DON’T EXPECT IMPROVED POWER SUPPLY IN NEXT FIVE YEARS –...
The Managing Director of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company, Olufunke Osibodu, has urged Nigerians not to expect any improvement in the power sector in...
FUEL CRISIS: FG INTERVENES, GIVES KACHIKWU ULTIMATUM
The Federal Government has given Ibe Kachikwu, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, order to ensure that fuel queues at filling stations are eliminated...
AKWA IBOM LAUNCHES AFRICA’S BIGGEST SYRINGE FACTORY
Africa’s biggest syringe factory, the N15billion Jubilee Syringe Company in ONNA Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, has been commissioned by Vice President...
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...
CBN LIFTS FOREX BAN ON 41 ITEMS FOR SMEs
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has lifted the restriction on 41 items listed as ineligible for foreign exchange for small and medium enterprises...
PECULIAR PEOPLE MPCS INAUGURATED
Sammy Charles.
The official inauguration of Peculiar People Afaha Ikot Obio Nkan Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited was held on the 11th of May this May.
The...
AKWA IBOM TO GET PERMANENT NDDC OFFICE
The Akwa Ibom State permanent office of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is to be built within the tenure of the present board...
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...
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...
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...
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...
5000 SHOPS CAPACITY EKET INTERNATIONAL MARKET READY DECEMBER –CONTRACTOR
The contractors handling the International Market (Urua Nka) in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Yiwu International Trade City of Nigeria, has...
Jubilee Syringe MD Becomes New Chairman, Cross River/Akwa Ibom MAN
The managing director of Jubilee Syringe Manufacturing Company, Onna Local Government Area, Mr Akin Oyediran, has been decorated as the newly elected Cross River/Akwa...
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...
RHAB-YESS FOUNDATION SUPPORTS AKWA IBOM ENTREPRENEURS, STUDENTS
The Rt. Hon Aniekan Bassey Youth Entrepreneurship Support Scheme Foundation (RHAB-YESS Foundation), a not-for-profit and non-political organization, has reiterated its commitment to the wellbeing...
FG TO DEPLOY SOLAR PANELS ON BUILDINGS
The Ministry of Science and Technology says it will play a leading role in resolving the nation’s perennial power crisis through the deployment solar...
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...
AKSG SIGNS MoU FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF OIL AND GAS TRAINING...
The Akwa Ibom State Government has signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Halliburton Nigeria for the establishment of Oil and Gas training Center...
UDOM’S INDUSTRIALIZATION PLAN IS FAULTY, POLITICALLY MOTIVATED – APOSTLE EDUOK
A renowned industrialist, Apostle Usen Eduok, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Usmer Ventures, has faulted the on-going industrialization plan of Governor Udom Emmanuel, adding...
$1.2BN LOAN: NIGERIAN BANKS CANNOT TAKEOVER ETISALAT – FG
The Federal Government on Tuesday said lenders cannot take over Etisalat Nigeria.
In a statement by Tony Ojobo, Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, it...
ENTREPRENEURSHIP: RHAB-YESS SHOWCASES MAIDEN QUALIFIERS
As part of its campaign for financial greatness to young Akwa Ibom entrepreneurs, RHAB-YESS (Rt. Hon. Aniekan Bassey Youth Entrepreneurship Support Scheme), an initiative...
WORLD BANK PRESIDENT UNOPPOSED FOR SECOND TERM
American president of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim stands unopposed for a second term, with an invaluable endorsement by the US Treasury...
Senate Summons MTN Again Over $13.9bn Transfer
The Senate today (Thursday) summoned the Management of MTN Limited, their bankers and some businessmen over alleged violation of the Foreign Exchange (Monitoring and...
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...
AKPABIO LEFT N64. 5BILLION DEBT FOR AKWA IBOM – AKAN OKON
Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Akan Okon, has said the Udom Emmanuel led administration inherited from the administration of Chief Godswill Akpabio...
DEBT: EMINENCE OIL, AKWA SAVINGS SETTLE
Eminence Oil and Chemicals Limited, one of the nation's budding downstream petroleum industry operatives, has reconciled its accounts with Akwa Savings and Loans Limited,...
AVIATION: A’IBOM SCALE-UP COVID-19 PROTOCOLS AT VICTOR ATTAH AIRPORT
By Glory James
As part of its preparation for the reopening of the Victor Attah International Airport (VAIA), the Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Special...
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...
PHOTO NEWS
Immediate past Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly and member representing Etinan Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Elder Samuel...
Forensic Audit: Buhari to constitute NDDC board after release of white...
There are strong indications that President Muhammadu Buhari may have given fresh conditions for the inauguration of the Board of the Niger Delta Development...
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...