Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Aniekan Bassey, has issued a strong caution to his colleagues in the country, over the financial autonomy granted the legislature by Mr President. The Speaker warned that the legislature must not see the autonomy as an avenue for legislative rascality, rather, he said it should […]
The governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel has directed the slashing of salaries of all his political appointees by 20 per cent because of the economic downturn in Nigeria. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Dr Emmanuel Ekuwem disclosed this known in a statement made available to newsmen yesterday in Uyo. Ekuwem explained […]
Gov Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom has approved the reduction of the salaries of all political appointees in the state by 20 per cent. The Secretary to the State Government, Dr Emmanuel Ekuwem, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Uyo on Tuesday. Ekuwem said that the decision was caused by […]
The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base, Ibaka in Mbo Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom state, has disclosed that its patrols along the borders of Akwa Ibom and neighbouring countries has checked the influx of migrants and smuggling of contrabands into the state. In a press statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Uyo, Commanding […]
Uyo – The Nigeria Police Force, Akwa Ibom Command says it has apprehended 34 suspected cultists in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer in the stae, CSP Nnudam Fredrick, made the disclosure in a statement issued to newsmen on Friday in Uyo. He said with barely five days since the proscription order was signed […]
The Presidential Committee on Correctional Reforms and Decongestion has granted pardon to 13 inmates in the Akwa Ibom Correctional Centre. Chairman of the committee, Justice Ishaq Bello, disclosed this after the facility tour of the centre and attending to their case files in Uyo on Monday. U.S. could start buying crude for Strategic Petroleum Reserve […]
A group of Women based in the United States of America under the aegis of Akwa Ibom Women Initiative (AIWA) has donated hospital equipment worth N2million to the Visco-Vaginal Fistula (VVF) patients at VVF hospital in Mbit Ibritam in Uyo , Akwa Ibom State. The group also presented cash gifts in the sum of N350, […]
The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base, Ibaka in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state, has arrested 13 suspects and seized 2,053 bags of rice allegedly smuggled into the country from Cameroun. Parading the suspects at Ibaka on Thursday, the Commanding Officer, Forward Operating Base Ibaka, Capt. Peter Yilme said the suspects were arrested […]
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has dissociated himself from the alleged violence in the Akwa Ibom rerun election in Essien Udim Local Government Area. Akpabio in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Anietie Ekong, said his decision and that of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), to withdraw from the […]
The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base, Ibaka in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state has arrested six suspected smugglers along the Akwa Ibom waterways and seized 1, 439 bags of rice allegedly smuggled from the Republic of Cameroon. The arrests were made along the Unyenge, Effiat and Mendoro creeks in five different operations […]
International Summit Council for Peace in Africa (ISCP) has announced the appointment of Akwa Ibom indigene, Mr. Simeon Uwah, as Executive Secretary/Administrator to the council. In a statement by International Summit Council for Peace in Africa (ISCP) made available to newsmen in Uyo, Mr. Simeon Uwah will work closely with former President Goodluck Jonathan for […]
(Akwa Ibom) – The newly appointed Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom, Edgal Imohimi, has unfolded a new policing plan for the state.Imohimi gave the hint while inaugurating a new Divisional Police Station in Ikot Udota village in Eket Local Government area of Akwa Ibom on Friday. The commissioner also inaugurated a community vigilance group […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been advised to avoid allowing itself to be used to perpetrate illegality by accepting a new candidate from the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Akwa Ibom North West rerun election to replace the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, who has formally notified the party […]
Uyo – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Akwa Ibom said it recovered over N300 million from corrupt persons since January till date in the state. The Zonal Head of the Commission, Mr Garuba Dugum, disclosed this at the sensitisation programme to mark the International Corruption Day in Uyo on Monday. “From January […]
Residents of Iquita and its environs, Oron Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom have appealed to the Federal Government for help over the menace of gull erosion confronting the area. The big gully which is eating deep into residential areas of the local government has damaged a lot of houses and forced a lot of people […]
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel has lost his Father, the Late Elder Gabriel Emmanuel Nkanang who died at the age of 90. The sad event occurred on Sunday, December 1st 2019. Breaking: Edo Assembly declares 12 seats vacant According to a family source, after due clearance from the Head of the Family, Pastor Edo […]
The Inspector General of Police has ordered the redeployment of some Commissioners of Police According to a statement by Dcp Force Public Relations Officer Force Headquarters on Thursday he said the Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A. Adamu ordered the immediate posting/redeployment of the following Commissioners of Police to states as follows: Baylesa: Court grants […]
As the Court of Appeal sitting in Calabar, Cross River state on Saturday ordered for re- run elections for the House of Representatives and Senate seats in Akwa Ibom North East Senatorial District respectively, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in that state have commended the court for the […]
The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base, Ibaka in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state has arrested four suspects for allegedly smuggling of 220 bags of rice from Cameroon into Nigeria. The suspects and the wooden boat carrying the smuggled rice were seized during a routine patrol by navy gunboats around the Effiat waterways […]
Nneka Nwogwugwu Rivers State National Assembly members have alleged that the administration of the Muhammadu Buhari led government has totally abandoned Rivers State, especially in the area of infrastructural development. The house made this known on Monday, while observing a peaceful protest on the Aleto/Akpajo Bridge along the East-West road in Rivers State to draw […]