Kamala Harris has made her first speech as US Vice President after being sworn in as the country’s first female, Black, and South Asian-American vice president.

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Harris made an appearance during the evening’s Celebrating America television special. Appearing in front of the National Mall, she addressed the nation and spoke about the historic nature of this new administration.

She said:  “In many ways, this moment embodies our character as a nation”. “It demonstrates who we are. Even in dark times, we not only dream, we do. We not only see what has been, we see what can be.”

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The portal for submission of application forms by prospective applicants for the ongoing recruitment of 1000 secondary school teachers has remained nonfunctional more than 24 hours after the commencement of the recruitment exercise handled by the Akwa Ibom State Secondary Education Board (SSEB).

The board headed by Dr. Ekaette Ebong Okon had a week ago in a press statement announced that the recruitment website www.sceb.ak.gov.ng would open on Monday 18th January.

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Some computer business operators within the state capital who spoke with Planet News correspondent while monitoring the exercise, decried the challenges they had been through while trying to access the recruitment portal for registration with crowd of applicants besieging their centres each day.

One of the operators, Emem Bassey said they had since resorted to merely receiving documents of applicants for scanning while waiting endlessly to see the recruitment portal fixed only for some applicants to return to ask for refund of the money earlier paid for the services as a result of frustration.

However, the State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Comrade Ini Ememobong has appealed to intending applicants to exercise patients while the site is being restored by the technical team of the state secondary education board which is directly involved in the recruitment.

The Information Commissioner told our correspondent Anthony Esin via a telephone interview that the issue which he said was already pointed out by the technical team of the board will be addressed as soon as possible for a smooth recruitment process.

According to the state secondary education board, the recruitment was billed to end on the 29th of January for interested applicants for the teaching appointment, and with the current hitches being experienced, it is not certain whether the deadline will be extended.

Written By Anthony Esin

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The outgoing President Donald Trump has signed an executive order suspending the deportation of Venezuelans from US territory for a period of 18 months, citing the ongoing crisis in their own country.

The Peoples Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom State has announced the death of the state Chairman of the Party, Udo Ekpenyong.

According to a press release made available by Borono Bassey, the state Publicity Secretary of the party, Ekpenyong died in the early hours of Tuesday, January 19, from complications traceable to the novel Covid-19 virus.

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Udo Ekpenyong who assumed office as the 6th State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom State was the immediate past Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Akwa Ibom State and a former member of the National Executive Committee of our Party.

He was also a former Political Adviser to Governor Victor Attah as well as a one time Chairman of Ukanafun Local Government Area.

The party’s spokesperson said the PDP has been thrown into unimaginable grief by the news of his passing even as they condole with the bereaved family.

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President Muhammadu Buhari will virtually inaugurate the National Oil and Gas Excellence Centre in Lagos, on Thursday January 21, in a bid to boost the operations of the nation’s petroleum sector.

The Head, Public Affairs of the Department of Petroleum Resources -DPR, Paul Osu, who made the announcement in a statement in Lagos, quoted the Director of DPR, Sarki Auwalu, the chief host of the event, as saying that the center would afford the oil and gas industry the critical elements for competitive advantage, in a changing global energy landscape.

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According to him, the center was structured to drive the three-pronged objectives of safety, value and cost efficiency, which are critical for oil and gas industry stability, growth and sustainability.

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