STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENCY ON RECENT CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL ECONOMY Today, there is an unfortunate fashion in public discourse that makes leaders in politics, religion, and civil society liable in the present for every statement they have ever made in the past – no matter […]
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Immediate dismantling of road blocks across the federation (You can still encourage officers with few Naira notes when you meet them on the road anyways.) Immediate withdrawal of officers attached to private citizens (To open the space for private security companies to thrive). Deduction of court awarded damages from the […]
The industrialization policy of Governor Udom Emmanuel is gathering steam with more investments berthing Akwa Ibom state through the foreign direct investment programme of the Administration. The latest is the signing of a progress acknowledgment statement between BUA Group and Axens of France for the former’s proposed 200,000barrels per day […]
“It is a glaring fact that Northerners occupy over 80 percent of Nigeria population and that is primarily why other minority tribes like Igbo and Yoruba should respect them for that. The insecurity everybody is talking about is everywhere. Before Nigerians particularly Igbos and Yorubas use to think that insecurity […]
AKSG SETS UP INTERFACE COMMITTEE AS HOPE BRIGHTENS FOR IBOM DEEP SEAPORT Akwa Ibom State government is inching closer to the actualization of the Ibom Deep Seaport project following the approval of a committee to interface with the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) Committee for implementation of the project. The State […]
The minister is said to be a very close confidant of the late Mohammed Yusuf, the assassinated leader of Boko Haram with whom he shared jihadist doctrines The minister of digital communications in Nigeria, Alhaji Isa Pantami has fallen on the watchlist of the America’s Intelligence service. Pantami, also serves […]
Read full text of the Communique… COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY SOUTH EAST GOVERNORS AND HEADS OF SECURITY AGENCIES AT THE END OF THE FIRST SOUTH EAST SECURITY SUMMIT HELD IN OWERRI ON SUNDAY APRIL 11th 2021 After exhaustive discussions on the current security challenges in the South East and with valuable […]
PRESIDENT BUHARI EXPRESSES THE NATION’S CONDOLENCES OVER THE DEMISE OF PRINCE PHILIP President Muhammadu Buhari extends his condolences to Her Majesty the Queen over the death of her husband Prince Philip who passed on peacefully at the age of 99. Reacting to the death of the longest serving Queen’s consort, […]
Bawa Charges Staff To Maintain Core Values In Tackling Graft Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa has charged staff of the Commission to adhere to the virtues of courage, integrity and professionalism, which are the core values of the Commission, in tackling economic […]
PRESS RELEASE UNPROVOKED ATTACK ON TROOPS ON STABILISATION OPERATIONS IN BENUE STATE Nigerian Army (NA) troops operating in Benue State came under attack while on routine operational task. The troops comprising one officer and ten soldiers were initially declared missing which prompted the deployment of a joint search and rescue […]
PRESS RELEASE GOVERNOR UDOM EMMANUEL CONDOLES WITH NIGERIAN POLICE OVER DEATH OF PERSONNEL The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr Udom Emmanuel has commiserated with the Nigerian Police over the loss of their men in the wake of insecurity witnessed in different parts of the country recently. He specifically mourned […]
MILITARY AND SECURITY AGENCIES CONDUCT JOINT OPERATION AT NTAK IKOT AKPAN IN ESSIEN UDIM LGA OF AKWA IBOM STATE The general security situation in Akwa Ibom state has been very peaceful until recently when the security situation around Essien Udim Local Government Area of the State became tensed occasioned by […]
PRESIDENT BUHARI CONDOLES WITH FAMILY OF AFAKA, HIS OFFICIAL DRIVER President Muhammadu Buhari extends heartfelt condolences to the family of Afaka on the passing of Master Warrant Officer, Sa’idu Afaka, his official driver, who died at the State House Clinic on Tuesday after a prolonged illness. President Buhari, who also […]
Our dear city of Owerri had its peace and tranquillity shattered by heavily armed hoodlums who blasted open the doors of the correctional facility, facilitating the escape of well over 1,000 inmates; many of whom were dangerous criminals. They also attacked the police headquarters at “Shell Camp” burning several vehicles […]
PRESIDENT BUHARI MOURNS AFENIFERE SPOKESMAN, YINKA ODUMAKIN President Muhammadu Buhari condoles with the family, friends and acquaintances of Yinka Odumakin, spokesman of Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere. Odumakin was also spokesman to the then Gen Buhari in 2011, when he ran for President on the platform of Congress for Progressive Change […]
Concerned Nigerians for the protection of Human Rights and Rule Law initiative has expressed heartfelt condolences to the family of Odumakin over the demise of social rights activist, Yinka Odumakin. In a statement signed by the convener of the group, Comrade Deji Adeyanju, the group described Odumakin as a courageous […]
Press Release MRS EKEMINI UMOH APPOINTED HONORARY SPECIAL ADVISER ON BASIC EDUCATION The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, His Excellency, Mr. Udom Emmanuel has appointed Mrs Ekemini David Umoh as Honorary Special Adviser on Basic Education. The appointment takes effect from March 1, 2021. Mrs Umoh who hails from Abak […]
As preparations for the obsequies of late Senator Etang Umoyo gears up, top personalities and senior citizens within and outside Nigeria have began to recall the good deeds and selfless services of the late elder statesman toward national and state development. Among the top personalities testifying about the contributions of […]
Governor Udom Emmanuel has described the Late Akwa Ibom State PDP Chairman, Obong Udo Ekpenyong as a man who was strong in his convictions, doing all that was proper, right and noble unwaveringly, as well as a loyal lieutenant and dependable partyman. Speaking at the funeral service in honour of […]
PRESS RELEASE His Excellency, the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, has approved the appointment of Mr. Imo-Abasi Jacob as Chairman of Ibom Air with effect from Monday 22 March, 2021. Mr. Imo-Abasi Jacob who has many years of experience in the financial services sector, is an Executive […]
The Nigerian Senate has moved to amend the Nigerian constitution to ensure gender parity and enact laws to improve fortunes of the women in Nigeria, Newsline9ja.com reports. This was made known by the Senate president, Ahmad Lawal through his official Facebook handle today 10th March, 2021. The Senate President said, […]
The Special Assistant to governor Udom Emmanuel on Public Affairs, Mr. Raphael Edem has supported a young female entrepreneur identified as Inemesit Ukim with the sum of 100k to boost her palm wine business, Newsline9ja.com reports. This was disclosed when Raphael made a Facebook post to celebrate International Women’s Day, […]
MESSAGE OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL TO THE 2021 BATCH ‘A’ STREAM ONE CORPS MEMBERS Dear Compatriots in National Service, I feel highly gratified to address you as you commence another phase in your lives as members of the National Youth Service Corps, an elite Scheme that parades a pool of enlightened […]
The United Kingdom has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to return the sum of £4.2 million (N2.4bn) assets stolen by former Delta State Governor, James Ibori to Nigeria. This was announced on Tuesday, by the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Laing, at […]
PRESIDENT BUHARI REQUESTS SENATE TO CONFIRM AHMAD HALILU AS NASRDA DG President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the Senate to confirm the nomination of Ahmad Shaba Halilu as the substantive Director General of the National Space Research and Development Agency, NASRDA. In a letter to President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim […]
*** Want NDDC funds escrowed till Buhari reconstitutes board Governors of the South-South States demanded an upward review of the provision of 2.5 percent as Host Community Trust Fund in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) to 10 percent in the best interest of oil communities and the nation. The governors […]
I congratulate my friend and brother, Iba Gani Adams, the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland and the OPC for the successful capture of Wakili, one of the most barbaric and notorious foreign Fulani terrorists and cold-blooded killers, in the forests of Oyo state. This is the way forward. Kudos!There is […]
Priscilla Christopher Concerned citizens of Ikono/Ini, a sociopolitical group of Ikono and Ini indigenes, have refuted social media publications against the Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Glory Edet, alleging her to be at war with political mights in the area. Tagging the report as malicious and misleading, the group’s coordinator, Ndarake […]
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Akwa Ibom State Command, have arrested no fewer than three persons over alleged illegal dealings in adulterated petroleum products suspected to be Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), popularly known as diesel. The suspects were arrested along the Ikot Abasi-Portharcourt Expressway, while […]
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has advocated not less than 10 percent fund allocation to host communities in the Petroleum Industry Bill that is still before the National Assembly. Governor Wike said it is also necessary that the bill state in clear terms what specific development projects that the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed security agencies to shoot anyone seen with AK-47, according to presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu. While speaking in an interview with the BBC Hausa, monitored by IgbereTV, Shehu also said that the president has directed a clampdown on bandits who have refused to surrender. In November, […]
Dear President and General Buhari, OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT, GENERAL MUHAMMADU BUHARI I am constrained to write to you this open letter. I decided to make it an open letter because the issue is very weighty and must be greatly worrisome to all concerned Nigerians and that means all right-thinking […]
PRESS RELEASEIBOM AIR RECORDS 500,000TH PASSENGER Today, Monday 01 March 2021, Ibom Air carried its 500,000th passenger since commencement of operations of the airline on 7 June 2019. According to Chief Operating Officer, George Uriesi, “we are very pleased to record this key milestone of 500,000 passengers. Although we would […]
Press Release …Cautions against Hoarding, Panic Buying Contrary to speculations of imminent increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) in the country, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has ruled out any increment in the ex-depot price of petrol in March, 2021. A press release by the Group […]