The youth activist, Comr. Lewis Peter, from Eastern Obolo LGA, Akwa Ibom State has been gruesome murdered by unknown people in Onna LGA. According to the community youth President who reacted to the killing of Peter was traveling along Onna road and it was there that he met his untimely […]
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…Over Inability To Respond To Queries The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly Committee on Finance and Appropriation has suspended budgetary appraisals of three major ministries in Akwa Ibom State following their inability to respond to queries bothering on expenditures of approved figures in the 2022 fiscal year. The Committee, […]
Below are some of the new nominees for the NDDC board: Chairman – Laureta Ifeanyi Onochie (Delta, South-South) Dimgba Erugba State representative (Abia, South-East) Dr Emem Wilcox (Akwa Ibom, State Representative, South-South) Dr Pius Odudu (Edo, South-South) Hon.Gbenga Odegba (Ondo, South-West) Engr. Anthony Ekene (Imo, South-East) Onyekachi Dimgba (Rivers, South-South) […]
The Court of Appeal Abuja Division, on Wednesday, granted leave to Senator Godswill Akpabio as an interested party to appeal the judgement of the Court which ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to delete his name as the duly elected candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Akwa […]
The Governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), Senator Bassey Albert Akpan, CON, has revealed that Governor Udom Emmanuel collected $1.1 bn (about N600bn), from the Federal Government as its share of 13 percent derivation arrears paid to Niger Delta States. OBA made the disclosure on the heels of […]
Governor Udom Emmanuel’s achievements in industrialization, human capacity development and wealth creation have earned him more recognitions and commendations from within and outside the country, the latest being his nomination as THE SUB-NATION GOVERNOR WITH THE BEST ECONOMIC BLUEPRINT IN AFRICA. The award will be presented during The African Regional […]
By Assam Abia. Eket Senatorial District Youth Alliance For Democracy, a socio-political organization has described the YPP candidate for Akwa Ibom South, Mkpisong Akparawa Ephraim Inyang-Eyen as God-Sent for the people of Eket Senatorial District and Akwa Ibom State at large. In a solidarity message signed by its National Coordinator, […]
••• Advises Supporters To Remain Calm, Continue With Campaigns The Vice Chairman APC Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has said that he would approach the highest court in the land to seek redress on the Appeal Court judgement which nullified his election as the APC candidate for Akwa Ibom […]
African leaders have been charged to depend on other forms of money, not cash, in the quest to develop their countries. This position was canvassed by Governor Udom Emmanuel while delivering a keynote lecture at the 17th Africa Security Watch Conference at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Center, […]
Akwa Ibom State Government has released the sum of N2.254 Billion Naira for payment of gratuity to retired government workers. A statement by the Accountant General of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Uwem Andrew-Essien indicates that out of the released sum, N1.254 billion is for the payment of gratuities of state […]
Former Senior Presidential Adviser, Senator Ita Enang, OFR has commiserated with the Gubernatorial candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in Akwa Ibom State, Senator (Obong) Bassey Albert Akpan (OBA) on the passage of his younger brother and two aides killed by gunmen in Imo State. Senator Enang, while on […]
…says critical questions must be asked for its resuscitation Candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) for Akwa Ibom South Senatorial District (Eket Senatorial District – ESD) in the 2023 race to the Senate, Mr. Ephraim Akparawa Inyangeyen, has stated that it is a critical part of his manifesto to […]
…as Eket Fed. const. students declare total support for PDP candidates House of representatives candidate for Eket Federal Constituency, Hon. Okpolupm Etteh has promised to offer effective and truthful representation by attracting dividends of democracy to his constituents if elected in 2023 general election. Etteh, who is the immediate past […]
The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Engr. Emmanuel Audu-Ohwavborua has pledged to change the story of the Niger Delta region by ensuring that the Commission delivers on its mandate. Addressing management and staff at the Commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt, shortly after he assumed duties […]
PRESS RELEASE Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar will commence a tour of states with high incidents of flooding across all geo-political zones in the country on Tuesday. A press release by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe states that the PDP […]
The Lagos Zonal Command of the EFCC, on Thursday, October 20, 2022, arraigned a former Attorney-General of Lagos State, Olasupo Shasore, SAN on a four-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of $100, 000(One Hundred Thousand Dollars) before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in […]
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and Civil Society organisations under the auspices Alliance for Good Governance have demanded immediate prosecution of the APC chairman arrested in possession of over three hundred (300) permanent voter’s card PVCs in Kano. The suspect simply identified as Aminu Ali Shana who is the […]
….says Umo Eno has no defense The second-place winner of the PDP governorship election in Akwa Ibom state, Mr. Akan Okon, has told the court that having established his case beyond reasonable doubt and on the established standard of proof, the court should nullify the purported nomination of Pastor Umo […]
…throws light on 3-storey building near Eket on-going remodeling roundabout …cautions blackmailers, mischief makers After a spell of recurrent assumptions, blackmail and conspiracy theories on conventional and social media platforms, Mr. Ephraim Akparawa Inyang-eyen, has finally cleared the air on alleged controversial circumstances and eventual demolition of the former Food […]
A coalition of support groups of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Uyo Akwa Ibom State has moved against the National Vice Chairman, South South Zone, Chief Dan Orbih, seeking his immediate suspension by the National Working Committee, NWC. The coalition, through a press release on Tuesday, said the NVC […]
Yesterday, Wednesday, 28th September, 2022, the Federal High Court in Damaturu delivered judgement on the rightful candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District for the 2023 National Assembly elections. The said judgement disqualifies my candidature and therefore my participation in the elections. After due consultations with my political associates, supporters and […]
A lecturer at the University of Uyo, Associate Professor Etim Frank, has called on Journalists and social media influencers to hold leaders accountable for their actions in public offices. Frank made the call yesterday, at Media Converge organized by Coalition of Online Publishers, Bloggers, and Social Media Influencers, COPBSMI, held […]
..says BUA must negotiate with landlords before commencing operation on the land Unwana Assam The Council Chairman of Esit Eket LGA, Hon. Iniobong Robson has expressed displeasure on the Akwa Ibom State Government for being apathetic over the lingering boundaries dispute between Ekid and Ibeno LGA in the State. The […]
Eighteen communities spread across three local government areas of Akwa Ibom State, Tuesday celebrated respite from the plague of perennial flooding of over twenty years, as the state government inaugurated the 10Km IBB and Environs Flood Control Project as part of activities to mark the state’s 35th anniversary. Inaugurating the […]
…dismiss Mkpa claims on littoral LGAs Ekid People’s Union (EPU), the apex socio-cultural organization in Eket Federal Constituency, has reaffirmed that Ekid people comprises of the two local government area of Eket and Esit Eket are the rightful owners of Stubbs Creek Forest widely known as Akoiyak. The organization made […]
•••Orders INEC To Publish His Name And Particulars Hon. Justice Emeka Nwite, of the Federal High Court 8 in Abuja, (Vacation Court), on Thursday, declared former Minister, Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, the authentic candidate of the All Progressives’Congress ( APC), for Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District. It […]
Senator representing Akwa Ibom North East and Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum Upstream Resources, Obong Bassey Albert Akpan (OBA), says Nigeria still has much to derive from the oil and gas sector. The lawmaker made the assertion when he led members of the Senate Adhoc Committee on Oil Theft on […]
Abasifreke Effiong Counsels to Mr. Umo Eno, the governorship candidate of the PDP, attempted to swap the certificate of Mr. Eno, which they tendered in Court on Tuesday 13th September. There was drama at the Federal High Court, Uyo, on Wednesday 14th September during continuation of hearing in the case […]
The PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and his team have met with the various European Union Ambassadors to Nigeria at the EU secretariat, Abuja. According to Atiku who made the statement public on his social media handle today, 1st September, 2022, their discussion was focused on the next phase of […]
…Calls for more synergy in developing the state’s Oil and Gas sector He disclosed this yesterday, 12th August through a telephone conversation with our reporter on the issue of Presidential approval on the ExxonMobil and Seplat Energy’s deal. Mr. Asuquo who gave the State Governor a pat on the back […]
The attention of the Controller of Corrections, Nigerian Correctional Service, Akwa Ibom State Command has been drawn to the fake report being circulated on social media that Barr Inibehe Effiong was handcuffed, assaulted and bundled into a van by officers of the Command in a bid to secretly transfer him […]
He is professor emeritus of strategic communication at North Dakota State University (USA), where he conducts research on media coverage of elections, strategic fundraising in higher education, and the processes for leadership development and social change. He had been Registrar of the APCON, Vice President of ORBICOM, The UNESCO Think […]