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Akwa Ibom, Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, INEC Politics, State News
Saturday, May 23rd, 2015
There is palpable tension in Akwa Ibom State following the continued refusal of the REC, Mr. Okojie, to release electoral materials used during the April 11 governorship polls to lawyers representing the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate, Umana Okon Umana, in accordance with the legally binding ruling from the recent tribunal. Independent […]
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Akwa Ibom, Election 2015, Elections, Governors, Headlines, INEC Politics, Rivers, State News
Sunday, May 10th, 2015
Prof. Attahiru Jega As the May 29 handover date draws near, fresh controversy over the election results has been ignited between the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states. According to two online portals, Premium Times and Sahara Reporters, the governorship elections in the two states […]
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Akwa Ibom, Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, Raw Politics, Rivers, State News
Monday, March 30th, 2015
Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), continues to lead incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with a comfortable margin, even as controversial election results from Rivers and Akwa Ibom states were added to the national tally, giving a boost to Mr. Jonathan. Election observers as well as Governor Rotimi […]
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Sunday, March 22nd, 2015
State-by-state projection of their chances With the presidential election just around the corner, our correspondents write that the battle, which is a straight one between President Goodluck Jonathan and General Muhammadu Buhari, may spring some surprises As Nigerians, nay the world, wait for the March 28 presidential election and the 10 competing political parties putting […]
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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, March 15th, 2015
Kneeling, bowing or prostrating for the wife of Akwa Ibom State governor, Mrs. Unoma Akpabio, is a common feature in Akwa Ibom State. Those who do not tow this line are often considered to be anti-Akpabio’s administration. A member in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, representing Mbo State Constituency, Mrs. Alice Ekpenyong, knelt […]
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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, Soccer, Sports, State News
Sunday, November 9th, 2014
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, on Friday revealed that the Super Eagles would on May 29 next year host the Brazil senior national team in a friendly at the newly commissioned stadium in Uyo. May 29 is generally marked as Democracy Day in Nigeria for the swearing-in of newly elected governors and president. It […]
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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News
Thursday, October 30th, 2014
A former Minister of Petroleum Resources and member of the Peoples Democratic Party Board of Trustees, Chief Don Etiebet, on Thursday dismissed rumours making the rounds that the National Working Committee of the PDP had zoned the Akwa-Ibom State 2015 governorship ticket to Eket Senatorial Zone. He described it as malicious. He however confirmed that, […]
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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, Legislature, Senate, State News
Friday, October 24th, 2014
AKWA Ibom State governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, has heeded to the clarion calls by the people of Akwa Ibom North-West senatorial district to contest for the senatorial seat in 2015, under Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Akpabio, who stated this on Wednesday at Ukana in Essien Udim Local Government Area of the state, when the youth […]
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Akwa Ibom, Presidency, State News
Tuesday, August 5th, 2014
By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA—ANOTHER pressure group, Oriental Peoples Movement, OPM, has joined the army of groups campaigning for President Goodluck Jonathan’s 2015 presidential election with a rally planned for August 15, 2014, in Awka. Participants at the rally will come from all the states in the former Eastern region and the federal capital, Abuja. National […]
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Akwa Ibom, General Politics, State News, Top Stories
Saturday, July 19th, 2014
Bayelsa restates commitment to diversify economy 0 By Our Reporter on July 20, 2014 · National 19-year old Miss Akwa Ibom, Iheoma Nnadi Friday emerged winner of the 2014 edition of the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, MBGN pageant and carted away a cash prize of N3 million and a brand new car, among other […]
