UNEMPLOYMENT LOOMS AS ECOBANK SHUTS DOWN 74 BRANCHES
Ecobank Nigeria has shut down about 74 of its 479 branches.
The bank says it will deploy staff from the merged branches to other projects...
FG Orders NDDC To Resume Suspended Scholarship Scheme
By Mike Odiegwu
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs Umana Umana has ordered the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to resume the commission’s scholarship scheme...
BREAKING: ACCRUED REVENUE TO TSA HITS N8.9TRN
The Treasury Single Account (TSA) has so far recorded accruals to the sum of N8.9 trillion accrued since the introduction of the policy in...
BANK OF INDUSTRY REDUCES INTEREST RATE TO ZERO PERCENT FOR YOUTHS
To boost the multiplier effect of the scheme, the bank has decided to further encourage such young entrepreneurs by administering their loans at zero...
RHAB-YESS PARTNERS MINISTRY OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT ON SMEs DEVELOPMENT
A social-welfare body, Rt. Hon. Aniekan Bassey Youth Entrepreneurship Support Scheme (RHAB-YESS), has vowed to collaborate with relevant government Ministries, Department and Agencies, particularly...
AKHA RATIFIES BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR 31 LGAs, ADVOCATES FOR PROVISION OF...
By Ubong SAMPSON
The Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Barrister Onofiok Luke, has advocated the provision of necessary facilities to assist...
238 Nigerians stranded in Turkey arrive Abuja
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, have announced that Two Hundred and Thirty-Eight, 238, Nigerians who were stranded in Turkey arrived have at the...
UDOM SEEKS PARTNERSHIP WITH CHINESE ICT FIRM
By Ndifreke P. AKPAN
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, has met with Officials of Huawei Technologies from the Peoples Republic of China to...
DPR SEALS 19 FILLING STATIONS IN SOKOTO, KEBBI FOR SELLING ABOVE...
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has sealed 19 filling stations in Sokoto and Kebbi states for allegedly selling petrol above the pump price...
AKEES, SMEDAN SIGN PARTNERSHIP MoU
Governor Udom Emmanuel has expressed appreciation to the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria, SMEDAN, for partnering with the Akwa Ibom Enterprise...
FOUR-POINT BY SHERATON: ETTEH TASKS PHEDC ON QUALITY ASSURANCE, COMPLIANCE
Commissioner for Special Duties, Rt. Hon. Okpolupm Etteh, has tasked Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) to comply and maintain quality assurance in its...
A’IBOM SPEAKER EMPOWERS THREE YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS
The Speaker Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Aniekan Bassey, through his monthly Youth Entrepreneurship Support Scheme, (RHAB-YESS) has empowered three young...
Buying into Investment Opportunities as Akwa Ibom Develops its Coastal Areas
By Ukpong Ukpong
Akwa Ibom state is undergoing significant transformation, offering attractive investment opportunities for discerning investors worldwide. Strategically located at the point where the...
2020 BUDGET: BE THOROUGH AND PROMPT – ODUDOH URGES MDAs
Chairman of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly Committee on Finance and Appropriations, Rt. Hon. Uduak Odudoh, has urged representatives of Ministries, Departments...
DE-MBARUKAS TO MONITOR TELECOM BASE STATIONS, COLLAPSIBLE STRUCTURES WITHIN UYO CAPITAL...
A foremost environmental management consultant De-Mbarukas Limited has been appointed by Uyo Capital City Development Authority (UCCDA) as a consultant to ensure Effective Monitoring...
FRANK EDOHO LOSES MTN SPONSORSHIP OF ‘WHO WANTS TO BE A...
For over ten years, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire has aired on major network stations across the nation and it has become a...
UDOM APPLAUDS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S RENEWED VISION IN AGRICULTURE
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has lauded the Federal Government’s decision to break new grounds in the development of agriculture to ensure...
ALLEGED N336.2M TAX EVASION: A’IBOM GOVT SLAMS UBA
Akwa Ibom State Board of Internal Revenue Service (AKIRS) on Thursday, moved against the United Bank of Africa, UBA, over non-remittance of personal income...
COOPA PARTNERS LAGOS-BASED REAL ESTATE FIRM TO TACKLE HOUSING NEEDS IN...
Barely 24 hours after the launch of #ExperienceAkwaIbom Campaign by the Conference of Online Publishers in Akwa Ibom State (COOPA) at the...
START UPS GRANT: 1000 YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS TO RECEIVE N500MILLION
Over 1000 Nigerians will this year be beneficiaries of N500Million Grant seed capital set aside for young Nigerian entrepreneurs and students.
This was disclosed this...
AKWA IBOM OPENS INTERNATIONAL MARKET FOR BUSINESS SEPTEMBER
A consortium of Chinese Companies comprising China Railway And Airport Construction Company, Yiwu International Market Group, Ande Logistics, Forte Energy and Jaagris Nigeria Limited...
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY BILL: AK SPEAKER TASKS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
The Speaker, Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Barr. Onofiok Luke has urged the National Assembly to expedite legislative action on the Petroleum Industry...
MOBIL TOP STAFF DRAGS OIL GIANT TO COURT, REVEALS COMPANY’S PLOT...
Mr Paul Arinze, an official of Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, on Monday, asked a National Industrial Court in Lagos, to suspend a “Special Review...
SAMSUNG Crisis Sends Shares Sliding
Shares in Samsung fell further on Wednesday after the Smartphone maker said it would scrap production of its flagship Note 7 model.
Shares fell 3%...
GUIDE PUBLISHER THRILLS A’IBOM NEWSPAPER DISTRIBUTORS TO BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP DINNER
The Chairman, Akwa Ibom State Newspapers Distribution Association, Obong Bright Ewoh, have described the Guide newspaper as an outstanding and unique brand that has...
APRIL DEBTS: AKWA IBOM ESCAPES FG’S DEDUCTION OF 32BN FROM STATES’...
The Federal Government has deducted a total of N32bn from allocations of states from the Federation Account in the month of April 2016 for...
WHY WE DELAYED IN PASSING 2018 BUDGET – SENATE
Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/05/delayed-passing-2018-budget-senate/
SIX months after President Muhammadu Buhari presented the draft copy of the N8.612 trillion 2018 budget estimates to a joint session...
GROUP DEMAND FOR RELOCATION OF EXXONMOBIL’S HEDQUARTERS TO AKWA IBOM
There has been renewed call for oil giant, ExxonMobil, to relocate its Headquarters from Lagos to Akwa Ibom State where the company has its...
BUSINESS GRANTS: A’IBOM WOMEN LAUD ANIEKAN BASSEY’S PET PROJECT, RHAB-YESS
By Akaninyene Ekong
Rural women and young entrepreneurs in Akwa Ibom State, who are beneficiaries of the 29th edition of RHAB-YESS Foundation’s business grant, have...
AGRICULTURE: UDOM EMMANUEL TAKING AKWA IBOM ON THE PATH OF SUSTAINABLE...
In the last 41 months and counting, Governor Emmanuel’s agenda of ensuring food sufficiency and security as well as diversification from petro-dollar to an...
A’IBOM POLICE COMMISSIONER VISITS AKEES INDUSTRIES
Coming few days after Senior Officers and Men of the National Defence College, led by Air Marshal Dahiru Sandra visited AKEES Mini-Industrial Park as...
COVID-19: FG IMPOUNDS UK AIRCRAFT FOR FLYING PASSENGERS TO NIGERIA AMID...
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has announced that Nigeria’s aviation authority has caught a United Kingdom registered aviation company running commercial flight services...
UDOM SEEKS LEGAL BACKING FOR ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, has tasked the National Assembly to evolve Legislative framework that would fast track the revamping of power...