The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) Akwa Ibom state branch called on the commissioner for agriculture, Akwa Ibom state to partner with the society in providing a research farm for medicinal plants cultivation in the state. Speaking during a courtesy call on the Honorable Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr (Mrs) Offiong Samuel Offor, the State […]
*Begins nationwide crackdown of manufacturers, distributors of products The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Friday,raised alarm over high rate at which Illicit herbal intoxicants are being used in the country, noting that act portends grave danger to the health of the users. The agency said its findings from […]
*seize 7 outboard engines By Ofonime Honesty Economic activities in the riverine communities of Akwa Ibom State have once again been dealt a blow as suspected sea pirates, on Thursday, launched attacks on the rivers of Oron and Mbo Local Government Areas, seizing a combined total of 7 outboard engines and carting away freshly-caught […]
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, and former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi met with the incumbent governor of the state, Professor Chukwuma Soludo at the Governor’s Lodge, Awka yesterday. Details of their discussion was not made public, although it was gathered that the 2023 general elections might have […]
By Evelyn Udobia The Acting Chairman, Mkpat Enin Local Government Council, Lady Mercy Bassey is among the Nigerian local government chairmen who will be receiving the 2022 Nigerian Local Government Chairmen Merit Award (LOGMA). The development was contained in a letter to Lady Bassey signed by Bayode Ojo, project coordinator, LOGMA. The award ceremony […]
An Iyaganku Family Court sitting in Ibadan ordered the remand of three teenagers and a 12-year-old in a juvenile home on Friday for allegedly raping an 18-year-old Person with Disability. The rape victim is their neighbour’s daughter. Prosecution counsel, Insp Folake Ewe, told the court that two of the four accused are siblings aged […]
TheHILL | NEWS | AUG. 19. The ancient town of Abia Okpo in Abak Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State was agog when the State’s Governorship candidate of YPP; Senator Bassey Albert Akpan among other sympathizers consoled Rt. Hon. Friday Iwok as he laid to rest the remains of his late brother late […]
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has revoked the broadcast licences of Silverbird TV, AIT, Raypower FM, and Rhythm FM amongst others over failure to renew their broadcast licences. Director General of the NBC Mallam Balarabe Shehu also directed its state offices to liaise with security agencies to ensure the shut down of the operation of […]
… insists peace talks must hold in Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday warned the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on the risk of shunning the votes from his state. He stressed that Rivers State is too strategic politically to be ignored by any serious- minded politician […]
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, said yesterday that N6.210 trillion was paid as fuel subsidy to independent oil marketers from 2013 to 2021. She, however, said the her ministry paid N1.774 trillion from 2013 to 2016, while the rest came under PMS under-recovery by the Nigerian National […]