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A’Ibom Govt Targets Skilled Jobs For Indigenes, Secures Sterling Global Underwater Welding Slots

A’Ibom Govt Targets Skilled Jobs For Indigenes, Secures Sterling Global Underwater Welding Slots

Akwa Ibom State is seeking to expand the access of its indigenes to specialised industrial job through a six-month underwater welding training programme for 93 youths, as the state government steps up engagement with Sterling Global over workers’ welfare and employment practices. The training initiative, to be sponsored by Sterling Global, will involve three candidates...
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Umo Eno’s Mkpat Enin–Etinan Road Cuts Travel Time From Two Hours To 10 Minutes

Umo Eno’s Mkpat Enin–Etinan Road Cuts Travel Time From Two Hours To 10 Minutes

The completion of a 10.83-kilometre road linking communities in Mkpat Enin and Etinan Local Government Areas has reduced travel time along the corridor from about two hours to 10 minutes, according to the Akwa Ibom State Government. The project, executed by Governor Umo Eno’s administration, covers the Mkpat Enin–Ikot Ekpe–Ikot Afang–Ikot Umiang–Mbioto–Efa Road, including a...
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Akwa Ibom Sports Ministry, Army Explore Joint Programme For Talent Development

Akwa Ibom Sports Ministry, Army Explore Joint Programme For Talent Development

YThe Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Sports and the Nigerian Army are exploring areas of cooperation that could expand sporting opportunities, improve physical fitness among military personnel and strengthen the discovery of athletes for state and national competitions. The proposed collaboration emerged during a visit by the Commanding Officer of 6 Battalion, Wellington Bassey Barracks,...
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A’Ibom Ex-Militants Back Otuaro, Oppose Removal Calls

The Akwa Ibom Ex-Militants Forum has challenged demands for the removal of Presidential Amnesty Programme administrator Dennis Brutu Otuaro, arguing that leadership disputes over the initiative should be addressed through evidence-based scrutiny rather than ethnic or political considerations. The group stated its position in a release issued to journalists in Uyo on Monday, urging the...
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Lumumba To Lead Uyo Conference On Africa’s Future, Japa Trend

Kenyan scholar and Pan-African advocate Prof. Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba will headline a conference in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on efforts to strengthen African identity and encourage greater commitment to the continent’s development. The November 14 event, organised by the Social Engagement and Reorientation Initiative (SERI), will examine “The Place of Cultural Confidence in Defining...
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Ibom Deep Seaport Can Unlock A’Ibom’s Untapped Economic Opportunities — Asuquo

Ibom Deep Seaport Can Unlock A’Ibom’s Untapped Economic Opportunities — Asuquo

The proposed Ibom Deep Seaport could unlock Akwa Ibom State’s untapped economic opportunities, attract fresh investments and expand its revenue base by making the state more accessible to industries and businesses, a project consultant, Mr Mkposong Asuquo, has said. Asuquo, consultant to the Nsik Oil & Gas CNG Mother Station project, said the seaport would...
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154 Constituents Get Tools To Start Businesses As Bob Unveils Empowerment Package

One hundred and fifty-four constituents of Nsit Ubium Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State have received livelihood support through an empowerment programme featuring vehicles, tricycles, motorcycles, business equipment and other items aimed at helping beneficiaries establish or expand small businesses. The intervention, unveiled by the Majority Leader of the Akwa Ibom State House of...
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HOW I RISKED TREASON FIGHTING FOR ABROGATION OF ONSHORE/OFFSHORE OIL DIGOTAOMY — Sen Emmanuel Ibok Essien  By Ernest Akpan

When Senator Emmanuel Ibok Essien took a position paper on the controversial onshore-offshore dichotomy to a National Assembly Caucus meeting in the early years of Nigeria’s Fourth Republic, he said he knew the issue was explosive. What he did not anticipate, at least by his account, was the intensity of the confrontation that followed. The...
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PASTOR UMO ENO, PhD

Few leaders in the contemporary political history of Akwa Ibom State have approached governance with the combination of entrepreneurship, pastoral service, grassroots engagement and a development philosophy centred on rural communities as Pastor Umo Bassey Eno, the fifth democratically elected Governor of Akwa Ibom State. Since assuming office on 29 May 2023, Pastor Umo Eno...
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