Author: Anietie Akpan
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Keep Cross River Clean
By Anietie Akpan January 25, 2025, between the hours of 7am and 10am is yet another monthly sanitation day in Cross River State. In Calabar, residents turned out in large number to keep the city clean. The Commissioner for Environment Hon. Moses Osogi as usual embarked on a monitoring and supervision of the Environmental sanitation…
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AFCON Draw: Super Eagles In Pot 1
Nigeria’s captain William Ekong heads in the Super Eagles’ goal in the 2023 final in Abidjan. Hosts CIV came from behind to win 2-1. By Dianabasi Effiong, Uyo The Draw Ceremony for the 35th Africa Cup of Nations finals will be held at the Mohamed V National Theatre in Rabat, Casablanca, on Monday evening with…
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Akwa Ibom Govt Extends Verification Exercise For 8,924 ‘Workers’
Gov. Umo Eno By Anietie Akpan The Extended Verification Exercise being carried out by the Akwa Ibom State Government is to vet the 8924 public servants who failed the just concluded verification exercise. Some persons either due to their absence or inability to meet the Verification minimum requirements, did not make the first verification request.…
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Governor Umo Eno And His Close Friends
Gov.. Umo Eno. OPINION By Clement Warrie It was Anietie Usen, the award winning journalist, author, and Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on media, who first pulled back the curtain on governor Umo Eno’s real friends in his article titled “A Governor and his friends”. This was in the nascent days of the Governor’s…
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Umo Eno, Akpabio and The Politics of 2027
OPINION By Etim Etim The 2027 political season is arriving a bit too early in Akwa Ibom State, and as usual, the starting point is mudslinging and salacious political publications targeting at the incumbent governor and his predecessor. This week, an NGO, Network Against Corruption and Trafficking (NACAT) filed a petition at the EFCC…
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Court Grants Environmental Activist, Oyama, Bail After Eight Days in Police Custody, Says Matter Lacks Merit
Director RRDC, Odey Oyama. By Anietie Akpan, Calabar A Magistrate Court sitting in Calabar on January 22, 2025 granted an environmental activist, Comrade Odey Oyama bail after spending about eight days in police custody, saying the matter lacked merit and there was no case file and no motion. Consequently the matter was adjourned…
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Akwa Ibom First Lady Gives Secondary School Facelift
Chairman of the State Secondary Education Board, (SSEB), Dr. Ekaette Ebong (2nd right), commissioning the science laboratory while others assist. By Anietie Akpan, Community Secondary Commercial School, Ikot Oku Ikono in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state has received a facelift. In a press release from the Media Unit, Office of the First…
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Nigeria’s GDP Rebasing Meets Global Practices – TMSG
By Dianabasi Effiong, Uyo The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has said that there is nothing wrong with Nigeria infusing figures from the underground economy into its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculation for the ongoing rebasing exercise. In a statement signed by its Chairman Emeka Nwankpa and Secretary Dapo Okubanjo, TMSG argued that the…
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President Tinubu Assures On Peace, Justice, Development in Ogoniland
President Bola Tinubu By Dianabasi Effiong, Uyo President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday in Abuja assured Ogoni leaders that his administration would prioritise peace, justice, and sustainable development in the area. This was made known by Mr Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), in a statement after a meeting at…
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2nd Module, 7th Edition, IOC/NOC Management Course holds nationwide – NOC Official
By Dianabasi Effiong, Uyo The second module of the 7th Edition of the IOC/NOC Advanced Sport Management Course to equip sports administrators with the knowledge and tools for improvement within their organisations, has begun nationwide. The programme is an initiative of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) through Olympic Solidarity and the National Olympic Committees…
