Akwa Ibom News

REMAPPING: Eastern Obolo communities cry out, kick against Akwa Ibom government 

REMAPPING: Eastern Obolo communities cry out, kick against Akwa Ibom government  …call on President Buhari, NASS, others to intervene Over 17 communities of Eastern Obolo Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom state, have kicked against the move by the state house of assembly directing the Surveyor General of the state to redesign the map of

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Politics

Wole Soyinka knocks Obidients, challenges Baba-Ahmed to a live debate

Wole Soyinka knocks Obidients, challenges Baba-Ahmed to a live debate Prof Wole Soyinka has criticised supporters of Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, over the attacks on his person. Referred to as ‘Obidients’, Obi’s supporters have been denigrating the Nobel Laureate over one of his recent comments. In the interview with Channels Television, Soyinka

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Politics

DELTA GUBER: SDP candidate, Gbagi drags Oborevwori to tribunal, files 79-page petition

Gbagi is also asking the tribunal to declare him as the only qualified candidate for the election, nullify the certificate of return issued by INEC to Oborevwori and order INEC to issue a fresh certificate of return to him as winner of the election.

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News Oil & Gas

We want salary increment, good welfare package, protesting OML 42 workers tell NNPC/Neconde 

We want salary increment, good welfare package, protesting OML 42 workers tell NNPC/Neconde  Workers of NNPC Production and Exploration Limited/Neconde Energy, operators of Oil Mining Lease (OML) 42 on Thursday protested against the inability of the companies to meet their demands, warning that they will continue to disrupt and paralyze the flowstations until their demands

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News

I waited 10 years to kill my best friend who snatched my boyfriend — Lady arrested over murder

I waited 10 years to kill my best friend who snatched my boyfriend — Lady arrested over murder  Anita Ofili, the lady who was arrested on March 26 for allegedly stabbing her friend, Glory Okon, to death in her apartment at Greenville Estate, Ajah area of Lagos, has revealed that she waited for 10 years

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News

A VIEW OF THE NIGER DELTA THROUGH THE LENS – A picture of children who canoed to fetch water in oil-rich Polobubo community

A VIEW OF THE NIGER DELTA THROUGH THE LENS – A picture of children on Saturday, February 18, 2023, who canoed to fetch water in oil-rich Polobubo community in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta state.  Many children who live in the community have to cross the river every day to get water to

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Education

TETFund: Buhari approves N320bn for disbursement to for public varsities, polytechnics, others

According to the TETFund boss, the 2023 intervention cycle will see each university receiving N1,154,732,133.00 ; Polytechnic – N699,344,867.00, while each College of Education would get N800,862,602.

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News

[PHOTOS] Meet Madam Rose Nwokocha, 58-year-old woman who is a professional tile installer in Bayelsa

[PHOTOS] Meet Madam Rose Nwokocha, 58-year-old woman who is a professional tile installer in Bayelsa Mrs Rose Nwokocha is a fifty-eight-year old woman who is a professional tiler based in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state. Despite her gender, she decided to become a tile installer just to feed her family for the past 18 years. She hails

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Opinion

That Apostle Asia Bebenimibo from whom death walked away

That Apostle Asia Bebenimibo from whom death walked away BY EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE Ubiquitously blazoned with inimitable embellishment is the rumour about the death of a prominent Ijaw man in Gbaramatu Kingdom but this personality can never be Apostle Asia Bebenimibo. Apostle Asia Bebenimibo has not died; Apostle Asia Bebenimibo did not die.Apostle Asia Bebenimibo will

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Education

Meet Simon Douye, the newly elected president, National Association of Gbaramatu Students

Meet Simon Douye, the newly elected president, National Association of Gbaramatu Students A civil engineering student in the Nigeria Maritime University (NMU) Okerenkoko, Comrade Simon Douye, is the president of the National Association of Gbaramatu Students (NAGS) at the just concluded 2023 mega/elective convention of the student body. The election was held on Saturday, April

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Politics

Stop playing politics of vendetta, witch-hunt, Ogaga cautions Okowa, Delta PDP leaders

Stop playing politics of vendetta, witch-hunt, Ogaga cautions Okowa, Delta PDP leaders Popular social commentator and activist, Comrade Ogaga Darlington Ossai, has cautioned the Delta state governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, and other PDP leaders in the state to be magnanimous in victory, keep the peace in the party and also stop the war of witch-hunting

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DISCLAIMER! Beware of fake NDDC recruitment portal 

DISCLAIMER! Beware of fake NDDC recruitment portal  The attention of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has been drawn to a mischievous webpage giving the impression that “NDDC will very soon commence a massive recruitment exercise.” The dubious message entitled: “NDDC Recruitment 2023/2024 Application Form Registration Portal,” claimed that the NDDC recruitment 2023 starting date

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Church News

STRANGE MIRACLE IN BAYELSA! Woman pregnant for two years gives birth to catfish in church [VIDEO]

STRANGE MIRACLE IN BAYELSA! Woman pregnant for two years gives birth to catfish in church There was a bit of pandemonium and relief on Friday in Bayelsa after a woman reportedly delivered a catfish during a church program organised by popular Bayelsa man of God and founder, Prophetic Light Ministry in Yenagoa, Prophet Diepreye Samuel.

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National News

Nigeria records five fresh COVID-19 cases in Rivers, Lagos

Nigeria records five fresh COVID-19 cases in Rivers, Lagos The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the country has recorded five new COVID-19 infections from February 25 to March 31. The agency said four of the cases were recorded in Rivers, while one was recorded in Lagos. According to the latest situation report by

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Sports World

[LIVE UPDATES] Anthony Joshua beats Franklin via unanimous decision

Anthony Joshua marks his return to action with a unanimous decision victory over Jermaine Franklin, the judges scoring it 118-111, 117-111, 117-111 in favour of the former two-time world champion.

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Opinion

There was Benike Tamaraumiemene Joseph 

There was Benike Tamaraumiemene Joseph  By Ekanpou Enewaridideke At a known time in the history of man rather than once upon a time in the history of man, there once lived an adorable creature on earth – an adorable creature that often radiated the aura of a magnetic pull upon any person met either through

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News

Delta APC suspends NDDC chairman, Lauretta Onochie over alleged anti-party activities

Delta APC Suspends NDDC chairman, Lauretta Onochie over alleged anti-party activities The Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended the chairperson of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Ms. Lauretta Onochie, from the party. Following a review of her conduct during the just concluded 2023 general elections in the State, executive

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News

How nine oil-producing states shared N970.2b derivation fund in 2022 – Delta got N296.6b, Akwa-Ibom 222.5b

But despite the 13 percent derivation allocations, oil-producing states are still battling with high domestic debt and suffering from massive infrastructure decay.

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