TheHILL | METRO | MARCH 31. Police in Borno State arrested a 44-year-old man, Zakariya Ya’u, for allegedly raping a 92-year-old woman. Commissioner of Police, Mr Abdu Umar, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri on Thursday that Ya’u allegedly committed the crime at Mufa “A’’ ward in Askira Uba Local Government […]
•••We Need Communal Peace, Cooperation And Sacrifice To Deliver – Fashola TheHILL | NEWS | MARCH 31. Minister, Niger Delta Affairs Ministry, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday formally handed over the East-West Road, Sections 1-4 to the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola SAN, declaring to that he was happy to […]
TheHILL | NEWS | MARCH 29. No fewer than one hundred and fifty thousand cartons of Educational materials were presented to Principals of secondary schools across the State for distribution to their respective students by the Akwa Ibom State Government. The items are cartons of textbooks of various subjects, including English, Mathematics and science […]
TheHILL | POLITICS | MARCH 29. The All Progressives Congress (APC), chairman in Akwa Ibom State, Obong Stephen Ntukekpo, has reiterated the commitment of his team to a united and peaceful state chapter of the party. Ntukekpo, whose team was hosted by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator […]
TheHILL | POLITICS | MARCH 29. Former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). It will be recalled that Senator Kwankwaso, recently had said he will defect from the party to a new party, the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP). Kwankwaso resigned his membership from PDP in a […]
… celebrates Oto-Obong Uwah’s contribution to Ibibio Literature TheHILL | NEWS | MARCH 29. Mr. Udom Inoyo, immediate past Vice Chairman of ExxonMobil in Nigeria, has lent his voice to the call against exorbitant burial ceremonies and the anglicization of Ibibio names by the Ibibios. Mr. Inoyo, Advisor, Inoyo Toro Foundation, dropped the charge […]
TheHILL | POLITICS | MARCH 28. Obong Akan Udofia, a governorship aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party(PDP), has warned delegates and all his supporters not to take any oath on account of showing loyalty to him. Akan Udofia, who made his stand known to the people on Wednesday, at his Campaign Ground […]
TheHILL | POLITICS | MARCH 25. Against the norm and express declaration of the Akwa Ibom state Chairman of PDP, Hon Aniekan Akpan, that all aspirants should and will be given equal treatment, some political combatants may have introduced a dangerous, discriminatory and anti-democratic trend into the state politics. A statement signed by the […]
TheHILL | POLITICS | MARCH 25 Minister Niger Delta Affairs Ministry, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has been told to declare interest in the office of the president in 2023, or lose his support base in the Eastern part of the country. The position was contained in a statement issued in Enugu State by the state […]
…Announces Executives of Iboroakam Campaign Organisation As the political clock ticks to the forthcoming PDP primary elections, the member representing Ibesikpo Asutan State Constituency in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Rt Hon (Elder) Aniekan Uko, has thrown his hat in the ring and officially announced his intention to represent Uyo/Uruan/Ibesikpo Asutan/Nsit […]