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By Isaiah Eka The Akwa Ibom Police Command has conducted free medical outreach to residents and donates food items to Motherless Home in Uyo as part of the ongoing activities marking the maiden National Police Day celebration. The free medical outreach was conductedat on Friday at the Itam Flyover, while the humanitarian service was extended…

By Isaiah Eka No fewer than 500 elderly persons from the 31 Local Government Areas of Akwa Ibom have benefited from free medical treatment organised by the National Senior Citizens Centre (NSCC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the medical outreach was held on Friday at the Primary Health Centre, Barracks Road in…

By Isaiah Eka The Akwa Ibom House of Assembly Committee on Nutrition and Food Security, has called for stakeholders’ support towards tackling malnutrition and food shortage in the state. The Chairman, Mr Moses Essien, made the call at a meeting with representatives of ministries and departments of Akwa Ibom Government in Uyo on Thursday. Essien…

By Thompson Yamput Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi Central) has laid the foundation for the construction of a free maternity and child care centre in Kogi Central senatorial district. Akpoti-Uduaghan during the foundation laying ceremony on Thursday in Lokoja, said that the centre, would be completed in four months. She explained that the centre would…

By Stephen Adeleye, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) In a world full of disasters, hunger, sickness, deaths and other forms of physical and emotional deprivations, comforting oneself becomes an onerous task. In spite of words of comfort from friends and relations, individuals faced with these situations have to dig deep to find self-soothing actions, otherwise…

By Dan Nandom The Tinubu Stakeholders Forum (TSF) has hailed the successful raising of N100 billion by the MOFI Real Estate Investment Fund (MREIF) through its fully subscribed Series 2 issuance. In a statement signed by its Chairman Ahmad Sajoh and Secretary Afolabi Josiah, it described the milestone, achieved through private sector participation, as a…

By Thompson Yamput The Police Command in Kogi has stopped an alleged planned Sallah rally in Okene Local Government Area by Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP – Kogi central). The  Police Commissioner in Kogi,  Mr Miller Dantawaye, announced the ban in a statement signed on his behalf by the command’s spokesman, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, in Lokoja…

By Thompson Yamput The Kogi State Police Commissioner, Mr Miller Dantawaye has ordered a watertight security across the State to ensure a hitchfree Eid-el-Fitr celebration. Dantawaye gave the order in a statement signed by SP Williams Ovye-Aya, the Command’s spokesman, on Sunday in Lokoja. The CP also ordered for the deployment of personnel and resources…

By Thompson Yamput The Chatham House Group on Saturday called upon the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to uphold the highest standards of integrity in Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (Kogi, PDP) recall process currently under review. Abdulrahman Zulqarnien Ozovehe Convener, Chatham House, Kogi State Chapter, made the call in a statement he signed and issued in…

By Thompson Yamput Former Kogi Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has described President Bola Tinubu as a statesman and reformer as he celebrates his 73rd birthday. In a statement issued on Saturday in Lokoja, Bello extended his best wishes to the President, praying for good health and divine grace to enable him to continue his reform…