By Shadrach Okon The government of United States of America has given a special “Emergency Humanitarian Waiver” for HIV Treatment Funding across all the countries that receive United States foreign development assistance. The news of the ” Emergency Humanitarian Waiver” was made known in a Press Statement from UNAIDS in Geneva to commend the decision of the US Secretary of States to continue HIV life-saving funding and convene partners to assess and mitigate impact on HIV services. UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima, in the press statement stated that the approval given by the United States Secretary of States Marco Rubio…
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By Shadrach Okon Uyo Capital City Development Authority (UCCDA) has carried out a last minute sensitization and stakeholders engagement exercise against street trading in Uyo metropolise. The sensitization and stakeholders engagement took place yesterday Thursday 30th January, around Ibom Plaza, major junctions, and flyovers within the capital city. Speaking during the sensitization exercise, the Chairman Uyo Capital Development Authority Hon.Anietie Eka said the sensitization and stakeholders engagement exercise was necessary before the agency embark on enforcement exercise against street trading within the capital city. Rt .Hon. Eka while interacting with stakeholders at Ibom Plaza, said while Akwa Ibom State Goverment…
Minister of Women Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has said that a staggering 1.4 million Nigerians are trapped in modern slavery. Speaking as Special Guest Speaker at the 2025 yearly academic summit at the University of Abuja, yesterday, the minister lamented that most victims of modern slavery were women and girls. Citing the Global Slavery Index (2023), Sulaiman-Ibrahim revealed that Nigeria ranked among the top 10 countries with the highest number of trafficked persons. In a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Minister on Media and Publicity, Jonathan Eze, the minister referenced some statistics, which, according to her, do not…
According to the cocoa farmers, proceeds from cocoa farming in the outgoing season tripled what they realised in the previous cocoa farming season. Cocoa farmers in the agrarian communities of Oyo State are counting their gains from the soaring prices of cocoa beans in the outgoing season. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan, the state capital, on Wednesday, a cross-section of cocoa farmers confirmed that the 2024 farming season was the most profitable of their farming years. According to them, proceeds from cocoa farming in the outgoing season tripled what they realised in the previous cocoa…
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has urged the leadership of the Pan Niger Delta Development Forum (PANDEF) to focus on issues that border on the region’s development in its advocacy as a voice of the region. Diri gave the admonition yesterday when a delegation of PANDEF led by its new chairman, Amb. Godknows Igali paid him a courtesy visit in the Government House, Yenagoa. He expressed his administration’s commitment to collaborate with the forum to address issues of development bedevilling the Niger Delta region. The governor stressed that PANDEF needed the collaboration of governors of the region as well as…
-Promises hell for criminals in Akwa Ibom By Shadrach Okon Nigeria Police Force Akwa Ibom State Command during the week paraded 33 suspects caught in connection with various criminal activities in Akwa Ibom State in the past few weeks. The Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP John Timfon who is the police spokesperson for the command revealed this during a press briefing at Police Headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia in Uyo. The criminal suspects comprising: three burglary suspects, two suspected thieves, three child traffickers, 17 illicit drug dealers, one notorious cultist, one fake currency dealer, and six suspected tricycle thieves were arrested…
-pledges to redouble efforts towards sustainable development Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has dedicated the “Governor of the Year Award” bestowed on him by ThisDay Newspapers and Arise TV to his Deputy, Senator Akon Eyakenyi; all past Governors of the State; and specifically, to his predecessor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, CON. Speaking to the Government House Press Corps and a cross-section of Akwa Ibom people who trooped out to receive him on arrival from the event at the Victor Attah International Airport, the Governor, who was deeply touched by the overwhelming show of solidarity from stakeholders and the people…
BY INIUBONG EMMANUEL SAM The Nigerian government has established as a national goal to replace all educational assessments to computer-based testing (CBT) by 2027. The government seeks to create a digital examination framework that maintains operational excellence while adopting current international assessment frameworks. Adoption of CBT will create streamlined marking with precise results while combating examination malpractice and providing standardized test evaluation. For this initiative to succeed there must be clear readiness from the infrastructure side and from all stakeholders especially the group of students who will perform these tests. The ongoing improvements in digital technology create potential possibilities for…
Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa has sentenced four convicts to death by hanging over alleged conspiracy and kidnapping. They convicts are Manager Etonzor, Daniel Derietiedei, Inimotimi Rufus and Tari Firstman. On Wednesday, the presiding Judge, Justice Patience Diri, in the suit numbered YHC/43c/2021, found the four persons guilty of the allegations of conspiracy and kidnapping under Section 2 (1) of the Bayelsa State Law 2013. According to the police prosecution counsel, the four persons led by Etonzor had stormed the working site of a Dredging Company located at the Ayama Ijaw in Southern Ijaw Local Government area of…
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has assured that the Federal Government is prepared to receive Nigerians who may be deported from the United States. This is coming following the identification of 3,690 Nigerians among 1.4 million individuals classified as “illegal migrants” with deportation orders by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). According to a document from ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), these Nigerians have been on ICE’s non-detained docket with final orders of removal since 24 November 2024. The non-detained docket consists of individuals who have been ordered to leave the U.S. or are in the…