Alleged N1.4bn Fraud: Court Orders Personal Service of Criminal Charge on NBA President
The proposed arraignment of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) president, Paul Usoro, over alleged N1.4 billion fraud, was on Monday, stalled due to non-service of the criminal…
Illegal Gas Facilities: DPR Intensifies Surveillance in A‘Ibom
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Eket Field office, Akwa Ibom, says it has intensified surveillance on illegal gas facilities in the state. The Operations Controller of DPR…
Minimum Wage: Governors Still Insist it is Impracticable…Raise committee to meet Buhari
The Nigerian Governors’ Forum says it will re-strategise and dialogue with President Muhammadu Buhari on the issues associated with the proposed N30,000 minimum wage. To drive the process,…
PMI: USAID Distributes 3.3m Insecticide-Treated Bed Nets in Akwa Ibom
The U.S. government, through the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), has donated 3.3 million bed nets for distribution in Akwa Ibom . The U.S Embassy said this in…
AFCON 2019 qualifier: Akwa Ibom govt. subsidises gate fees by 50 per cent
Akwa Ibom State government has slashed the price of tickets for fans willing to watch the match between Nigeria and Ghana at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo this Saturday,…
FG flags off N1.07bn erosion control project in A’Ibom
The Federal Government has flagged off a N1.7billion erosion control work on Nduetong Oku-Ikpa road, cutting across Uruan and Uyo Local Government Areas of Akwa Ibom. Sen. Ita Enang, Senior…
Peace returns to Ukanafun, Etim Ekpo as 200 armed cultists surrender to Governor Emmanuel
The efforts of Governor Udom Emmanuel in partnering with security agencies towards a peaceful Akwa Ibom has again yielded positive results, as over 200 leaders and members of respective…
Akwa Ibom: Senator, ex-deputy Gov, others defect to APC
Sen. Eme Ekaette, representing Akwa Ibom South Senatorial zone and former state deputy governor, Mrs Valerie Ebe on Tuesday defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Others that defected from…
FG, states, LGs receive N3.946 trillion in six months
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has disbursed N3.946 trillion in the first half of 2018 to Federal, State and Local Governments, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) quarterly…
Total to spend N40m on soap manufacturing plant in Akwa Ibom
Mr Francois Le-Cocq, Deputy Managing Director, Total Exploration and Production, Port Harcourt, says the company is to spend N40 million to build a soap manufacturing plant at Ekpene Ukim in…