured vehicle was hit by an explosive on the Gubio-Kareto-Damasak highway. Daily Trust reported the incident in a breaking report. According to the newspaper, the incident happened as Gubio and...

A’Ibom @ 39: Ikono Sets To Receive ARISE Youth Development Centre As Governor Eno Unveils Facility

adminSeptember 4, 2026

Ikono Local Government Area is set to witness a major youth-focused development today, Friday, as Governor Umo Eno commissions the ARISE Youth Development Centre as part of activities marking Akwa Ibom State’s 39th anniversary. The commissioning, scheduled for 3:00 p.m., is expected to attract government officials, traditional rulers, community leaders, youth groups, stakeholders and residents,...

Musa: Military Pressure Can Force Terrorists To Abandon Hostages

adminSeptember 4, 2026

Kidnapped victims can sometimes be recovered without a firefight because terrorists flee their hideouts once they realise that troops have closed in, Defence Minister Christopher Musa has said. Musa explained that military operations are not always designed around direct assaults, noting that security forces can deploy manoeuvres that isolate criminal camps and leave their occupants...

AKWA IBOM @39: DOMINIC CARDINAL EKANDEM

adminSeptember 4, 2026

By N.T.A Efo Dominic Cardinal Ekandem was a towering son of Akwa Ibom, a pioneering Catholic churchman, nation-builder and visionary whose life of faith, courage, service and leadership left an enduring imprint on Nigeria and the wider African Church. Born in 1917 in Obio Ibiono, in present-day Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area, Dominic Ignatius Ekandem...

Akwa Ibom @39

adminSeptember 4, 2026

RAY EKPU Mr. Raymond Amos Ekpu, popularly known as Ray Ekpu, is one of Nigeria’s most distinguished journalists, a master of the written word, an accomplished editor, an incisive columnist, a courageous defender of press freedom, and an enduring voice for truth, knowledge and democratic values. For more than five decades, Ray Ekpu has occupied...

Eno Inspects Ibom Medical City, Assures On-Schedule Delivery

adminSeptember 4, 2026

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has inspected ongoing work at the Ibom Medical City, expressing confidence that the project will be delivered within its scheduled timeline. Eno carried out the inspection on Thursday while returning from Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area, where he had commissioned a road project. During the visit, he received...

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