For many following Akwa Ibom’s political development since the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) blew whistle for the take-off of the 2023 election campaigns, the ongoing massive endorsement enjoyed by the Governorship candidate of Young Progressives Party (YPP) Obong Bassey Albert (OBA), did not come as a surprise. However, many political pundits have described […]
Month: September 2024
2023: Akwa Ibom ACCORD targets 1.2M votes for Governorship candidate, others
The first political party on the ballot, ACCORD in Akwa Ibom State has said it is targeting One million two hundred thousand votes for the party’s Governorship candidate, Engr. Emem Coffie FNICE, COREN ahead of the 2023 general election. The state Chairman of the party, Rt Hon Martins Ansa, made the disclosure in […]
Senate Committee clears Umana of N480b fraud allegation
Niger Delta Affairs Minister Umana Okon Umana, yesterday got a clean bill of health from the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions. He was cleared of all the allegations of misappropriation and illegal sack of workers levelled against him by a group. The committee described the petition against the minister as baseless. […]
I’ve fulfilled my promises to Judiciary —Wike
GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has expressed fulfillment over his administration’s diligent support at enhancing the judiciary to discharge its constitutional mandate. Wike at the 2022/23 Legal Year opening ceremony, held in Port Harcourt, yesterday, said all promises his administration made concerning the judiciary had been fulfilled in impressive achievements beyond the imaginations […]
We’ve recovered $1bn looted funds since 2015 —FG
The Federal Government said yesterday it has recovered $1 billion, being looted funds, since the inception of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration till date. The Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, […]
Friday Obonoh Shines at NIB 2022
It was a night of the gathering of champions as the Nigerian Association of Small-Scale Industrialists , NASSI at its National Industrial Quality Award honoured selected individuals who have demonstrated excellence in contributing their quota to economic development of Nigeria. A leading entrepreneur from Akwa Ibom State, Mr Friday Obonoh stood tall on the […]
Akwa Ibom North West: Akpabio Gets The Nod To Appeal Judgement
The Court of Appeal Abuja Division, on Wednesday, granted leave to Senator Godswill Akpabio as an interested party to appeal the judgement of the Court which ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to delete his name as the duly elected candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial […]
Akwa Ibom: ACCORD SET FOR CAMPAIGN FLAG-OFF, UNVEILING OF DEPUTY GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE
All is now set for the ACCORD campaigns flag-off in Akwa Ibom State and unveiling of the deputy governorship candidate of the party in the State. The epoch-making occasion is holding on Saturday, 26th November, 2022, at St James African Church Primary School (Mayflower school), Okopedi Itiam, Uyo at 11am. Speaking with reporters in […]
Akwa Ibom YPP Candidate Flays AKHA For Approving N141Billion Without Due Process
* Promises Minimum 50km Roads in Obot Akara The governorship candidate of YPP, Senator Bassey Akpan, CON, has flayed the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly (AKHA) for indiscriminate approvals for the government, without diligent scrutiny and due process. He also decried the poor development of the state despite the huge financial inflow. The […]
Press Release: IBOM AIR: A’IBOM COMMISSIONER FOR JUSTICE IN A FRUITLESS EXPEDITION
The attention of AKANIMO UDOFIA MEDIA SUPPORTERS GROUP has been drawn to a letter written by the Attorney General of Akwa Ibom State and Commissioner for Justice, Prof Uko Essien Udom (SAN) wherein he threatened to sue our Principal, Obong Akanimo Udofia, who happens to be the Akwa Ibom APC 2023 Gubernatorial Candidate […]