By Godwin Akpan – Uyo The ongoing construction and remodeling of Victor Attah International Airport (VAIA) in Akwa Ibom State by Governor Udom Emmanuel’s administration, has forced huge reactions from people both within the state and beyond. Governor Emmanuel had noted that upon completion, the airport terminal will not only create more employment for […]
TheHILL | EDUCATION | December 3. Osun Government says it will soon release the names of 3,170 successful applicants, who scored 50 per cent and above, in the state teachers recruitment examination. The Osun Commissioner for Education, Mr Folorunso Bamisayemi, made this known in a press statement on Thursday, in Osogbo According to Bamisayemi, 3,170 […]
TheHILL | POLITICS| December 2, 2021 A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia State, Dr Isaac Nkole, has warned the party against re-admitting Senator Orji Uzor Kalu into the umbrella symbol party. Nkole who gave the warning in a media chat in Umuahia, claimed that the former Governor “is in a desperate […]
TheHILL | POLITICS | DECEMBER 2. Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, on Thursday, said he would not impose any governorship aspirant of his choice on the people of Rivers come 2023. Wike gave the assurance in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri, in Port Harcourt. He assured that the […]
TheHILL | NEWS | DECEMBER 2. In its effort at repositioning the Niger Delta Region to meet the needs of the people as directed by President Mohammadu Buhari, the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, on Thursday, presented and launched the Strategic Implementation Work Plan( SIWP), in Abuja. In his speech at the official presentation, […]
TheHILL | EDUCATION | DECEMBER 2. Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Idongesit Etiebet, on Thursday, said the Udom Emmanuel led government is not owing the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) examination fees. According, to the Commissioner, the clarification became necessary after receiving a plethora of calls from journalists over a facebook post that […]
TheHILL | NATIONAL | DECEMBER 2. Second Republic Senate President Dr Joseph Wayas is dead, TheHILL can authoritatively report. Dr. Wayas, who has been receiving medical attention for sometime, reportedly died in in a London hospital. Cross River Governor Ben Ayade, in a statement, confirmed the incident. He lamented the passing of Wayas, describing his […]
TheHILL | NEWS | DECEMBER 2. The Niger Delta Development Commission has distributed e-learning devices to secondary school students, undergraduates and youths in the Niger Delta as part of efforts to enhance access to knowledge. The NDDC Interim Administrator, Effiong Akwa, who distributed the devices, appealed to the youths to shun drugs, cultism and social […]
TheHILL | METRO PLUS | DECEMBER 2. A man, Opeyemi Rufai, has allegedly stabbed a food seller, Olayinka Ogunleye, during an argument bordering on N400 at the Baonik Hotel, Magboro, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. Our source, PUNCH first reported that Rufai, while lodging at the hotel, told Olayinka to […]
TheHILL | NEWS | DECEMBER 2. Bayelsa State Police Command has arraigned 12 women on charges of unlawful assembly and use of juju to block the ongoing construction of the Yenagoa-Oporoma Road. The women, said to be protesting against the alleged exclusion of their community in the road project, are from Agobiri community in Southern […]