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The proliferation of private schools (nursery and secondary) in Akwa Ibom State could be hinged on the failure of both public primary and secondary schools in maintaining and sustaining high standards of teaching and learning processes. This, undoubtedly, has caused most parents to lose confidence in the schools’ system and the society to view the schools as glorified places incapable of producing products who can obtain good results at the school certificate level, gain admission into tertiary institutions and be able to defend their certificates in the choked labour market. Unlike before 90s, public schools in the state were the…

National Assembly Committees on Police Affairs at the Senate and the House of Representatives blamed low funding of Police as hampering the ongoing war on terrorism as Federal Government sliced off N18 billion from Police budget. Addressing the 2022 conference and retreat for senior Police officers which ended on Wednesday at the Ibom Icon Hotel and Golf Resort, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, the lawmakers lamented the festering security crises prevailing in the country, and.challenged the forum to come out with implementable blueprint that would reposition the force for effective crime fighting. The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on…

The Akwa Ibom Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Comrade Ini Ememobong has explained why he is toeing a different line with his father concerning the zoning of 2023 governorship slot in Akwa Ibom State. Mkpisong Ememobong Essien, his father and one of the founding members of Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area has taken a different stance on the decision of Governor Udom Emmanuel to endorse the aspiration of Pastor Umo Bassey Eno from Nsit Ubium Local Government Area in Etinan/Nsit Ibom/Nsit Ubium Federal Constituency. Mkpisong Essien at well-attended meeting of elders and stakeholders of Itu Federal Constituency held at the…

The Supreme Court, Friday, flattened Executive Order 10, which President Muhammadu Buhari issued on the funding of State Judiciary and Legislature, declaring it illegal. The apex court, in a split decision by a seven-man panel of Justices, held that President Buhari acted beyond his statutory powers. The judgment followed a suit that was filed by 36 states of the federation. While six Justices upheld the suit, a member of the panel dismissed it. Recall that President Buhari had in the Executive Order he signed on May 22, 2020, made it mandatory for states to include allocations of both the Legislature…

Despite political rivalry, Imo State governor, Hope Uzodinma and Senator Rochas Okorocha, put their differences aside as they shook hands and hugged at a public function in Abuja. Okorocha who arrived for the event late  Thursday, February 10, went around to greet other important dignitaries. When he got to where Governor Uzodinma was seated, the governor got up from his seat, and both shook hands and hugged each other while smiling. Read also: Okorocha Blows Hot As Gov Uzodinma Goes For A kill Nwosu’s arrest: Imo Government and Senator Okorocha in Blame game Senator Okorocha Faces Court Action For Daring…

The murky political waters of Akwa Ibom State have again been ruffled since the endorsement of Pastor Umo Eno, as the governor Udom Emmanuel’s choice aspirant to fly the flag of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the governorship slot ahead of the 2023 general elections. The media space and different political fora in the state have gone berserk with a fury of rancorous and discordant tunes laced with acerbic contents by those clamouring for the state’s political top job. The telephone lines, Facebook timelines and Twitter accounts of Governor Udom Emmanuel; ex-Governor Victor Attah; the Oku Ibom Ibibio, Ntennyin…

Nigeria’s Super Eagles have climbed up four places by moving from 36th to 32nd in the latest FIFA Ranking released by the world football governing body on Thursday, February 10. Nigeria also moved from fifth to third position in Africa behind only Senegal and Morocco after overtaking Algeria and Tunisia in the rankings despite an early exit from the just concluded Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon. AFCON winners, Senegal remains the best team, followed by Morocco, Nigeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Cameroon, Algeria, Mali and the Ivory Coast in that order to make up the top 10 best teams on the…

Akwa Ibom State joined the top five states in the country whose value of investment was pegged at $2 billion in 2021, the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) announced. Nigeria had a total of $23.30 billion in investment announcements for the year 2021, a 39% increase compared to $26.74 billion in 2020. The Acting Executive Secretary of NIPC, Mr Emeka Offor announced this at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, according to the News Agency of Nigeria. While Lagos State led the list for announcements at $8.7 billion, Nigeria’s Manufacturing sector had the highest number of projects (20) with…

A 60-year-old man from Akwa Ibom State, who claimed to be a staffer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, would spend three years in prison for impersonation. The convict, Ita Michael Sampson, a native of Odot in Nsit Atai Local Government Area, was sentenced today by Justice Okon Okon of Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo. The Court held that the convict, Sampson alongside a Police Corporal from Cross River State Command, had on July 29, 2010, went to First Bank of Nigeria, Etinan branch, and falsely represented themselves as officers of the EFCC, and Department…

Seven senior civil servants in Akwa Ibom State have been added to the rung of new Permanent Secretaries in the Civil Service. They are Joseph George  Esidem; Godwin Jimmy Udo, Engr. Udosen Ephraim Udoh, Asuquo Selong Edem, James Ndarake Edet, Effiong Christopher Nicholas and Regina Isaac Okonko. Related news: New Akwa Ibom Commissioners, Permanent Secretaries For Swearing In Monday Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Others To Grace Summit In Uyo FGPC Scribe, 3 Others Become Permanent Secretaries In A’Ibom The Akwa Ibom Governor, Mr. Udom Gabriel Emmanuel, has approved the appointment of the new Permanent Secretaries. A press release entitled APPOINTMENT OF…