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1 Cletus Ukpong, a Nigerian investigative journalist and Deputy Managing Editor of Premium Times, published a series of investigative reports on the rot in public education in Akwa Ibom State, and many people allegedly sponsored by the Akwa Ibom State government went to Facebook and Twitter to attack him. “These fellows deployed all kinds of derogatory words to insult me and my family online,” he said. Ukpong is not alone.

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1 UYO – The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has given approval to Start Innovation Hub (SIH) as a skill training centre (STC). Start Innovation Hub, a technology incubation company is one of the 16 privately owned NBTE training centers in Akwa Ibom. The tech company was given the approval after a verification visit to the company headquarters and academy in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State by NBTE to ascertain its qualification to train students.

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1 Uyo – The Akwa Ibom State Government says it has recorded a significant milestone in its efforts to combat Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV), with 75 convictions secured between June 2020 and June 2025. The data released by the sexual and gender based violence unit of the state Ministry of Justice and made available to our correspondent in Uyo on Wednesday indicates that state received a total of 1,520 SGBV cases during the same period. Presenting a breakdown of the cases, Barr.

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2 Idongesit AshameriUYO – Former Minister of Lands, Housing, and Urban Development, Chief Nduese Essien, has denied widespread speculation that he has abandoned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

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UYO – The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has announced plans to make it mandatory for every chapter to have a certain percentage of young people in their delegation to future conferences. The President and Chairman-in-Council of NIPR, Dr. Ike Neliaku, made this disclosure during the Young PR Hub at the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, organized as part of the activities to mark the weeklong NIPR 2025 week.