A’IBOM ASSEMBLY REJECTS PLANNED NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN ITU LGA
The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, has again rejected the planned building of a nuclear power plant in Itu Local Government Area or...
AKPABIO SEEKS CBN’s ALLIANCE TO BOOST AGRICULTURE IN NIGER DELTA
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has expressed the readiness of his ministry to form a strategic alliance with the Central...
COOPA CONDOLES GOVERNOR EMMANUEL
As the rain of tributes keep pouring in for Governor Udom Emmanuel and family following the demise of his father Elder Gabriel Emmanuel Nkanang,...
SENATOR ABBA MORO RAISES ALARM AS STRANGE DISEASE RAVAGES BENUE SOUTH...
The Senator representing Benue South Senatorial District, Abba Moro, has lamented the outbreak of a strange disease in Obi Local Government Area of Benue...
LAWMAKERS, STAKEHOLDERS BRAINSTORM OVER AKWA IBOM URBAN, REGIONAL PLANNING LAW
By Itoro BASSEY
A bill to largely address issues contained in the Akwa Ibom State Urban and Regional Planning Law is being processed by the...
AKSG TO TURN WETLANDS INTO WEALTH LANDS – EKONG SAMPSON
By Paulinus Nnah
The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Environment and Petroleum Resources, Rt. Hon. Ekong Sampson has stressed the readiness of Akwa Ibom State...
UKO AKPAN, AKWA IBOM MUSIC LEGEND, JOINS HIS ANCESTORS
Akwa Ibom icon, music legend and highlife maestro, Dr. Uko Akpan Ekpo Umana is no more.
Dr Uko Akpan from Ikot Obong in Afaha Obong,...
INSECURITY: BUHARI MEETS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY LEADERSHIP, LAWAN, GBAJABIAMILA
Amid the increasing insecurity in Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari is currently holding a meeting with Senate President Ahmad Lawan and the Speaker of the...
INSECURITY: BUHARI, HIS SERVICE CHIEFS HAVE NO SOLUTION TO NIGERIA’S PROBLEM...
A former Liaison Officer of ex-President Shehu Shagari, Tanko Yakasai, has thrown his weight behind calls demanding the sack of current Service Chiefs by...
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE: ANIEKAN BASSEY LAUDS A’IBOM OFFICERS AT POLICE ACADEMY
Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Aniekan Bassey, has lauded the academic excellence put up by 18 indigenes of...
FOLMA TO PARTNER A’IBOM ASSEMBLY FOR EFFECTIVE REPORTAGE
Forum of Legislators' Media Aides, Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, FOLMA, a conglomerate of legislative reporters working for the general purpose of projecting...
AYOOLA BABALOLA: JOURNALIST ARRESTED BY DSS OVER ARTICLES ON BUHARI, TINUBU...
Ayoola Babalola, the journalist arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) and charged with offences, including incitement and conduct likely to cause a...
BOKO HARAM/ISWAP: FRANCE SENDS MESSAGE TO US
France on Monday asked the U.S. to keep supporting its operations against Islamist extremists in West Africa such as Boko Haram, ISIS backed ISWAP...
NEW MINIMUM WAGE IN AKWA IBOM STATE: LABOUR, GOVERNMENT SIGN AGREEMENT
The issue of the implementation of the New National Minimum Wage in Akwa Ibom State has finally been laid to rest.
This follows the signing...
AKSG INAUGURATES TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SUFFICIENCY
In line with the vision of the present Administration to ensure that Akwa Ibom State competes favourably with other Advanced Countries in the area...
ESSIEN UDIM RERUN: CP REVEALS WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO UNIDENTIFIED OFFICERS,...
Ahead of the court-ordered rerun elections in Essien Udim local government area of Akwa Ibom State into the offices of Senate, House of Representatives...
AKHA EFFECTS SHAKE-UP IN STANDING COMMITTEES
The Speaker of Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Aniekan Bassey, on Tuesday, announced minor changes in the leadership of some Standing...
MINIMUM WAGE: A’IBOM STATE GOVT COMMENCES PAYMENT
Governor Udom Emmanuel has approved the implementation of the new N30,000 minimum wage in Akwa Ibom state, based on the Federal Government Negotiated Consequential...
A’IBOM ASSEMBLY PASSES BILL TO ESTABLISH STATE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND...
The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, has passed a Bill for a Law to Establish the Akwa Ibom State College of Science...
HOW GOV UDOM EMMANUEL IS ENDING A DECADE OF ARREARS OF...
By B. N. Etim
Few weeks to Christmas, some retired primary school teachers in Akwa Ibom state and their next - of - kins, protested...
A’IBOM PDP TO PROTEST AGAINST IMO ROBBERY TODAY
The Akwa Ibom State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said in a statement by its Chairman, Obong Paul Ekpo, that it...
NOVONE SOCIAL HOUSING ESTATE MOST PRIMED, SAFEST IN A’IBOM – ARC...
… Urges Govt To Subsidize Facility For Civil Servants
By Nsidibe AKPAN
Principal partner of Novone Consult, Arc. Ezekiel Nya-Etok, has outlined the unique features of...
NNAMDI KANU TO STORM NIGERIA ON ‘VALENTINE DAY’
The Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Friday announced that he will attend his parents’ burial slated for February 14, 2020, Valentine...
ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A’IBOM SPEAKER LAUNCHES SME SUPPORT SCHEME
Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Aniekan Bassey, on Monday launched an entrepreneurship scheme, RHAB-YESS, to provide funding for...
UDOM PAYS 4,461 WORKERS ENTITLEMENTS IN Q4 2019 – REPORT
The Akwa Ibom state government has paid arrears of various entitlements to 4, 461 civil servants – both retired and serving - in...
WE’LL FOCUS MORE ON TRAINING OF MEMBERS – COOPA
The Coalition of Online Publishers in Akwa Ibom State (COOPA) has prioritized training and retraining of its members in the year 2020 for efficient...
RELEASE SHEHU SANI, SERAP TELLS EFCC
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to immediately release former Kaduna lawmaker, Shehu...
BUHARI MAKES NEW APPOINTMENT
President Muhammau Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the board of Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).
Ademola Seriki is now the board Chairman with effect from...
AKHA COMMITTED TO FUNDING, SUPPORTING OF POLICE – EDIDEM
By Nsidibe Akpan
The member representing Itu State Constituency in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly (AKHA), Hon. KufreAbasi Edidem has reaffirmed the commitment...
FACEBOOK SCAM ALERT: ANIEKAN BASSEY WARNS FRAUDSTERS, IMPERSONATORS
The Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Aniekan Bassey, has drawn the attention of the public to yet another...
US VS IRAN: IRAQ, POLAND, DENMARK, NORWAY REACT TO MISSILE ATTACKS...
The Iraqi military has confirmed that 22 missiles were launched on the Ain al-Asad air base and a base in Erbil between 1:45 am...
IBENO INFERNO: GOV EMMANUEL SYMPATHIZES WITH VICTIMS, ASSURES BETTER LIFE
By Darlington UDOBONG
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has sympathized with victims of the inferno that engulfed...
SOLEMN ASSEMBLY: UDOM REDEDICATES STATE TO GOD, DECLARES ZERO TOLERANCE FOR...
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State, on Thursday, rededicated the state to God during its yearly Solemn Assembly at Ibom Hall Arena, declaring...
2020: ETTEH URGES A’IBOM PEOPLE TO OWN GOVERNMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT TO...
Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Special Duties, Rt. Hon. Okpolupm Etteh, has urged the people of the state to rise up to their responsibility...