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11,400 TEACHERS IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS MAY LOSE JOBS IN AKWA IBOM
UYO - The Akwa Ibom State Government says it will close down 1,200 private schools operating illegally in the State, this month. "The closure will be disastrous to pupils in the affected schools, if the State government goes on with it", Mr. Samuel Ufuo, former chairman of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly Committee on Education said. Atleast 11,400 teachers...
NFIU guidelines: Local gov’t councils in A’Ibom forfeit two months allocations
Abasifreke Effiong AKWA IBOM - Local Government councils in Akwa Ibom State have not received its allocations for the months of June and July from the Federal Account and Allocation Committee (FAAC). The 31 local government councils have temporarily forfeited the money to the federal government due to its failure to abide by the new guidelines on receipt of federal allocations...
Gov Emmanuel consoles Senator Ekpenyong on wife’s demise
AKWA IBOM - Governor Udom Emmanuel has commiserated with Senator Chris Ekpeyong over the demise of his wife Dr. Grace Ekpeyong. The State Governor who was accompanied on the condolence visit by the Deputy Governor, Mr. Moses Ekpo, Director General Divine mandate Otuekong Idongesit Nkanga, National Legal officer of the PDP, Barr. Emmanuel Enoidem, Senator Anietie Okon, SSG Dr. Emmanuel...
Illegal bunkering is on the increase in Delta – NPDC
Kelvin Onyekachukwu DELTA - The Nigeria Petroleum Development Company, NPDC/ND Western OML 34 AMT (Asset Management Team) has said that activities of illegal bunkers are increasing in its area of operations in Delta State. The Manager, Government, Community Relations and Security, Mr. Aiguedo Sheidu, disclosed this at a press conference in Warri. Sheidu said, locals, surveillance guards and contractors in various communities...
Okowa’s aide to pirates: Steer clear from Delta
Kelvin Onyekachukwu DELTA - The newly appointed Senior Special Assistant on Security Matters to the Delta State Governor, Comrade Ezekiel Daniel, has warned pirates to steer clear from the waterways of Delta. Daniel said the State government will not condone any criminal acts. "Anyone caught will be dealt with as a common criminal." He said Delta State will soon roll out waterway patrol...
Buhari appoints Ita Enang SSA Niger Delta Affairs … Adesina, Shehu retain positions
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Senator Ita Enang as Senior Special Assistant, Niger Delta Affairs. Until his appointment, Enang was the SSA National Assembly Matters - Senate, to the President. Senator Babajide Omoworare is now the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), while, Mallam Umar El-Yakub, has been reappointed the Senior Special Assistant to the President...
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...
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...
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...
