Cross River unveils theme for 2019 carnival
The Cross River state government has unveiled the theme for the 2019 street carnival. The theme is "Humanity". Cross River State carnival has received reviews and ratings to be the biggest street carnival in Africa. Governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade, said the theme of the carnival seeks to speak truth to power to the effect that all the artificial barriers...
Children, 14 to 17 years sent to prison in Delta – Child Rights Activist
Kelvin Meluwa DELTA - Child Rights Activist, Comrade Ighorhiowhunu Aghogho, has raised alarm that remand home in Sapele, Delta State, is "over congested with children". He said children between the ages of 14 and 17 years are being sent to prison in the State. "Remand home in Sapele, Delta State is congested with children and other young persons. Children under the ages...
Entertainmener in need of kidney transplantation begs Gov Emmanuel for help
AKWA IBOM - The Pioneer chairman of Performing Musician Association of Nigeria (PMAN) Ibesikpo Asutan chapter, Akwa Ibom State, Aniefiok Moses Edem, has cried out to Governor Udom Emmanuel, to save him from a kidney disease. Edem, 45 years old, is suffering from an end-stage kidney disease, according medical report from the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, UUTH. An indigene of...
A’Ibom senator loses wife
Chris Ekpenyong, the senator representing Akwa Ibom North West District, Akwa Ibom state, has lost his wife. The senator’s wife, Grace, is said to have passed on in Uyo, last weekend. The son, Emmanuel Ekpenyong, confirmed the incident Monday morning. “It’s a sad reality we must have to accept,” Mr Ekpenyong said. Mr Ekpenyong, a former deputy governor of Akwa Ibom state, won...
Navy arrest rice smugglers in Akwa Ibom
AKWA IBOM - The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base, Ibaka, in the Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, said on it had arrested five suspected smugglers and seized 370 bags of smuggled rice from them. The suspects were arrested in a wooden boat on Sunday, August 12, 2019, during a routine anti-smuggling patrol carried out by operatives of...
El-zakzaky acted provocatively in India – FG …wife accuses Nigerian security of killing her children
ABUJA - The federal government of Nigeria has claimed that the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Ibraheem El-zakzaky and his wife, acted provocatively in India during their medical trip. El-zakzaky's spouse while in India accused the Nigerian securities of killing her children, a statement by the federal ministry of information and culture, says. The government however insisted that the...
Independent magazine publishers honour Akwa Ibom Waste Mgt chairman
AKWA IBOM - Independent Magazine Publishers Association of Nigeria (IMPAN), has presented National Merit Award for change and good governance to the chairman, Akwa Ibom State Environmental Protection and Waste Management Agency (AKSEPWMA), Prince Akpan Ikim. The award came barely few months after Akwa Ibom State was declared the cleanest state in Nigeria by an NGO working on environmental sanitation. Presenting...
Buratai commends troops at FOB Daura
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt Gen Tukur Yusufu Buratai commends the commitment and achievement of troops deployed at Forward Operating Base at Daura in Katsina State for combating armed banditry, cattle rustling and kidnapping among other menaces during Operation Harbin Kunama III and ongoing Operation HADARIN DAJI in the North Western part of Nigeria. Buratai gave the commendation...
Policy Alert trains Akwa Ibom civil servants on FOI Act
AKWA IBOM - Policy Alert, a leading non-governmental organisation in the Niger Delta, holds a-one day training on utilising Freedom of Information Act as a tool for delivering public sector transparency and accountability in the Akwa Ibom State Civil Service. The training is for desk officers in Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in Akwa Ibom State. The training which has as...
3 persons crushed by trucks on deplorable East-West road
Rivers - Three persons have been crushed to death by heavy duty trucks at Akpajo, Eleme, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The incident occurred on Thursday 15th August. Eyewitness, Fyneface Fyneface said "collapsed bridge on the East-West road and attendant traffic jam", caused the loss. Another eyewitness, Nornubari Kote, claimed that impatient truck drivers crushed the trio to death. Kote said the deceased persons...
