Urges Oro Union to sheath sword, support A’Ibom Govt’s Effort For Ibom Deep Seaport TheHILL | POLITICS | OCTOBER 14. A Member of the 5th and 6th Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Victor Charles Udofia on Wednesday, insisted that former Senate Minority Leader and Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio […]
TheHILL | POLITICS | OCTOBER 14. Huge investments of Governor Udom Emmanuel in health and other sectors have attracted eulogies from indigenes of Akwa Ibom at home and in the Diaspora with the latest coming from Elder Godwin Okon. Okon, popularly called ‘Dumbra’, has lived in Atlanta Georgia and other cities in the United States […]
… as NMA Honours Fmr ExxonMobil boss for Donation of PCR Machine, 11,000 PPE Units to A’Ibom TheHILL | NEWS | OCTOBER 13. The 2021 Physicians’ Week of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in the country has been declared open in Uyo by the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, with a […]
By Iniubong Ubeng The commissioning of the completed Uyo – Ikot Ekpene road has come and gone but the unnecessary controversy generated by the false assertion that the previous administration of Chief Godswill Akpabio left the road at 20% completion is yet to abate. Understandably, many Akwa Ibom people who are very familiar with the […]
TheHILL | LEGISLATURE | OCTOBER 12. Akwa Ibom House of Assembly on Tuesday asked the people of Eastern Obolo Local Government not to be unnecessarily apprehensive, saying that the legislators would ensure that no local government council is shortchanged in the proposed remapping of the state. The House of Assembly had, in a resolution, mandated […]
TheHILL | CRIME | OCTOBER 12. Bandits on Monday night invaded St. Albert the Great Institute of Philosophy, a seminary belonging to the Catholic Church in Southern Kaduna and abducted students. The seminary is situated at Fayit community, Kagoma Chiefdom in the Jama’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Sources said an unspecified number of […]
TheHILL | CRIME | OCTOBER 12. President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, said he has instructed the Ministry of Defense to create a modest military industrial complex for the local production of weapons to meet some of the requirements of the country’s armed forces. He explained that the establishment of the industrial complex would address Nigeria’s […]
TheHILL | METRO | OCTOBER 12. A one year old baby has been burnt to death in Calabar as a result of candle light fire in a thatched house. The incident happened at Eta Agbor area of Calabar Municipality on Oct. 9. When the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) visited the area, it was observed […]
TheHILL | BUSINESS | OCTOBER 12. Appetite for crypto is growing stronger in Nigeria despite threats of an official clampdown. Nigerian art dealer Ebuka Joseph started using cryptocurrencies last year when business ground to a halt due to COVID-19. Now he is hooked even though the financial authorities disapprove. “Crypto just allows me to transact […]
TheHILL | POLITICS | OCTOBER 12. News just coming from the National Assembly has that the Senate has approved that Political parties in Nigeria should adopt direct primaries to all elective positions, TheHILL can authoritatively report. It equally said that the primaries should be monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The approval on […]