The Commissioner of Finance, Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Bassey Akpan, has said the state government is seeking an N80bn loan from the Standard Charter Bank of London to offset the previously acquired credit facility of N50bn from the United Bank for Africa Plc. Akpan, who stated this in Uyo on Saturday during a press conference, […]
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command on Friday confirmed the arrest of Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly member representing Ikono State Constituency, Mr. Victor Udofia, over the alleged murder of one Mr. Nsikak Etefia. The incident took place on August 15, 2012 at Ibiaku Atta, Ikono Local Government Area of the state. The state […]
By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | April 16, 2013 – If we want to be honest then we cannot but admit that Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, is not the only leading political figure in Nigeria indictable of manipulating electoral process in his party and in the country. All our major political […]
Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio has confessed to manipulating the result of a 2007 Peoples Democratic Party senatorial primary election in the state by single-handedly replacing the winner with the name of his preferred candidate. Akpabio, who is also the PDP Governors Forum chairman, made the confession when a delegation of the National Good Governance […]
The public promise by Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State to present two Toyota Prado SUVs and sponsor 20 delegates to Dubai for the wedding of musician Tuface Idibia is not only a misplaced priority but also shows the depth of shallowlessness in the thinking of those in charge of political leadership in Nigeria. […]
Five days after he recklessly donated two brand new Toyota SUVs to newly-wed Nigerian musician, Tuface Idibia and his wife, Akwa Ibom State governor, Godswill Akpabio, has taken his profligacy to a new high, acquiring exotic bullet-proof sprinter luxury vans from US-based Texas Armoring Corporation (TAC).Mr. Akpabio took delivery of the armoured Mercedes Benz vans […]
…2015: We need prayers – Anenih From TAIWO AMODU, Abuja Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Board of Trustees, (BoT), Chief Tony Anenih, said yesterday that with prayers, the ruling party will survive its present challenges and retain its position in the polity. Anenih disclosed this to journalists shortly after a closed-door meeting with […]
THE intrigues that followed the absence of Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State from office over ill-health may soon be laid to rest, as his Akwa Ibom State counterpart, Governor Godswill Akpabio, on Friday, hinted that Governor Chime, who has been hospitalised in a London hospital since September 2012, would return to the country in […]
The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio has urged the military to continue to defend the nascent democracy that the nation is enjoying positing that democracy held better prospects for development than military dictatorship. Chief Akpabio made the call in a lecture on “Democracy and the rule of law: challenges and prospects” he delivered […]
When the former Deputy Governor Mr. Nsima Ekere resigned some weeks ago, a colleague being conversant with the situation on ground as it were, called to tell me that one of the tyres of Eket Senatorial District has been deflated, he went on to analyze the rhythm of celebration that those against the governorship of […]
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