The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, has lamented the declining number of whistleblowers across the country despite handsome rewards offered to informants. The Chairman of EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, stated this on Thursday at a one-day town hall meeting on strengthening the capacity of stakeholders on the Whistleblowing policy, held at La Luna Hotel […]
Aniekan Ukpe The Akwa Ibom State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission has confirmed an auto-crash at the Itam junction flyover in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The FRSC Public Enlightenment Officer, Mr James Paul confirmed this to Newsmen. He said officers of the Uyo Sector Command were on ground at the scene […]
Coalition of Youth Associations in the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Akwa Ibom State, on Wednesday, occupied the entrance of the state secretariat of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), demanding the removal of the resident commissioner, Mr Mike Igini, for being partisan in his handling of the affairs of his office as it […]
TheHILL | POLITICS | JUNE 29. ACCORD party in Akwa Ibom, on Wednesday, reacted to news making the rounds that its Governorship Candidate in the State, Engr. Emem Coffie, was holding a substitutive position for the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). The party has however, described the story as “false and embarrassing.” The State Chairman […]
…Assesses 7 Years of Gov. Emmanuel As the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) considers extension of the registration and collection of the Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC), the National Youth Leader, Uyo Senatorial District Peoples’ Initiative (USDPI); Elder Iniobong Obot, has called on all Akwa Ibomites of voting age to get and validate their PVC. […]
Barring any last minute change, the National Judicial Council (NJC) is set to recommend Justice Kayode Ariwoola to President Muhammadu Buhari as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) following the resignation of the incumbent, Justice Tanko Muhammad. NJC is a creation of section 153 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) with powers to […]
TheHILL | JUDICIARY | JUNE 27. The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammad has resigned his office. Our source in Abuja; Vanguard reported that the jurist cited health ground as reason for his decision. The development is the latest on the rumblings that followed the altercation between the 14 justices of the […]
No fewer than 100 structures have been pulled down by the Lagos State Building Control Agency within the past eight months, pursuant to its crackdown on building collapses in the State. Statistics collated from the official website of the building control agency revealed that the structures demolished by LASBCA within the period ranged from […]
General of Nigeria Immigration Service, Isah Idris, has confirmed that Mr Ukpo Nwamini David, the person at the heart of the alleged organ harvesting involving former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, is not 15-year -old but 22 years -old. This came on a day a lady who identified […]
TheHILL | EDUCATION | JUNE 24. Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has announced the increment of subvention to Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU) with effect from July, 2022. The increment on the subvention to the State University is to enable them function effectively in line with the realities of the current times. Governor […]