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    Tony Okoh, Uyo NNPC/SEPLAT JV Ibeno Host Community Development Trust (IHCDT) has reopened its scholarship scheme for the 2026/2027 academic session, inviting qualified indigenes of Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State studying in accredited tertiary institutions across Nigeria to apply. The scholarship programme is open to…

    Chinedum Ukaegbu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated the winners of the legislative by-elections conducted across Gombe, Kano, Bauchi and Delta states, with the All Progressives Congress (APC) securing four of the five seats contested. The elections, conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday, September…

    Mercy Iheoma Ihedigbo Minister of Defence, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, has been honoured with the prestigious Defence Policy and Innovative Visionary Award at the fourth edition of the MediaConsortium Conference and Awards. The award, according to the organisers, was presented in recognition of the Minister’s strategic leadership, policy…

    Taiwo Adeyeye National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intensified its campaign against international drug cartels by targeting their financial networks, assets, bank accounts and other proceeds of illicit drug trafficking. The agency also declared that drug traffickers would have no hiding place, whether in Nigeria or abroad,…

  Michael Olumide Alabi     Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned legal practitioners across Nigeria against charging their clients in foreign currencies, describing the practice as illegal and unethical. The Commission also cautioned lawyers against invoking its name to impose excessive charges on clients, stressing that practitioners…

  Michael Olumide, Chairman of the Fusengbuwa Ruling House, Otunba Abdulateef Owoyemi, has said the family was compelled to seek judicial intervention over the stalled selection of the next Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland because it could no longer afford to wait indefinitely for the process to be concluded.…

    Tony Okoh, Uyo   Eket Federal Constituency Media Professionals Forum has dismissed allegations that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confiscated properties belonging to former Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, describing the claim as an attempt to drag his name into political controversies ahead…

  Mercy Iheoma Ihedigbo A vacation judge of the Ogun State High Court, sitting in Ijebu-Ode, Justice A. A. Omoniyi, on Wednesday returned a suit filed by the Fusengbuwa Ruling House over the selection of the next Awujale of Ijebuland to the administrative judge for reassignment. Justice Omoniyi, who presided…

  Michael Olumide Alabi A chieftain of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Ladipo Johnson, has rejected the description of President Bola Tinubu’s administration as progressive, arguing that its economic policies have not adequately addressed the welfare and living conditions of Nigerians. Johnson, who is also the NDC senatorial candidate for…

  Michael Olumide Alabi Media experts have urged journalists and media organisations to establish clear ethical boundaries in the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), warning that technological innovation must not undermine accuracy, credibility and public trust. The experts spoke at a sensitisation workshop organised by The Press Society (TPS) on…