By Theresa Donatus Lawyers Alert, in partnership with the Media Health and Rights Initiative of Nigeria (MHR), has launched a two-day workshop in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, to strengthen advocacy efforts focused on gender-responsive healthcare for HIV, TB, and malaria. Workshop which took place from
By Tunde Opalana Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom State on Monday stood still as the campaign train of the Atiku / Okowa candidature stormed the city to flag- off the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign. Leaders of the party across the six- geopolitical zones were welcomed into the stadium by mammoth crowd of […]
Isaac Job – Uyo The Akwa Ibom state government has announced the ban on the use of siren by unauthorised persons in the state and has directed law-enforcement agents to arrest defaulters. The government took the decision during an emergency state executive council meeting held at Government House, Uyo, Akwa Ibom state. Commissioner for Information, […]
Isaac Job – Uyo The Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government Owned Companies (SSASCGOC) has urged the federal government to cut down the cost of governance to enable it implement the new minimum wage across board. President General of the association, Muhammad Yanusa gave the advice to the federal government during the association’s […]
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Wednesday promised that Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba, would be the best venue for the U-20 Women World Cup scheduled to hold in 2020. The governor gave the assurance in Asaba when the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) team on inspection of facilities in the stadium visited him in […]
A delegation of the world football governing body, FIFA, on Wednesday, visited Akwa Ibom to inspect facilities at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the FIFA team was in Uyo to inspect the facilities ahead of the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup billed to take place in […]
…Court orders stay of execution of judgement on defected lawmakers’ seats …PDP, APC express divergent views over Assembly crisis The crisis rocking the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly took new twist on Wednesday morning as the Assembly complex located at Udo Udoma Avenue, Uyo, the state capital, was sealed-off by a detachment of security […]
Respite is underway for motorists that ply the Ibrahim Babangida Way in Uyo as Akwa Ibom State government has partnered the World Bank to address the flooding menace plaguing the area and other environmental degradation in various parts of the State. The State Project Coordinator of the World Bank Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Project (NEWMAP), […]
The Federal Government on Thursday 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 Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters (Senate), did the flagging off ceremony. He said that the project would alleviate the […]
Former two-term lawmaker, Bassey Etim, who represented Uyo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress Party (APC) with six thousand of his supporters. The ceremony held in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, on the sideline of the inauguration of the […]
Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State has sentenced 27 years old Sylvanus Ubong Sunday to two years imprisonment for human trafficking offences. The convict who hailed from Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, was arrested by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) in November […]
Uyo, the capital city of Akwa Ibom is set to play host to Nollywood Actor and Director, Mike Ezuruonye, as he comes into town with his movie, ‘Divorce Not Allowed’. The movie which is currently making waves across different states of the federation debuted in cinemas on Friday, April 13, 2018 and has since drawn […]
The stately Akwa Ibom International Stadium, Uyo, will come alive today, as the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Cranes of Uganda lock horns in a prestigious international friendly match. The last time the venue witnessed elemental explosion of football proportions was when the Super Eagles hosted the Bafana Bafana in a 30th Africa Cup […]