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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...
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...
Shell inaugurates 34 projects in Delta
Illori Ogunmola DELTA - Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) Joint Venture (JV), inaugurated 34 community projects in the Ogulagha Kingdom, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta on Thursday 3rd October, urging host communities to create enabling environment for sustainable business growth. SPDC General Manager(GM), External Relations, Mr. Igo Weli, speaking at the inauguration said the projects were...
20,000 plus have benefitted from Delta job, wealth creation – Okowa
Ilori Ogunmola No fewer than 20,000 persons have benefitted from the Delta State's Job and Wealth Creation programme since its inception. Governor Ifeanyi Okowa disclosed this on Wednesday 2nd October at the 2nd Warri Economic Summit held in Warri, Delta State. The event was convened by Mr Michael Tidi, Chairman, Warri South Local Government Area. The governor, who was represented at the event...
Senate delegation arrives A’Ibom for Senator Ekpenyong’s wife’s burial
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel has received a delegation from the senate led by senate minority leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe who arrived the state ahead of the funeral of Late Dr. (Mrs) Grace Ekpenyong, wife of the Senator representing Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District, Obong Chris Ekpenyong. The obsequies is scheduled for tomorrow Thursday, 3rd October, 2019,...
Return schools back to missions – Attah
By Abasifreke Effiong AKWA IBOM - A Former governor, Obong Victor Attah, has encouraged the Akwa Ibom State Government to hand back schools it took from churches to the missions that started those schools. Attah made the call at the first Akwa Ibom Education Summit held at Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio hall, said mission schools were strong in teaching morality....
Youth group sues FG over NDDC Board composition
A Non-Governmental-Organisation (NGO), Incorporated Trustees of Concerned Niger Delta Youth Initiative (CNDYI) has dragged the federal government before the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State over the composition of the Board and Management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Federal Government, it would be recalled, recently announced the new Board and Management on NDDC. Copies of the...
We will audit NDDC’s finances – Minister of Niger Delta
ABUJA - The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has said his ministry will audit financial records of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) beginning from the year 2000. The NDDC is an interventionist agency of the federal government with the mandate to formulate and implement development programmes for oil producing States of the South-South. The commission has been...
Five months old fetus can survive in Ibom Specialist Hospital – Mgt
By Abasifreke Effiong AKWA IBOM - The Ibom Specialist hospital will write a record-breaking story in obstetrics and gynaecology when it is able to tend its first 20 weeks fetus to full maturity. New management of the hospital says it has the expertise and facility to tend a 20 weeker. The hospital has about 10 functional incubators within its pediatrics unit. Management of...
A’Ibom amateur technicians stun the world with models of heavy-duty automobiles
By Abasifreke Effiong AKWA IBOM - Recently, social media platforms were awash with a video of a-15 year old amateur technician from Akwa Ibom State, demonstrating a model of an excavator he fabricated. The video attracted the attention of big companies, notably, Mantrac Nigeria Caterpillar Company and the BBC. Our correspondent tracked the 15 years old Idorenyin Robert to a...
