* 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 […]
Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly and Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District, Rt. Hon. Aniekan Bassey, has received royal blessings from the Itu Traditional Rulers’ Council (TRC) ahead of the 2023 elections. Rt. Hon. Bassey, who paid a consultative visit to the TRC at […]
The Majority Leader, Ekiti State House of Assembly, Gboyega Aribisogan, has been elected as the new Speaker, following the death of Speaker Funminiyi Afuye, after suffering cardiac arrest. Aribisogan, who hails from Ijesha-Isu in Ikole Local Government, defeated his only challenger for the number one legislative seat, Chief Bunmi Adelugba, representing Emure Constituency. The […]
Charly Boy had obtained a N50 million judgement over the violation of his rights by the police during the ‘Resume or Resign’ protest he led in August 2017 against President Muhammadu Buhari’s then protracted medical vacation in London. The Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld a judgement awarding N50 million damages against the […]
Akwa Ibom State government, Tuesday, warned public primary and secondary schools heads across the state against extorting parents by collecting illegal and unauthorized fees. A statement by the Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Idongesit Etiebet, as obtained by TheHILL, asked parents, guardians and the general public to report any of such confirmed extortion to the […]
Former Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia State, Chief Ndidi Okereke, is dead. He died early Monday morning according to a release by the Vice Chairman of the party, Abia North cum Acting Publicity Secretary, Elder Abraham Amah. The cause of his death is yet to be disclosed but the […]
By Agency Report As results of ongoing reforms of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs (MNDA) and Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) begin to manifest, President Muhammadu Buhari and stakeholders have expressed delight over expected accelerated development of the region. President Buhari, commended the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Umana Okon Umana, for […]
The Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress( APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has said that he would approach the highest court in the land to seek redress on the Appeal Court judgement which nullified his election as the APC candidate for Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District. He also advised his […]
The member representing Etinan, Nsit Ibom, Nsit Ubium Federal Constituency, and Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Judiciary, Barr. Onofiok Luke has advocated the need for the National Judicial Institute to consider the training of judicial officers in some areas of the economy like oil and gas as well as a good grasp of the […]
Some stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Imo State, have rejected the recently announced list of the party’s presidential campaign council for the state. The state secretary of the party, Nze Ray Emeana had released the list on Sunday, with the immediate past governor of the state, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha as chairman […]