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Nigeria’s Raw Material Exports Undermine Industrial Growth, Expert Warns

adminOctober 14, 2026

Nigeria’s continued export of raw materials without sufficient local processing is undermining its industrial potential, a United States-based engineering professor, Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua, has warned, urging the Federal Government to prioritise domestic manufacturing through targeted tax incentives and investment in advanced technology. She argued that the country must move from exporting primary commodities to producing finished...

Tinubu Seeks Repeal Of Indian Hemp Act In Major Overhaul Of Drug Laws

adminOctober 14, 2026

President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to repeal Nigeria’s decades-old Indian Hemp Act as part of a proposed overhaul of the country’s legal framework for combating illicit drugs, seeking to replace the existing legislation with a consolidated drug control law. The President’s request, contained in a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during...

Senate Orders Audit Of Military Aircraft Fleet After Ondo Crash Kills 25

adminOctober 13, 2026

The Senate has called for a comprehensive audit of the Nigerian Air Force’s aircraft fleet and a review of maintenance funding following an October 5 crash in Ondo State that reportedly killed 25 people. The upper chamber also wants the circumstances surrounding the accident investigated, with findings made public to establish the immediate and underlying...

Flood Victims In Four A’Ibom LGAs Get Relief Materials As Government Steps In

adminOctober 13, 2026

The Akwa Ibom State Government has begun distributing relief supplies to flood-hit communities in four local government areas, as households affected by the disaster receive assistance to cope with losses to their homes and livelihoods. The intervention covers Uyo, Itu, Abak and Uruan Local Government Areas, where the government has handed over food and essential...

NSCDC Nee Commandant Targets Oil Theft, Infrastructure Vandalism In Akwa Ibom

adminOctober 13, 2026

The new Akwa Ibom State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Jonathan Olariche, has vowed to intensify the fight against oil theft, vandalism of critical national assets and other criminal activities, placing the protection of public infrastructure at the centre of his security agenda. Olariche, who has assumed duty as the...

A’Ibom Govt Targets Skilled Jobs For Indigenes, Secures Sterling Global Underwater Welding Slots

adminOctober 13, 2026

Akwa Ibom State is seeking to expand the access of its indigenes to specialised industrial job through a six-month underwater welding training programme for 93 youths, as the state government steps up engagement with Sterling Global over workers’ welfare and employment practices. The training initiative, to be sponsored by Sterling Global, will involve three candidates...

Umo Eno’s Mkpat Enin–Etinan Road Cuts Travel Time From Two Hours To 10 Minutes

adminOctober 13, 2026

The completion of a 10.83-kilometre road linking communities in Mkpat Enin and Etinan Local Government Areas has reduced travel time along the corridor from about two hours to 10 minutes, according to the Akwa Ibom State Government. The project, executed by Governor Umo Eno’s administration, covers the Mkpat Enin–Ikot Ekpe–Ikot Afang–Ikot Umiang–Mbioto–Efa Road, including a...

Akpabio Rejects Mercy For Suicide Survivors As Senate Weighs Decriminalisation

adminOctober 13, 2026

…As Bill Proposes Treatment, Crisis Helplines, Rehabilitation Instead Of Jail Senate President Godswill Akpabio has opposed plans to remove imprisonment as punishment for attempted suicide, setting up a sharp disagreement in the Senate over whether survivors should face prosecution or receive medical and psychological support. Akpabio’s position emerged as a bill seeking to decriminalise attempted...

Akwa Ibom Sports Ministry, Army Explore Joint Programme For Talent Development

adminOctober 13, 2026

YThe Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Sports and the Nigerian Army are exploring areas of cooperation that could expand sporting opportunities, improve physical fitness among military personnel and strengthen the discovery of athletes for state and national competitions. The proposed collaboration emerged during a visit by the Commanding Officer of 6 Battalion, Wellington Bassey Barracks,...

Umahi Seeks Tinubu’s Approval To Extend East-West Road By 400km, Reaffirms Coastal Highway Route

adminOctober 13, 2026

The Federal Government has sought President Bola Tinubu’s approval to extend the East-West Road by an additional 400 kilometres across the Niger Delta, as the Minister of Works, David Umahi, reaffirmed that the 750-kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway remains on its approved alignment. Umahi disclosed this after briefing the President, explaining that the proposed extension would...

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