N250,000 up for grabs in OpenGov Hackathon
A non-governmental organisation working for improved development outcomes in economic governance, environment and community livelihoods, Policy Alert, has announced that its Open Gov Hackathon 2019 will hold on 21-22 November, 2019 in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital. The announcement was contained in a statement issued by the organisation’s Programme Officer (Anti-corruption and governance reforms) Faith Paulinus in Uyo....
97 percent of road constructed by Governor Emmanuel administration has failed – Lawmaker
Ekemini Simon Members of Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly Committee on Finance and Appropriations have queried the Works Commissioner in the state, Mr. Ephraim Inyang-Eyen for poorly constructed roads. Members of the committee frowned at the rapid failing of newly completed roads by the Governor Udom Emmanuel administration, saying such poor quality of work was unacceptable. The lawmakers observed that although...
Kingsley Byron Foundation donates books to students in Ibesikpo Asutan
AKWA IBOM - A humanitarian group, Kingsley Byron Foundation has distributed 1500 copies of exercise books to students in secondary schools in Ibesikpo Asutan local government area, Akwa Ibom State. The foundation which is funded by an officer of the Nigerian Army, Mr. Kingsley Byron Ekpenyong has undertaken many interventions in support of the free and compulsory education programme of...
2000 graduands convoke at AKSU’s 4th and 5th graduation ▪...
Abasifreke Effiong AKWA IBOM - The Vice Chancellor of the Akwa Ibom State University, Prof. Eno Ibanga has said that 2000 graduands will convoke at the 4th and 5th convocation of the university holding on Friday 8th November 2019. The convocation which will hold at the Ikot Akpaden campus of the university was preceded by a convocation lecture on Thursday...
Policy Alert seeks stronger oversight of Akwa Ibom 2020 budget, more funding for State Auditor
AKWA IBOM - Policy Alert, a non-governmental organisation working to promote socio-economic development in the Niger Delta, has called on the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly to step up its oversight of budget implementation in the state. The organisation made the call at the public hearing on the 2020 Appropriations Bill organised by the Akwa Ibom State House of...
Abducted ACP rescued by police • Two suspects arrested
Musa Rabo, the Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Suleja abducted over the weekend by gunmen along Abuja- Kaduna road has been rescued by the police. Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba said the officer was successfully rescued on Sunday evening by a combined team of Police operatives from Kaduna, Niger and Zone 7 Command Headquarters Abuja, backed-up...
Seven fleeing Boko Haram members killed by IEDs • Nigeria Army rescues four kidnapped students in Kaduna
The Nigerian Army says seven members of the Islamic sect Boko Haram, fleeing artillery bombardment and assaults by its troops have been killed by Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) planted by the sect. Eight other members of the sect reportedly sustained different degrees of injury in the incident. A statement by the media coordinator, Nigerian Army Operations, Aminu Iliyasu says the incident...
Kidnappers demand N50million ransom from police to free ACP
Our reporter Kidnappers along Abuja-Kaduna expressway have allegedly demanded N50 million ransom from the Nigeria Police Force as condition to free an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr. Isa Rambo, kidnapped on October 19, 2019. Isa Rambo, an Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Suleja Area Command, was kidnapped by gunmen around Kaduna state. Rambo, was reportedly kidnapped alongside his driver...
One feared dead over boundary clash in Delta
Don Baba DELTA - A man simply identified as William has been reported dead as Aladja and Ogbe-Ijoh Communities in Udu and Warri South-West Local Government Government Areas of Delta State resumed an aged long crisis. Details as to what caused the latest crisis is still sketchy at the time of filing this report. It was learnt that the victim who was...
EFCC Arraigns Man Over Land Fraud In Uyo
The Uyo Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, October 8, 2019, arraigned one Victor Saviour Uko before Justice Fatu Riman of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on one-count charge bordering on conspiracy, forgery and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N900,000.00. Uko ran into troubles when the...
