Author: Kufre Etuk

Healthy Life Development Initiative (HELDi), a Non-Governmental Organization, has hosted multi stakeholders’ meeting on the impact of Environmental Pollution and Adaptation Processes for Physically Challenged/Marginalized Women in Rivers State. The Stakeholders’ meeting funded by Global GreenGrants fund, was held on January 16, for Umuechem and Abara communities of Etche LGA, at Breath Life Hotel, Igwuruta, Rivers State. The meeting provided opportunity for stakeholders to see the extent to which Persons With Disabilities, PWDs and marginalized women are relegated to the background and why they should be inculcated into fight against environmental pollution and participation in activities at the community level.…

National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has rescued a-six month old Akwa Ibom child sold to a syndicate who claimed to own an orphanage in Imo state. The agency is said to have stormed Imo state on Wednesday March 13, on a rescue operation following a tip off by a concerned citizen of the state. The mother of the child Emediong Asuquo, a teenager from Etinan local government area, said she was impregnated by her boy friend whom she said could not take care of her and the child. Emediong, an orphan, revealed that because of…

The Member representing Eket/ONNA/Esit Eket/Ibeno Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Okpolupm Etteh, has appealed to churches within the Federal Constituency to pray for peace and prosperity of the area. Hon. Etteh, in a written communication to the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigerian (CAN), Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) and Churches in Eket, ONNA, Esit Eket and Ibeno Local Government Areas, at the weekend, said “I am writing to the Church with a heavy heart but also with hope and faith in the power of prayer.” According to the communication, the Federal Lawmaker maintained that “As…

Ifim Ibom Ibibio Advisory Council has called on the Akwa Ibom state government not to jitter out in the present brouhaha surrounding Akwa Ibom Traditional Rulers Council Law Cap 155, insisting that the law does not in anyway carpet any tribe as second or third class citizen. In a release made available to newsmen, the Advisory Council made reference to similar law in 24 states of the country without any issue and wondered why Cap 155 should generate heat. “The provisions of the Akwa Ibom State Supreme Council of Traditional Rulers Law, 2023′, regarding the life tenure of the President-General…

Healthy Life Development Initiative, a nonprofit organization, has organized capacity-building training on environmental pollution for women and Persons With Disabilities (PWDs). The sensitization programme, supported by Global GreenGrants Fund was held on 21st November, 2023 in Umuechem and Abara communities, Etche Local Government Area in Rivers State. The Sensitization sessions at the two communities were anchored by a medical personnel, Maria Edem, Coordinator of Healthy Life Development Initiative (HELDi) Mfon Utin and their team members, Cynthia Okereke and Christina Dibie who brought down the discussion to their native dialect. Speaking on the essence of the sensitization, the coordinator Healthy Life…

By Ubong Sampson As the free medical and surgical outreach in Oron LG and environs sponsored by Hensek Integrated Services in partnership with Nigerian Medical Association ended on Friday February 16, 2024, stakeholders in the area and beneficiaries of the outreach have counted their gains and the impacts the outreach has left on their individual health, as well as the general health situation of the area. A former chairman of Oron Local Government Council, Victor Okon who spoke with newsmen hinted that the exercise was not only completely free, but had provisions to cover various health issues, including surgeries. While…

Hensek Integrated Services Limited in partnership with the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has launched free medical and surgical outreach in Oron. The 10th edition of the free medical outreach which began on Monday, February 12 at the General Hospital, Iquita Oron, has so far recorded 19 successful surgeries. The 5-day well packed exercise is currently engaging most topnotch medical experts under the NMA fold. Findings showed that the free medical outreach is not limited to indigenes of the area, but residents of adjoining areas who are not capable of picking up their medical bills. The Managing Director , Hensek Integrated…

The Managing Director/CEO of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, says the Board and Management of the commission are ready to work hand-in-hand with the Federal Government for what he described as unprecedented, efficient, and transparent development of the region. Ogbuku noted that if given the trust and the flexibility to operate within a responsible, tailored financial framework, the commission will deliver results faster and more efficiently than ever before. Speaking at the Board and Management Retreat held in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, 9 – 10 February 2024, the MD/CEO of NDDC, Dr. Ogbuku disclosed that…

Senator Aniekan Bassey of the Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District has pushed for the establishment of a Federal College of Fishery Technology and Aquaculture in Uruan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State for the benefit of the state and its people. The Senator made the move during Tuesday plenary where he sought an amendment to a bill, the Agricultural Research Council Act (Amendment) Bill 2024, which has passed through first reading. https://crestnews.ng/akwa-ibom-first-lady-extends-oluremi-tinubus-pet-project-to-elderly-persons-in-the-state/ According to Senator Bassey, who is the Deputy Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture Production Services and Rural Development, the Bill seeks to amend the Agricultural…

Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo on Friday met with a delegation of promoters and top officials of the Brass Petrochemical and Gas Project to be located in Bayelsa State. The team was led by its Managing Director, Chief Ben Okoye and the Chief Gas and Power Investment Officer of NNPC Ltd., Dr. Salihu Jamari. A statement by the Minister’s spokesman, Louis Ibah, quoted Ekpo during the meeting as restating the commitment of the Federal Government in supporting private sector investments geared at unlocking the gas potential of the country for the overall benefit of the…