ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares●as A’Ibom NUJ calls for new constitution By Emmanuel Ntekim The autonomy granted to the 779 local government areas in Nigeria by the Supreme Court of Nigeria has been referred to as a mirage and a difficult venture to realize following the rate of interference by state governments both in the political, administrative and…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThere are strong indications that Nigerias external debt may hug $45.1bn by the end of the year, as the country’s central government advances towards obtaining additional external loans. Pointers in this direction cane to light from the latest report from the Debt Management Office, which revealed that the country’s external debt stock increased by…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesCivil Society Organisations, CSOs, have called for synergy among Host Community Development Trusts, HCDTs, in Akwa Ibom in the execution of projects in the communities to avoid duplicity of efforts and wastage of resources. This was part of the resolutions reached at the end of a meeting between Frontier/Savannah Energy HCDT Trust and CSOs,…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesStakeholders at the EMOIMEE Host Community Development Trust (HCDT) Annual General Meeting (AGM), have called on Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (MPNU) to unbundle its stiff disbursement modalities to ease delivery of development projects to host communities. EMOIMEE, an acronym for Eastern Obolo, Mbo, Onna, Ikot Abasi, Mkpat Enin, Eket and Esit Eket local government…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesI want to use this opportunity to welcome the chairmen of all the 31 local government areas in Akwa Ibom State on board. I equally want to remind them that now that they are at the helms of affairs of their respective local governments they have a great task of ensuring that they serve…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesI always look disgusted whenever I go round Uyo and beyond to see that internal roads in the metropolis are nothing to write home about. Some of these roads are in such a bad and dilapidated condition that does not depict that the state government in actually in existence. Such roads include Nsentip, Ukana…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•Empanels 10-man education ctte By Bassey Blackman Amid disturbing concerns about growing cult-related violence and other crimes in Ọrọ nation, the newly-elected President-General of Uboro-Oro Youth Council (Okpo Clan Worldwide), Ulap Daniel Etim Edeke, has vowed to do everything within his power to keep his jurisdiction free from any antisocial behaviour that…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•AKIRS to fully digitise operations Akwa Ibom State Government raked in ₦43.18bn internally generated revenue (IGR) in the year 2023, an increase from N34.75bn in the preceding year. his was disclosed Sunday, 18 November, by the Executive Chairman of Akwa Ibom State Internal Revenue Service (AKIRS), Sir Okon Okon, at a press conference in…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares●As leadership controversies linger By Ernest Udoh-Robert Amidst lingering controversies rocking the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, BCS, it has gone ahead to announce and invite the general public to the 2024 edition of the divine manifestation of the king of kings and the lord of lords his holiness Olumba Olumba Obu, to…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesIt is no more news that Commodore Duja Emmanuel Effedua has resigned from office as the Rector of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN) Oron, Akwa Ibom State. What is rather news is that more details are gliding into the public glare, as to what really led to his resignation, and how he executed…
