THERE IS NO ‘N5BN COVID-19 PPE’ FRAUD AT NDDC – MANAGEMENT
The Management of the Niger Delta Development Commission has denied the allegation of N5billion fraud rocking the Commission, saying “NDDC been inundated with enquiries...
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...
BANKS NOT AVERSE TO INVESTING IN MARITIME INFRASTRUCTURE – HERITAGE BANK...
The Managing Director/CEO of Heritage Bank Plc, Mr. Ifie Sekibo, has said Nigerian banks are willing to provide financing for building critical maritime infrastructures...
NIGERIANS WILL PAY HIGHER ELECTRICITY TARIFFS, FG PROMISES IMF
Nigerians will pay much higher tariff for power in 2021, going by promises made by the Federal Government to the International Monetary Fund while...
GOVERNOR EMMANUEL COMMITTED TO WORLD CLASS AIRPORT TERMINAL
Despite growing concerns over the economic challenges associated with the global pandemic, Governor Udom Emmanuel is committed to the completion of...
NIGERIA’S EXTERNAL DEBT RISES BY $11.77BN IN THREE YEARS – DMO
Nigeria’s external debt commitment rose by $11.77bn in the last three years, investigation has shown.
According to debt statistics obtained from the Debt Management Office,...
ROYALLINE TECHNOLOGIES: MAKING COMMUNICATION AFFORDABLE FOR EVERYONE
The quest to find the right balance between enjoying the benefits of technology without degrading the quality of life led Royalline Technologies into the...
ARIK AIR WORKERS COMMENCE INDEFINITE STRIKE TODAY
Staff of Arik Air will today embark on an indefinite strike action today (Tuesday) over non-payment of seven months’ salaries.
Report has it that Arik...
EKPO HOSTS KOREAN ENVOY TO NIGERIA, SEEKS COOPERATION IN GAS DEVELOPMENT...
Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo today hosted the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Nigeria, His Excellency, Mr....
FG RELEASES FACT SHEET ON BORROWING FROM CBN TO COUNTER SANUSI
The CBN advanced the Federal Government the sum of N1.193 trillion as Ways and Means as at 2nd December 2016.
A fact sheet of the...
UBA Gets New Group Managing Director
The Group Board of the United Ban for Africa, UBA, on Tuesday announced the appointment of Kennedy Uzoka to succeed Phillips Oduoza as its...
FG TO SELL POLARIS BANK IN TWO YEARS – AMCON
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) says it plans to sell Polaris Bank within two years.
Ahmed Kuru, Chief Executive Officer, AMCON, said this...
AVIATION: UDOM WOOS INVESTORS TO AKWA IBOM AT GIAS 2020 –...
By Glory JAMES
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has charged investors at the 2020 Global Investment in Aviation Summit...
IBOM AIR COMMENCES COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
Ibom Air, the first commercial airline ever to be owned and operated by a state government anywhere in Nigeria and indeed Africa, commences full...
IBOM POWER MOVES TO LIGHT UP IKOT ABASI
“Governor Udom Emmanuel has promised to ensure dedicated power supply to Ikot Abasi Local Government Area before the end of 2017” the Board Chairman...
CBN SANCTIONS GTB, ECOBANK, OTHERS FOR FOREX INFRACTIONS
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has barred 15 commercial banks from dealing in foreign exchange through the recently created small and medium enterprises...
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...
DANA AIRCRAFT LOSES CONTROL AT ABUJA AIRPORT
A commercial aircraft belonging to Dana Air nearly crashed after hitting the fence of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Friday.
This is coming...
AS EGINA SAILS TO OFFSHORE FIELD, CONCERNS NOT OVER
The $3.3 billion Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) unit built by Samsung Heavy Industries of Korea (SHI) for the 200,000 barrels per day capacity...
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...
ANOTHER BATCH OF JOB-SEEKING GRADUATES: HOW FAR HAS AKEES GONE?
By UbongAbasi Ise
“It is difficult for me to imagine what ‘personal liberty’ is enjoyed by unemployed person, who goes about hungry, and cannot find...
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...
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...
EPHRAIM INYANG AGAIN!
…How He Was Forced To Fix Ibom Connection By NTA Expose
… Why He Is Frustrating NDDC Repair Jobs
Governor Udom Emmanuel’s right hand man and...
EMMANUEL EKON MEETS SAMSUNG EXECUTIVE FOR DIVERSIFICATION OF OPERATION IN AFRICA
The Chairman, Local Content Committee of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Emmanuel Ekon earlier today met with Mr Won, Executive Vice President of...
80% SOCIAL INVESTMENTS FUNDED WITH ABACHA LOOT – PRESIDENCY
The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Investments , Mrs Maryam Uwais , on Thursday , said 80 per cent of payments...
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...
FTZ ATTRACTS 11,000 JOBS TO CROSS RIVER – NEPZA BOSS
The managing director, Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Hon. Emmanuel Jime, recently said the Calabar Free Trade Zone (CFTZ), has attracted over 11,000 direct...
‘PEACOCK PAINTS’ OPENS COLOUR CENTRE, COMMENCES TRAINING FOR PAINTERS
Akwa Ibom indigenous paint company, Peacock Paints Limited, which recently launched it Colour Centre at Plot 93, D-Line, Ewet Housing Estate, Uyo, commenced the...
MMM ‘INVESTORS’ DONATE MILLIONS TO HOSPITAL PATIENTS IN IBADAN
Community of mutual aid and donation exchange populalrly known as MMM on Thursday, November 17, 2016 donated about N2.5Million to hospital patients in Ibadan,...
Udoma cautions PDP against politicization of Ibom Air
By Nsikak Ukpong
A former Deputy Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly and chieftain of the APC, Hon Dr Uwem Udoma has...
CBN INJECTS OVER $400M INTO FOREX MARKET
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) intervened in the inter-bank foreign exchange market with $413.5 million to guarantee liquidity in the system.
A breakdown of...
FOUR-POINT BY SHERATON: A’IBOM GOVT TASKS MANAGERS ON SERVICE DELIVERY
By Idongesit DAVID
Akwa Ibom State Government has tasked managers of Four-Point by Sheraton, Ikot Ekpene, to keep to its terms of agreement on the...
AKWA SAVINGS PROTEST NON-PAYMENT OF SALARIES, ALLOWANCES
By Nsidibe AKPAN
The National Union of Banks, Insurance Financial Institution of Employees (NUBIFIE) has accused Akwa Ibom State Government of outright negligence and insensitivity...