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...

UDOM IS MAKING AKWA IBOM INVESTOR FRIENDLY – UFOT EBONG

The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Udom Emmanuel on Technical Matters and Due Process, Elder Ufot Ebong, said the state governor has ensured a...

MEDIA HOUSES PLAN MASS PROTEST AGAINST APC OVER N30M ADVERT DEBT

Journalists covering the All Progressives Congress (APC) have concluded plans to embark on a massive protest against the National Working Committee (NWC), led by...

Nigeria Labour Congress rejects increase in the price of petrol

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, says it received with great shock and consternation the news of the increase in the pump price of Premium...

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...

NIGERIA RANKS AMONG WORLD ECONOMIES ON SPEEDY GROWTH IN 2017 –...

Good news is coming than bad when it comes to global growth this year, as Nigeria, Argentina and and several of Latin America’s largest...

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...

PRICE SLASH: RICE OPERATORS AIM AT N6,000 PER BAG

Rice farmers, millers and processors on Wednesday announced that the price of a 50kg bag of rice will fall to as low as N6,000...

UDOM ADVOCATES POLICY TO UNBUNDLE OIL AND GAS SECTOR FOR ECONOMIC...

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel has called on the Federal Government to formulate policies that will unbundle the oil and gas sector...

NDDC: PRESIDENT BUHARI TO COMMISSION SPECIAL PROTECTION UNIT BASE

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday (September 28) commission the Special Protection Unit Base 6 barracks, built and donated by the Niger Delta Development...

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...

AKEES GIVES FARMERS MILLIONS EVERY THREE MONTHS

BY Patrick ALBERT A silent agricultural revolution is taking place in Akwa Ibom State. The despondency of subsistence farming is giving way for multi-million naira...

‘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...

AKSG Migrates To E-Receipting

Akwa Ibom State Government has reinstated its commitment to reposition the state’s service delivery mechanisms in its industrialization drive, maintaining that the need became...

NAIRA CRASHES AGAINST THREE MAJOR CURRENCIES AT PARALLEL MARKET

Naira, today (Friday), depreciated further against three major currencies - Dollar, Euro and Pound at the parallel market as speculation, hoarding and increasing zero...

A’IBOM COCONUT REFINERY,  OIL & GAS FREE TRADE ZONE WILL ENHANCE...

Build up to the establishment of Liberty Oil and Gas Free Trade Zone in Akwa Ibom State, the state government has expressed optimism...

Transcorp Consortium Named Winner in Bid for Afam Power

The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) on Tuesday declared Transcorp Power Consortium as the winner of the financial bid for the privatisation of Afam...

Rebranding NDDC: Charting a New course for Developing Niger Delta

By UKPONG Ukpong President Mohammed Buhari has barely nine months to make good his electioneering promise of taking serious steps to develope the Niger Delta...

GOVERNOR UDOM INAUGURATES REVENUE BOARD

  Akwa Ibom State Governor,  Mr Udom Emmanuel,  has inaugurated the state Board of Internal Revenue with a call on the members  to explore ways...

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 PARLEYS BLACKRHINO FOR 570MW POWER PROJECT

Ndifreke P. AKPAN Governor Udom Emmanuel has described the new power plant project billed to commence at the onshore of the Qua Iboe terminal...

DPR Seals NNPC Filling Station In Uyo

DPR Seals NNPC Filling Station In Uyo The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Akwa Ibom said it had sealed the NNPC mega filling station...

COVID-19: NCAA threatens to stop domestic flights

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has threatened to stop domestic flights in the country. In a letter addressed to local airlines on Monday, NCAA...

WORLD BANK PARTNERS AKWA IBOM ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, has been applauded for partnering the World Bank on community-driven development projects in the state. The State Commissioner for Finance,...

ARIK GROUNDED IN LAGOS, OWERRI

Passengers on two aircraft belonging to Nigeria’s largest airline, Arik Air, had their flights disrupted on Sunday following incidences at the Lagos and Owerri...

NIGERIAN MOGUL ELUMELU TARGETS $2.5 BILLION POWER BUILD-OUT

Nigerian business mogul Tony Elumelu plans to invest as much as $2.5 billion in power projects across Africa’s electricity-starved biggest oil producer. The chairman...

AKWA IBOM STATE GOVERNMENT PARTNERS UNITED ARAB EMIRATE ON DEVELOPMENT

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel Thursday in Abuja played host to The United Arab Emirates Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. Fahad AI Taffaq. Areas...

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...

NNPC Posts N3.3trn Profit, N2.1trn Dividend For 2023

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has declared a net profit of N3.297 trillion at the close of the financial year which ended...

FG PICKS CHINESE FIRM TO MANAGE, OPERATE IBOM SEAPORT – USORO

Bolloré Africa Logistics–PowerChina International Group Limited Consortium (the “BolloréPowerChina Consortium”) has emerged the preferred bidder for the Ibom Deep Seaport Project (IDSP). This selection followed...