Tag: Akwa Ibom
Stop harassing marketers, DPR tells task force
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Wednesday appealed to the State Task Force on Petroleum against harassment, extortion and…
DPR closes 30 petrol stations, suspend 7 others in Akwa Ibom
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Eket, Akwa Ibom, said it had sealed off 30 and suspended seven filling…
DPR to destroy 150 illegal petrol stations in Akwa Ibom
Asuquo Antai, Controller of Operations, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), said on Thursday the organisation would begin to demolish over…
APC call for cancellation of Akwa Ibom legislative polls
All Progressives Congress candidates who contested election into Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly on April 11 have called for…
Don’t give election materials to politicians, Akwa Ibom REC warns officials
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Akwa Ibom, Austin Okojie, has warned Supervisory Presiding Officers (SPOs) for Saturday elections in…
Jonathan floors Buhari in Akwa Ibom
Henry Ojelu/Akwa Ibom President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has recorded a decent win in Akwa Ibom…
Umana calls for cancellation of election in Akwa Ibom
Henry Ojelu/Akwa Ibom The All Progressives Congress Governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom State, Umana Okon Umana has called for the…
I’ll collapse if I see N5bn – says REC accused of taking bribe
The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom, Mr Austin Okojie, on Tuesday said he would collapse if N5billion was brought…
Akwa Ibom will vote PDP en masse – Akpabio
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom has promised the national leaders of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that his state would…
Jonathan promises to upgrade maritime academy to university
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday promised to upgrade Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN) in Oron in Akwa Ibom to a…
5 die in Akwa Ibom gas explosion
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), in Eket has confirmed five persons dead in gas explosion at Afaha Ukwa in…
Religion, ethnicity not basis for Jonathan’s reelection, says Akpabio
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom on Friday said that the 2015 general elections would make the country more united…
Oron youths, women lament over marginalization in A’Ibom
Some Oron youths in Akwa Ibom on Tuesday protested over “undue marginalisation” of Oron nation by the current administration. The…
Community wants $100m compensation from Mobil
Ibeno community in Akwa Ibom, wants Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) Unlimited, to pay 100 million dollars annually to the community…
2015: Akwa Ibom Group Endorses Ekpotu
Ayorinde Oluokun The Ibom True Leadership Forum (ITLF), a leadership advocacy group in Akwa Ibom state has endorsed the aspiration…