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Eno Inaugurates Model Health Centre In Ikot Ekpe, Pledges Mkpat Enin-Efa Road Commissioning

adminSeptember 15, 2026

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has inaugurated a Model Primary Healthcare Centre in Ikot Ekpe, Mkpat Enin Local Government Area, while announcing plans to return soon for the commissioning of the 10.8-kilometre Mkpat Enin-Efa Road. The Governor made the pledge on Monday during the inauguration, saying the two interventions were part of his...

NYSC Plans Home-Based Registration For Corps Members From 2027

adminSeptember 15, 2026

Prospective corps members may no longer need to leave their homes or queue at cybercafés to register for national service from 2027, as the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) moves to decentralise its registration process. The proposed reform was disclosed in Abuja on Monday by the NYSC Director-General, Brig.-Gen. Olakunle Oluseye Nafiu, at the opening...

Lagos: Judges’ Longer Tenure Triggers Review Of Magistrates’ Retirement Age

adminSeptember 15, 2026

Lagos State says the extension of High Court judges’ retirement age to 70 years has created a career bottleneck in the lower judiciary, prompting a proposed review of the retirement rules for Magistrates and Law Officers. The Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Lawal Pedro, SAN, gave the explanation as controversy continues to...

Ibeno Communities Get New Power Network As HCDT Unveils Development Projects

adminSeptember 14, 2026

Residents of host communities in Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State are set to benefit from a major electricity intervention involving about 42 kilometres of distribution lines and five new substations delivered by the NNPC/SEPNU Joint Venture Ibeno Host Community Development Trust. The project, comprising about 18 kilometres of 33kV lines and 24...

CCB Warns New Officers: Power, Money Will Test Your Integrity

adminSeptember 14, 2026

The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has warned newly recruited investigation and enforcement officers that their real test begins after graduation, urging them to resist inducements, intimidation and other pressures that could compromise their constitutional responsibilities. CCB Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Bello, gave the warning on Monday in Abuja at the closing ceremony of a four-week...

SSDC Moves To Turn South-South Universities Into Development Laboratories

adminSeptember 14, 2026

Idara Jerome, Uyo The South-South Development Commission (SSDC) is seeking to reposition universities in the region from institutions largely associated with academic instruction into active laboratories for solving the South-South’s development problems. The move emerged Monday, at a strategic meeting between the Commission and Vice-Chancellors of federal universities in the region at the University of...

Tinubu Warns NCDC, Others Against White-Elephant Projects

adminSeptember 14, 2026

President Bola Tinubu has warned the North Central Development Commission (NCDC) and other regional development agencies against becoming vehicles for corruption, political patronage and projects with little direct impact on citizens. The President issued the warning at the first North Central Stakeholders’ Development Summit in Abuja, where he was represented by the Secretary to the...

‘Bring Your Bills, I’ll Pay And Still Buy Your People Beer’ — Uyo Power User Tells PHED, Hails Governor Eno

adminSeptember 14, 2026

An Uyo-based electricity user, Mr Imo Udoima, has urged the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution PLC (PHED) to bring his electricity bills, promising to pay and even buy drinks for its workers, following what he described as a marked improvement in power supply in the state. Udoima made the remarks while commending Governor Umo Eno for...

MMI Backs SSDC’s Stakeholder Engagement, Seeks Development-Focused Partnership

adminSeptember 14, 2026

Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio (MMI) has pledged to support the South South Development Commission (SSDC) in its efforts to accelerate development across the region, with the organisation positioning itself as a strategic stakeholder in the commission’s programmes. The commitment was made Monday, when the SSDC Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Ms Usoro Akpabio, led a delegation to...

Akwa Ibom Pays Over ₦90bn Of Inherited Gratuities, HOS Says

adminSeptember 14, 2026

The Akwa Ibom State Government says it has so far paid over ₦90 billion out of the ₦111 billion inherited gratuity and pension liabilities owed workers before the administration of Governor Umo Eno assumed office, the Head of Civil Service, Mrs Elsie Peter, has disclosed. Peter made the disclosure on Monday at a press conference...

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