Tags: Akwa Ibom State

Viral Video: NDLEA Dispels Misinformation on Visa Clearance

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dispelled misinformation and misconception about its handling of visa clearance applications following claims by a teenage applicant, Akpan Goodhead Godwin, in a video post that has gone viral on social media. In a statement issued on Friday 9th October by the Commander, Akwa Ibom State Command of…

How Ex-NBA President, Usoro Received N1.1bn From Akwa Ibom Govt – EFCC Witness

The second prosecution witness (PW2), Abdulrahman Arabo, in the ongoing trial of Paul Usoro, SAN, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, for alleged N1.4bn fraud, on Wednesday 3, 2020, told Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how the defendant received a sum of N1.1bn from the…

PHOTOS: Youths Disrupt FG Town Hall Meeting In Uyo

Some angry youths believed to be students in Akwa Ibom State disrupted a town hall meeting organised by the Federal Government to sensitise the people on policies of the government in the last one year. It was gathered that the youths stormed venue of the programme in Uyo on Monday, June 13, 2016, chanting war…

In Uyo, AAAN Boldly Kicks Off Brand Repositioning

From the theme of the recently concluded 2016 edition of its Annual General Meeting and the unmistakable focus of the welcome remarks by its outgoing President, Kelechi Nwosu, it was clear that the Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria, AAAN, had gathered its members in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State to devise strategy that would enhance…

A Call to Be ‘Fantastically Conceptual’, By Ibim Semenitari

A keynote address delivered by Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, Ag Managing Director Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, on the occasion of the 43rd Annual General Meeting of Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria (AAAN), at Le Meridien Ibom Hotel & Golf Report, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Friday, May 20, 2016 Honourable Minister for Information, Excellencies,…

A-Ibom Rerun: APC Candidate Dumps Party

Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Saturday, March 12, 2016, Akwa Ibom State rerun poll, Victor Okon, has withdrawn from the race. Okon has also announced his resignation from the party barely 12 hours to the State House of Assembly rerun election. Addressing newsmen at a press conference on Friday in Uyo, Okon…

Student Gets Scholarship From Akwa Ibom Gov

Following his exploits in faraway Japan, a student of the Tokai University in Tokyo, Ufot Ekong, has been rewarded with a scholarship from the governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, to complete his studies. The governor made this gesture also in celebration of the 2015 International Youth Day, which was held on Wednesday across…