TheHILL | METRO | MARCH 31. Police in Borno State arrested a 44-year-old man, Zakariya Ya’u, for allegedly raping a 92-year-old woman. Commissioner of Police, Mr Abdu Umar, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri on Thursday that Ya’u allegedly committed the crime at Mufa “A’’ ward in Askira Uba Local Government […]
•••We Need Communal Peace, Cooperation And Sacrifice To Deliver – Fashola TheHILL | NEWS | MARCH 31. Minister, Niger Delta Affairs Ministry, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday formally handed over the East-West Road, Sections 1-4 to the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola SAN, declaring to that he was happy to […]
TheHILL | NEWS | MARCH 29. No fewer than one hundred and fifty thousand cartons of Educational materials were presented to Principals of secondary schools across the State for distribution to their respective students by the Akwa Ibom State Government. The items are cartons of textbooks of various subjects, including English, Mathematics and science […]
By Etim Homage TheHILL | FOCUS | MARCH 29. Sycophancy is a common tool employed by many people to caress the ego or try to impress or seek attention of highly placed officials in our society. This tool is common, both in public and private sector, in our society. It is, oftentimes, perpetrated for […]
TheHILL | POLITICS | MARCH 29. The All Progressives Congress (APC), chairman in Akwa Ibom State, Obong Stephen Ntukekpo, has reiterated the commitment of his team to a united and peaceful state chapter of the party. Ntukekpo, whose team was hosted by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator […]
TheHILL | POLITICS | MARCH 29. Former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). It will be recalled that Senator Kwankwaso, recently had said he will defect from the party to a new party, the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP). Kwankwaso resigned his membership from PDP in a […]
… celebrates Oto-Obong Uwah’s contribution to Ibibio Literature TheHILL | NEWS | MARCH 29. Mr. Udom Inoyo, immediate past Vice Chairman of ExxonMobil in Nigeria, has lent his voice to the call against exorbitant burial ceremonies and the anglicization of Ibibio names by the Ibibios. Mr. Inoyo, Advisor, Inoyo Toro Foundation, dropped the charge […]
TheHILL | POLITICS | MARCH 28. Obong Akan Udofia, a governorship aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party(PDP), has warned delegates and all his supporters not to take any oath on account of showing loyalty to him. Akan Udofia, who made his stand known to the people on Wednesday, at his Campaign Ground […]
TheHILL | POLITICS | MARCH 28. Former Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom state, Engr. Patrick Ekpotu, has said that in spite of the agitations within the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), for the South to produce the president in 2023, political pragmatism dictates that the party needs the experience and reach of the former Vice […]
Nigerians from diverse background have in unison voiced their preference for an Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s presidency in 2023 for the restoration of the dwindling economy, halting the chronic insecurity and uniting the country for progress and prosperity. At a National Town hall meetings South South edition held at Ibom E-library conference hall IBB […]