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COTR pays Tribute to mother of Justice Okon Abang
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Council of Oro Traditional Rulers (COTR), the highest traditional rulers council in Oro Nation, which is the third largest ethnic nationality in Akwa Ibom State, has paid a grand tribute to the late Madam Atim Okon Abang, mother of Justice Okon Abang, a judge of the Appeal Court, Abuja. The Council, led by…
Alleged N700bn fraud: EFCC arrests, grills Udom Emmanuel
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesUdom Emmanuel, the immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom State, has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged N700 billion fraud. A trending report by first carried by TheCable confirms that the former governor was taken into custody shortly after he arrived at the EFCC headquarters in…
Natasha vs Akpabio: Senate deputy chief whip tackles Saraki
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Senate Deputy Chief Whip, Senator Onyekachi Peter Nwebonyi, has criticized Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki’s attempt to draw parallels between his own past case and the current allegations by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan against Senate President Godswill Akpabio. Nwebonyi described Saraki’s argument as “fundamentally flawed,” highlighting the differences between the two situations. In Saraki’s case,…
Group felicitates Archibong, Ememobong on appointments
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe PDP Stakeholders Forum West Itam 2, Ward 10, in Itu Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, has congratulated two prominent sons of the area on their appointments into the State Executive Council. In a release signed by its leader, Akparawa Gregory Ekpo Etim, the group lauded Dr. Henry Archibong, the new Honourable…
A’Ibom Veteran Journalists Get New Interim Exco
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares A’Ibom Veteran Journalists Get New Interim Exco The League of Veteran Journalists in Akwa Ibom State is currently being repositioned to engage more in the affairs of the state, and in mentoring young journalism professionals. To this end, the League has constituted a four-man Interim Executive Committee to pilot its affairs and chart…
Uyo school vice principal impregnates 13-year-old JS3 student
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThese are not the best of times for a vice principal (name withheld) serving in a secondary school in Uyo metropolis, and a 13-year-old JS3 student in the same school. What started as a fairy lust tale between the little girl and the old man has left the girl pregnant and the man confused….
Umo Eno’s new cabinet a second chance for failure – APC
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares●Alleges marginalization of Oro Nation The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State has expressed deep concern over Governor Umo Eno’s newly constituted State Executive Council members, describing it as “a second chance for failure.” The party, in a press release dated Monday, February 17, issued by the APC Media Network, chaired by…
AKSU workers begin strike as govt fails to meet their demands
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares• Strike compliance 99.9% – JAC chairman Okon Workers of Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU) today, began strike as the state government, sponsor of the institution, failed to meet their demands. Speaking with WatchmanPost Monday morning, the chairman of the institution’s Joint Action Commission (JAC), Comrade Emmanuel Okon, said that even though they were…
Looming strike in AKSU: Workers’ ultimatum expires Sunday
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares• We are denied Eno-mber, new minimum wage – JAC chairman Okon Staff of the Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU) are bracing up to shut the gates of the institution to academic and allied activities come Monday, 17 February, except the state government moves fast to appease them by addressing their grievances. Workers in…
AKSG in N31 billion lawsuit over alleged land grabbing, forceful takeover of property
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares●Defendants’ counsel leaves injunction motion unopposed ●As court adjourns for ruling April 29 All is now gloomy against the government of Akwa Ibom State, as it faces a lawsuit amounting to a whooping thirty-one billion naira (N31bn). The matter which is pending before Honourable Justice Eme Ekong, at Court eight (8) of the State…