(TheHILL) POLITICS Accolades and encomiums have continued to trail Obong Ide Owodiong Idemeko who recently retired from the services of Exxon Mobil after three decades of meritorious service. The latest came from Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Nsikan Linus Nkan who described him as a role model for youths and unparallel philanthropist. […]
TheHILL | NEWS | FEBRUARY 26. A group, Godswill Akpabio For Common Good (GACG), has alerted of plans by some faceless politicians to sponsor smear campaigns against the Minister, Niger Delta Affairs Ministry, Senator Godswill Akpabio. The group also advised members of the public to disregard such, as they existed only in the minds […]
TheHILL | BUSINESS | February 25. Nigerian oil company Seplat has agreed to buy ExxonMobil’s shallow water assets in Nigeria via the acquisition of the U.S. oil company’s Nigerian subsidiary Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (“MPNU”), in what Seplat said was a transformational acquisition for the company. Seplat will pay $1,28 billion for the acquisition. “The […]
… as Oruk Anam PDP stakeholders adopt Pst. Eno as sole candidate in Akwa Ibom guber race As the the 2023 gubernatorial election in the state begins to gather momentum, the Honourable Commissioner for Education , Obonganwan (Mrs) Idongesit Etiebet has called on the people of Oruk Anam LG to support the aspiration […]
TheHILL | News | February 24. The member representing Etinan/ Nsit Ibom/ Nsit Ubium Federal Constituency, Mr Onofiok Luke has stated that the constitutional alterations have not been able to capture much of the yearnings of Nigerians. Speaking as guest on Channels Television breakfast show The Sunrise Daily on Thursday, Luke said that restructuring […]
TheHILL| Politics | FEBRUARY 23. Prince Mendy Archibong, a leading aspirant for the Ikot Ekpene/Essien Udim/Obot Akara federal constituency seat, has consulted the chairman of Obot Akara local government area, Lady Agnes Udoenwewen, about his ambition to represent the federal constituency in 2023. Lady Udoenwewen described Prince Archibong as “a helper” recalling the many […]
TheHILL | News | February 21. The attention of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has been drawn to a spurious publication on some dailies and online news channels by some Ijaw Youth Group, alleging that the NDDC has paid the sum of N20 billion naira to ghost contractors by their spokesperson one Ebilade […]
•••He Is A Committed Bridge- Builder – Emir TheHILL | POLITICS | February 20. Minister, Niger Delta Affairs Ministry, Senator Godswill Akpabio has said that it is in the interest of all Nigerians that we remain one, inorder to bequeath a united, prosperous and better Nigeria to our children and generations yet unborn. Akpabio […]
TheHILL | METRO | February 18 Four men have been arraigned before a Yola Chief Magistrate’s Court over the death of a 28-year-old man, Adamu Ahmadu, who was wrongly accused of stealing a phone. Ahmadu, who was the son of a security guard working with the Adamawa Broadcasting Corporation, Yola, was accused by Hamidu Umar, […]
TheHILL | BUSINESS | February 17. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream), Obong Bassey Albert Akpan (OBA), has hinted that the Federal Government’s zeal to explore more frontier basins could lead to massive economic gains for Nigeria in the next decade. He made the disclosure when he led members of the Committee to […]