By UKPONG UKPONG Emerging Leaders of Akwa Ibom State have picked interest in promoting agriculture as a pivot for industrialization and economic growth. Encouraged by Governor Umo Eno’s promise to build an agrobased industrial economy, they have initiated conversations on the viability and sustainability of adopting agroenterprise as a vehicle for socioeconomic change. Recently, […]
Delta State House of Assembly has approved a loan request of N40 billion for Governor Sheriff Oborevwori to defray accumulated arrears of pensions owed to retired primary school teachers and local government employees in the state. TheHILL observes that the approval is one of the first legislative actions of the first session of the […]
Norfund – the Norwegian Investment Fund for developing countries — is set to invest $12 million in the agricultural sector. West Africa Regional Director, Naana Winful Fynn, said more capital should be expected with the fear of naira devaluation gone and complexities around multiple exchange rates resolved. She spoke yesterday during a virtual media […]
Barely weeks after Yoruba Nollywood actor, Murphy Afolabi died, another veteran Yoruba actress, Sidikat Odunkanwi, popularly known as Iyabo Oko has died. According to her daughter who broke the news via her Instagram account, the actress who battled an undisclosed ailment died on Wednesday. Though details of the cause of her death are yet […]
Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy has left Chelsea to join Saudi Arabian side Al-Ahli, the two clubs announced on Wednesday. “The Lion of Teranga protects our goal,” Al-Ahli said in a twitter post. Al-Ahli, who are making their return to the top-flight Pro League next season after a year in the second division, said Mendy’s […]
By Anietie Ekong It had all the trappings of a “state visit.” And indeed it was a state visit. It was Senator Godswill Akpabio’s first visit to his home state: Akwa Ibom State after his election as the President of the Senate. As recalled by the Senator, the last time the people saw him […]
••• Says We Have To Work With Him As One Senate Former Senate Majority Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu, has said that the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, won the contest in a free, fair and credible manner. The former Governor of Abia State was reacting to media reports that some unnamed 22 Senators […]
PRESIDENT of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has felicitated Muslim faithfuls on this year’s Eid-Kabir celebration, just as he charged them not to forget the very tenets of the season, which are love, obedience and perseverance, as they celebrate. Akpabio, whose goodwill message was contained in a statement from the Media Unit of his office, […]
The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, June 28 and Thursday, June 29, 2023 as public holidays. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Dr Oluwatoyin Akinlade, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the declaration is in commemoration of this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. “In the spirit of this special occasion, […]
There are strong indications that the national average price of petrol will rise further as marketers benchmark costs against rising exchange rates. Marketers who spoke to our source yesterday, against the backdrop of continued depreciation of the naira, said the implication would be that their cost has also increased beyond the figure used in […]