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Nigerian Carrier Ibom Air has ordered for 10 A220 aircraft with Airbus, at the ongoing Dubai Air show, at the purpose-built DWC event arena in Dubai. The agreement signed Tuesday by the Chief Executive Officer of Ibom Air, Mr Mfon Udom and Chief Commercial Officer of Airbus, Mr Christian Scherer, was witnessed by Akwa Ibom Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel. The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of Akwa Ibom State, Mr Uko Udom, SAN, and the Chairman of Ibom Air, Mr Imoabasi Jacob who led the Ibom Air team, comprising the airline’s Chief Operating Officer, Mr George Uriesi, the Group Manager…

Kanye West and Drake  have posed together to signal an end to their long-years beef. The American and Canadian rappers appeared to squash their beef on Tuesday night when they showed up for laughs at a Dave Chappelle comedy show in Toronto. The two hip-hop artists, who have thrown lyrical shots at each other in the past, were seen posing for the camera together on Drake’s “Champaign Papi” Instagram account. Kanye also posted a photo of himself, Drake, and music promoter J. Prince on Instagram with a “dove” emoji to emphasize the peace made between them. Prince apparently organized the reunion and announced a concert next month.…

Worried by arms build-up with the proliferation of small, light and heavy duty weapons in Akwa Ibom state, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has identified youths’ unemployment, poverty and other economic factors as some of the factors fueling kidnappings, armed robbery and other violent crimes in the state, warning of potential conflicts situations. Speaking in an interview in Uyo, the state capital, the USAID Team Lead in the state, Mr. Borve Paago-Imabel on Accountability, Transparency and Effectiveness in state, expressed worry that such problem, if allowed to fester, has the potential of threatening the prevailing peace ahead…

The Federal Government has come under fire for denying involvement in the massacre of innocent persons at Lekki Tollgate during #ENDSARS protests. In a 309-page report submitted to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Monday November 15, Justice Doris Okuwobi-led panel, however, indicted soldiers and implicated Nigeria’s security agents in the “killing and forced disappearances of harmless and unarmed youths protesting at Lekki Tollgate on October 20, 2020.” This was contrary to the hard stance of Lai Mohammed, minister of information that nobody was killed at the tollgate after soldiers invaded the Lekki tollgate in Lagos on October 20, 2020,…

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have qualified for the 2022 World Cup play-offs after finishing top of Group C in the qualifiers on Tuesday night, November 16. The game played against Cape Verde at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos ended a 1 – 1. Napoli superstar, Victor Osimhen found the net in the first minute of the clash before the visitors responded back four minutes later after Ryan Mendes scored. Nigeria, having finished top of Group C with 13 points,  join Senegal, Algeria, Egypt, Mali, Ghana, Morocco, and DR Congo as the 8th country to qualify for the playoffs round. Two more countries are expected to…

Aniefiok Christopher As plans for 2022 budget begins to gather sparks, the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly joint Committees on Appropriations & Finance and Economic Development has received year 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP). The Commissioner of Economic Development and Ibom Deep Seaport, Mr. Akan Okon who presented the Median Akwa Ibom Ibom MTEF/FSP framework at the joint committee meeting Tuesday at the Conference Room of Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly said the State Government has made projection to spend N582.115 billion in the 2022 fiscal year. Okon who was represented by the…

Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo handling the gruesome murder of Iniubong Umoren Tuesday heard another evidence from a pathologist that ”There were three openings on the forehead- two on the right hand side, one on the left.’’ Miss Umoren, a Philosophy graduate of the University of Uyo, was allegedly murdered by one Uduak Akpan in Nung Ikono Ufok in Uruan Local Government Area while she was on a job hunt. The court presided by Justice Bassey Nkanang under post mortem heard the evidence adduced by Dr. Emeka Nwafor, Senior Consultant Pathologist in the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital,…

Aniefiok Christopher Akwa Ibom agencies and commission have bemoaned non release of their approved budget estimates as contained in the Appropriation Act for execution of capital projects. Appearing before Akwa Ibom House of Assembly Committee on Finance and Appropriation to defend the actual expenditure for the 2022 fiscal year, they lamented that the state government has not disbursed funds to them for Capital Expenditure since 2019. Top among them are Akwa Ibom State Law Reform Commission, Akwa Ibom Water Company Limited, State Life Enhancement Agency, Akwa Ibom Primary Healthcare Development Agency and Akwa Ibom Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency.…

The National Coordinator of Maintain Peace Movement, Mr Emmanuel Enoidem says any local government area in Uyo Senatorial District in Akwa Ibom can produce the next state governor in 2023. Enoidem who said this while fielding questions from journalists during a press conference by Maintain Peace Movement at the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Uyo, Monday, November 15 dismissed the idea of micro-zoning of the position to any area. He, however, invited members of the union to the unveiling and inauguration of the National Executive Council of MPM billed for Friday, November 19 at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo. Enoidem…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused the Federal Government of breaching a “no victimisation clause” agreed upon during the dialogue that led to the suspension of the strike they had embarked on. The Chairman of ASUU, University of Ibadan, Professor Ayo Akinwole alleged that the Federal Government and the Accountant-General of the Federation are victimising its members by refusing to pay them “salaries running between two to 10 months despite suspending the strike.” The alleged refusal, according to ASUU, could lead to another strike in future. ASUU stated that while members are back to their duty posts,…