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Posts tagged with "Akwa Ibom State"

Nigerian paper product imports total over $716m during the last six months of 2021 African News

Nigerian paper product imports total over $716m during the last six months of 2021

NIGERIAN paper imports during the last six months of 2021 added up to N296.696bn ($716m) as a result of the fact that the nation's mills have all but grounded to a halt forcing the country to be dependent on overseas supplies.   Over recent years, Nigeria's paper mills have collapsed years after privatisation, forcing the...
Governor Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom picks land and water resources commissioner as his successor African News

Governor Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom picks land and water resources commissioner as his successor

GOVERNOR Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has anointed his lands and water resources commissioner Pastor Uno Eno as his successor saying that he will do everything he can to ensure he emerges as the next chief executive.   Nigeria is due to hold her general elections in February next year and Akwa Ibom is one of those states...
Ibom Air purchases 10 Airbus A220 aircraft from Bombadier at Dubai Air Show as it expands African News

Ibom Air purchases 10 Airbus A220 aircraft from Bombadier at Dubai Air Show as it expands

AKWA Ibom's state-owned airline Ibom Air has procured 10 Airbus A220 aircraft from Bombardier Aerospace as part of a comprehensive expansion plan aimed at increasing its presence in the Nigerian market.   Aiming to not only establish itself as a major operator within the Nigerian aviation market but regionally too, Ibom Air...
House of Reps begins debating bill to give legal back to Amotekun and creation of state police forces African News

House of Reps begins debating bill to give legal back to Amotekun and creation of state police forces

LAWMAKERS in Nigeria's House of Representatives are contemplating  passing a bill that will offer constitutional backing to regional  security operations like Amotekun and Ebubeagu in a bid to address the growing insecurity plaguing the nation.   Over recent years, Nigeria has become one of the most insecure places on earth...
Akwa Ibom to demolish churches of clergymen who oppose Governor Udom's succession plan Nigerian

Akwa Ibom to demolish churches of clergymen who oppose Governor Udom's succession plan

AKWA Ibom State government has marked a popular church in Uyo known as Holy Ghost Ambassadors Ministry International for demolition after its clergyman Pastor Andy Nyeneime spoke against Governor Udom Emmanuel's plans to foist a successor on the state.   Last week, Pastor Nyeneime spoke out against plans by the governor to...
PDP governors call on Buhari to lift Twitter ban condemning the action as personal African News

PDP governors call on Buhari to lift Twitter ban condemning the action as personal

PEOPLES Democratic Party (PDP) governors have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to set his ego aside and admit that there was no justification for banning Twitter in Nigeria and asked that he lift the indefinite suspension imposed on the platform.   Earlier this month, the federal government announced an indefinite...
Three policemen shot dead and four others missing following clash between ESN and police in Akwa Ibom News

Three policemen shot dead and four others missing following clash between ESN and police in Akwa Ibom

THREE police officers including a chief superintendent of police identified as Ben Ajide have been reported to have lost their lives during the recent shootout between Nigerian security forces and the armed wing of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) in Akwa Ibom State.   In the first such incident of its kinds, members of...
Nigerians have got to stop harking back to the First Republic as the old regions were too large and consequently large swathes of the country were left neglected African News

Nigerians have got to stop harking back to the First Republic as the old regions were too large and consequently large swathes of the country were left neglected

Ayo Akinfe (1) As the debate the future of Nigeria rages, many people are clamouring for the dissolution of states and replacing them with regions as federating units. However, that proposal is based on raw nostalgic emotion that does not stand up to scrutiny (2) During the First Republic, our regions were too large and unwieldy....
Fulani herdsmen problem spreads to Akwa Ibom as governor's aide has his plantation burnt down African News

Fulani herdsmen problem spreads to Akwa Ibom as governor's aide has his plantation burnt down

NIGERIA'S ongoing Fulani herdsmen problem has spread to Akwa Ibom State after pastoralists invaded a farm near Uyo belonging to an aide of Governor Udom Emmanuel and destroyed at least 400 plantain stands.   Over recent months, the herdsmen saga has threatened to tear Nigeria apart as incessant clashes with local farmers have...
Niger Delta communities secure victory against Shell in Dutch  court over oil spillage News

Niger Delta communities secure victory against Shell in Dutch court over oil spillage

NIGER Delta campaigners have secured another major victory against Royal Dutch Shell after the Appeal Court at the Hague in the Netherlands asked the oil giant to pay commensurate compensation to victims of two oil-polluted communities.   Two separate oil spills from a Shell facility occurred in 2004 and 2008, polluting...
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