The Nigeria Agribusiness and Agriculture Development Initiative said it has concluded plans to organise a mini food fair to showcase the rich delicacies that Akwa Ibom State is known for. The proposed food fair will be part of the second edition of the Agribusiness Roundtable Conference slated to hold in …
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A’Ibom Plans Two Million Daily Coconut Production
Akwa Ibom State government says it has put machinery in motion to ensure that it meets the two million per day refining capacity of St Gabriel Coconut Refinery by December this year. The commissioner of Agriculture, Dr Offiong Offor, gave the assurance while speaking with newsmen on Saturday amid …
Read More »Ocean Surge Eating Up Our Community — Akwa-Ibom Monarch
The village head of Akwa Obio Effiat community in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Inyang Etim, has called for the immediate intervention of the Federal Government to save the community from the menace of ocean surge. He lamented that the community was at the mercy of ocean …
Read More »Akwa Ibom PDP Reconciliation Committee Submits Reports
The 11-man reconciliation committee of the People’s Democratic party in Akwa Ibom state on Monday submitted its reports to the party executives in the state. The committee led by Senator Effiong Bob was inaugurated to steer the process of a broad-based reconciliation of all aggrieved members, foster peace, and keep …
Read More »Sen. Akpan Dumps PDP To Pick Akwa Ibom YPP Governorship Ticket
PDP Akwa Ibom Senator Bassey Akpan has defected to the Young Progressives Party (YPP) on Monday in order to pursue his governorship ambitions. According to Newsextra24, Akpan resigned from the PDP on July 15 because he felt that the party could not give him the platform to fulfill the aspirations …
Read More »Akwa Ibom Demolishes Metal Scavengers’ Yard (Photos)
EKET CHAIRMAN ENFORCES CLAMPDOWN ON SCRAP METAL SCAVENGERS …Demolish hideouts To further enforce the State Government’s directive on the ban on scrap metal scavengers popularly known as “Iron Condemned”, the Eket Council Chairman, Mr. Akaniyene Tommey on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, led a combined team of security agencies to supervise …
Read More »Akwa Ibom Evacuates Stranded Citizens From Kastina Over Bandits’ Attacks
Akwa Ibom commence evaluation of its citizens from Northern Nigeria over bandits’ attacks and unrest in the north. Akwa Ibom State Government weekend evacuated from Katsina State a total of 34 of her citizens, who were stranded following attacks by bandits and insurgents in some parts of Katsina state. The …
Read More »Suspected Robber Set Ablaze By Angry Mob In Akwa Ibom (Graphic Photos)
Angry mob reportedly burnt ‘one chance’ robber to ashes at the Goodluck Jonathan Flyover near Itam Market, along Ikot Ekpene Road in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Salemgists learnt that the robber met his waterloo at about 11:00 am on Friday, March 25 after he seize a woman’s handbag containing cash …
Read More »Cult War: SS3 Student Stabs Colleague To Death In Akwa Ibom
Police operatives have taken over Aka Community Secondary School, Aka Offot, Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The police took over the school on Friday. According to Tribune, the school was shut down after a Senior Secondary School 3 student stabbed his colleague in SSS 2 to death …
Read More »Half Of Married Couples In Akwa Ibom Are HIV Positive! – AKSACA
The Programme Manager, Akwa Ibom state Agency for the Control of AIDS (AKSACA), Dr. Nkereuwem Etok, Tuesday, disclosed that 51.6 percent of married men and women have tested positive to HIV/AIDS infection in the state. Dr Nkerereuwem who expressed fears over the alarming rate of HIV/AIDS infections among married men …
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