…Sets The Record Straight Akwa Ibom State Government has debunked recent reports in a section of the media, on the prevalence of Out-of-School children in the state, describing them as misleading, mischievous and politically motivated. The government in a statement issued, Thursday, in Uyo by the Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Idongesit Etiebet, urged the […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has rejected the proposed payment of N10, 000 per session by each parent to assist the Federal Government in making more funds available for universities. The paper had on Wednesday reported that the National Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria proposed the levy and sought an audience with the government […]
A female pastor with the Truth and Spirit Prophetic Church, Oko-Oba, Lagos, Mercy Okocha, 50, and nine members of the church have been arrested by police for allegedly stoning an Oro worshiper, Akeem Agboola, 25, to death. It was gathered that the incident occurred while the church located at Sanni Taiwo Lawal Street, Pooposhola […]
A former Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Prof. Charles Quaker Dokubo, is dead. According to reports by our source; VANGUARD, Dokubo, 70, died at a hospital in Abuja on Wednesday night. The professor of strategy was born in Abonnema, Akuku Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State on March 23, 1952. His […]
TheHILL | POLITICS | AUG. 23. Hon. Enobong Harry has joined the list of many political heavyweights in Akwa Ibom State that have resigned their membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Until his resignation, Hon. Harry, who shares the same Senatorial District with Governor Udom Emmanuel, was the State Assistant Organizing Secretary of […]
The governorship candidate of ACCORD in Akwa Ibom State, Engr. Emem Coffie, has revealed he has designed a template to create wealth and lift Akwa Ibomites out of poverty if elected governor in 2023. His words: “I am not a regular politician, I think differently. Even if you are not educated, our administration will […]
Akwa Ibom State Chairman of ACCORD, Rt Hon Martins Ansa, has promised indigenes and residents of the oil rich State that, “if voted for our party’s Governorship candidate to emerge as Governor of the State in 2023, he will end hunger in his 100 days in office.” Rt. Hon. Ansa, while speaking to newsmen […]
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 […]