April 30, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• When Akpabio Attended BON General Assembly In Uyo
• AKSG Commissions N240m Projects In UNIUYO
• 2nd Day Of Talks Fail To Resolve Mobil Nigeria Strike
• Ebong Foundation endows professorial chair
• Edet tips Fasuba to win gold

Nigerian News

• Again, reps refuse to pass FOI Bill
• UBA Explains $15m U.S. Fine
• Shell resumes retrenchment of workers
• Senate approves pay for Yar’Adua, others
• Yar’Adua’s health: All is not well yet - Arrives Abuja amidst tight security - Family, friends begin prayers
• Yar’Adua, governors hold emergency meeting on food crisis
• FG Orders Mass Importation of Rice
• How 'missing' plane was flown out of Nigeria - The Obasanjo connection
• Cross River warns kingmakers over Obong’s crisis
• N555m property: FG wants out-of-court settlement with Duke
• NSC takes relays to Calabar

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April 29, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• The Siege Around Godswill Akpabio
• NNPC, Mobil, PENGASSAN officials meet again today
• Oando signs PSC, GMoU on OPL 236
• Uyo Federal Constituency: A Barrage Of Appeals
• NDDC to Commission 47 Projects in Akwa Ibom State
• Community Appeals To Govt Over Poor Infrastructure

Nigerian News

• ASUU begins strike
• Ex-gov diverted 'missing' plane - Plane found in an African country
• UBA Fined $15m In U.S. For Money Laundering
• Tinapa Must Not Fail - AFZA
• Duke: Iyabo Obasanjo is making a mistake
• NBA, others drag BA to court for manhandling Nigerian

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April 28, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• ‘Allegations of corruption against Akpabio are baseless’
• OPC lauds Akpabio
• Youths Allege Marginalisation By Oku Firms
• Mobil Workers’ Strike: Nigeria Loses $541m
• PENGASSAN strike cripples Mobil in Akwa Ibom
• NNPC boss wades into Mobil, workers’ dispute
• FG charges aluminimum, steel firms over Vision 2020

Nigerian News

• FG Withdraws Subsidy For Hajj Pilgrims
• How Nigeria loses $8billion annually to capital flight in oil and gas
• Nitel may lose licence next month
• Emir strips Obasanjo of title, hands it to Bamaiyi
• Calabar Good For Nigeria 2009 Says LOC

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April 27, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akpabio Tasks Nigerians On Democracy
• Law Students To Petition EFCC Against Akpabio
• Akpabio, ICPC and opposition groups
• Akpabio appraises Akwa Ibom airport project
• PENGASSAN Strike Halts Crude Oil Exports
• Oil Workers Attacked In Akwa Ibom
• Why Akwa Ibom printing machine has problems, by experts
• Council chairmen should also declare their assets – Okopido
• Uyo club for Austrian weightlifting meet
• Nigeria’s league underdeveloped,says Uwua
• It is all green with Edikang Ikong

Nigerian News

• 'A world of casual racism' exposed at British Airways
• Speaker Bankole Attacked In Kano
• Missing Plane: Cautious Optimism Greets FG's Move To Declare Crew Members Dead

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April 26, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• AKSG solicits support from Mobil
• Le Meridien Ibom: Golfers’ haven

Nigerian News

• Madueke, British envoy meet over ‘Nigerian deportee’
• Why Nigerian passengers were maltreated — BA
• UK to repatriate 1,600 Nigerian prisoners
• Nigeria, others lose N2.5 trillion to fake products
• I posed as Gov Imoke’s son to dupe two commissioners of police and many DPOs – Poly student

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April 25, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Mobil workers begin strike, oil terminal shut
• MPN loses 1.8m b/d crude production as workers’ strike enters day two

Nigerian News

• Govt gives BA ultimatum over treatment of Nigerian passengers
• National Assembly okays jumbo pay for Yar'Adua, others
• Reps okay amendment to 1999 constitution
• Creating wealth from laundry starch
• Ikom Motorcyclists Protest Govt Regulation

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April 24, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Oando Signs PSC, GMoU on OPL 236
• Mobil, workers’ negotiations deadlocked
• Rusal Invests $20m In ALSCON, Says BPE

Nigerian News

• Attacks On Nigerians: Senate Wants FG To Issue Travel Warning On South Africa
• FG bans importation of used computers
• NITEL workers call off strike
• Nigerian don emerges best alumnus in U.S. varsity
• 11 million Nigerian children out of school
• Ekiti State Govt jacks up bursary from N2,000 to N55,000 per student

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April 23, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Govt Gets Assembly's Nod to Build New Gov's Lodge
• Erosion Destroys Ikono Communities
• Group Holds Pro-Akpabio Rally In Uyo
• Ini Edo arrested in UK for drugs?

Nigerian News

• Nigerian doctors diagnosed Yar'Adua’s ailment wrongly - German physician
• Nigerian soprano bags US award
• Power crisis: Congo to supply Nigeria electricity
• Bread prices rise by 25 per cent – Bakers
• Gani has cancer – Daughter
• EU-PRIME Donates N209m Facilities To Cross River

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April 22, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akwa Ibom Indigenes Condemn Political Violence
• Akwa Ibom Govt, Unicef Sign Pact On Child Rights

Nigerian News

• Militants blow up Shell pipelines
• Missing plane: We can’t perform magic, UK experts tell Nigeria
• Gani: The crusader at 70
• Police parade man for impersonating Imoke’s son
• Nigerians threaten boycott of British Airways
• MEND warns Bush, attacks Shell’s export pipelines

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April 21, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akwa Ibom refutes Govt House contract sum
• PENGASSAN Protests Sack Of Members
• Akwa Ibom Govt, UNICEF Sign Pact On Child Rights
• Akwa Ibom ANPP Chairman Resigns From CNPP

Nigerian News

• EFCC locates Iyabo Obasanjo’s hideout
• Obasanjo's Wife, Tukur Robbed In South Africa
• Dead? Alive? Controversy rages over crew of missing plane
• Come Back Home, Writers Tell Achebe
• ECM Terminal Invests In Equipment For Calabar Free Port
• Choice Of Monarch Splits Efik Kingdom

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April 20, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Finance Commissioner Decries Poor State Of Local Rev

Nigerian News

• 1999 -2007: N300b Unspent Budget Not Accounted For
• Abacha loot: Why Swiss govt won’t release $4bn
• The making of new Obong of Calabar
• Obong of Calabar crisis: Man confesses membership of a gang contracted to raid Obong’s palace
• 'FG May Declare Crew Of Missing Aircraft Dead'
• Two Die, Others Trapped As Bank Building Collapses In Lagos

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April 19, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• ‘Criticisms against Akpabio are baseless’
• ‘Contract for Akwa Ibom Gov’s Lodge Not Inflated’
• Two killed in Akwa Ibom crash, lawmakers delayed
• Maritime Academy Oron to Get Training Assistance From Norway
• Uwua lashes out at his NFA accusers

Nigerian News

• Police congratulate Ribadu over World Bank award
• ‘Conman fleeced Kanu for £6m’

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April 18, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akwa Ibom SSG berates critics over allegations
• Akwa Ibom Tribunal - Upholding Supreme Court Legacy
• Much Ado About Akwa Ibom Press (2)
• Igbokwe lists conditions for appearing before Akwa Ibom Assembly
• What Akwa Ibom needs most
• Teenage Idol Takes America by Storm

Nigerian News

• Edo commissioner died of cardiac problems, says IG
• Dangote Sugar emerges most profitable food and beverage firm
• Why Nigerian airlines can't fly into U.S., by official
• Missing plane: US may send military experts
• House condemns killing of 84 Nigerians in S’ Africa
• Senate Declares Iyabo Obasanjo Missing
• I’m Afraid for My Life, Says Iyabo Obasanjo
• SAT-3 shut down disrupts telecom services
• Food Security - Reps Raise Alarm
• Why I returned to World Bank – Okonjo-Iweala
• We want to rule for 60 years – PDP chairman
• Ogbulafor: I don’t care if Nigeria becomes one-party state
• Ribadu wins World Bank award

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April 17, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• ICPC Quizzes Akwa Ibom Finance, Works Commissioners
• My ordeal in the hands of ICPC, by Akwa Ibom SSG
• Akpabio’s N6.7 billion Government House
• ‘Akpabio is playing politics with printing machine’
• Essien-Igbokwe’s husband alleges death threats
• Akwa Ibom To Pay For Demolished Structures
• Akwa Ibom Tribunal: Upholding Supreme Court Legacy
• Akwa Ibom youths embark on mechanised farming
• Reps Already Separating Politics From Governance - Eyibo
• Utuenikang Ibibio Lauds Gov Akpabio On Achievements

Nigerian News

• EFCC accuses Ibori of delay tactics
• 3 injured as Virgin Nigeria aircraft makes emergency landing
• Cross River trains public officials on graft pitfalls
• 50 years after his death, Okonkwo is still the issue

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April 16, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akwa Ibom Expresses Optimism Over EFCC Probe
• Akwa Ibom defends N80b spent on roads
• Akpabio tackles Okada menace
• FG approves refinery for Akwa Ibom
• FG Pegs New Refinery License Fee At $50,000
• Akwa Ibom PDP advised on governance
• Experts Seek Reduction in Maternal Mortality

Nigerian News

• Nigerian gets fifth term as commissioner of US largest port
• Yar'Adua Responding To Treatment, Says Presidency
• Appeal Court sacks Sylva as Bayelsa Gov
• I accept judgment in good faith – Sylva
• New Obong of Calabar, deputy governor differ on death plot
• Nigeria unable to meet OPEC quota – Ajumogobia
• NITEL workers shut SAT-3, begin nationwide strike
• Oando records N21b profit, declares 600k per share dividend, bonus
• Give Ogoja a rice mill
• EFCC storms Iyabo Obasanjo’s Abuja residence

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April 15, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• N2.5b Scam: ICPC Quizzes Akpabio's Aides
• N2.5b projects: "We followed due process"
• Federal Lawmakers Pass Vote of Confidence On Governor Akpabio
• Car gifts: A-Ibom NASS members defend Akpabio
• Igbokwe faults Akpabio's handling of her petition
• Mobil tasks host communities on honesty
• Diamond Bank ready to expand opportunities for collaborative ventures
• Akwa Ibom Community Jubilates As Police Nab Three Robbers

Nigerian News

• Yar'Adua Signs budget into law, Flies Abroad For Medical Check-up
• IMF forecasts nine per cent growth rate for Nigeria
• ‘Obasanjos, el-Rufais acquired 32 FCT plots’
• Duke asks FHC chief judge to quit N555m residence
• How Edidem Bassey Became Obong Of Calabar
• Obong of Calabar alleges assassination plot
• Obong of Calabar: One Throne, Two Kings?
• Is Victor Uwaifo the Greatest Man Alive?

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April 14, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Federal Lawmakers Pass Vote Of Confidence On Gov Akpabio
• Lawmakers Defend Akpabio’s Car Gift
• The truth about Akwa Ibom newspaper machine
• "If I were governor Akpabio"
• Reaching for the Olive Branch
• JTF uncovers plot by armed groups to attack Akwa Ibom, 2 other states

Nigerian News

• Yar’Adua to sign N2.7tn budget today
• Yar’Adua may abolish excess crude account
• Kanu in financial chaos - To pay N689m overdraft on house, cars seized

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April 13, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• My family is under threat, says Igbokwe
• "I’ll Always Cater for Our Workers" - Akpabio
• Fuel scarcity: Gov’s aide accuses marketers of hoarding
• Akpabio presents science kits to schools
• World Bank approves US$ 145 million loans for AKS and 7 other states
• Vandals invade NYSC camp
• Akwa Ibom Community Jubilates As Police Nab Three Robbers
• Frank, Kate Edoho to compere Vanguard Banking Awards
• Time for us to be part of the thinking world

Nigerian News

• Niger Delta: JTF arrests four Americans for security breach
• House bazaar! Reps splash N2.7bn on new cars, N.6bn for guest houses, N.5bn to renovate Speaker’s house
• Yar'Adua's Aide In $200,000 Bribe Scandal
• NSE to de-list 18 firms

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April 12, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• N2.5 bn alleged scam: Count Akpabio out – Akwa Ibom Govt
• Where Igbokwe Got It Wrong
• Foreign firm arrives A/Ibom deep water port
• Samuel Peter counts blessings

Nigerian News

• Indian arrested over N35.9m fraud in AGF’s office
• 21 Nigerian stalls shut in Ghana
• One Throne, Two Kings?
• His emergence will unite all the Efiks
• There’s no reason to mourn the former Obong – Bassey Ekpo Bassey
• A monarchy steeped in controversy
• NIPP probe: Imoke wants contractors sanctioned

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April 11, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Senator Absolves Akpabio Of Impropriety
• Fraud - Akpabio Debunks Allegation
• Akwa Ibom panel inspects printing press
• 200 New Vehicles For Taxi Scheme Arrive
• Akwa Ibom Schools Get NNPC Science Equipment
• Group to invest $5.2b on Akwa Ibom deep water port
• Akwa Ibom to recruit 310 school leavers for integrated farming
• Mobil sacks 250 workers

Nigerian News

• Yar'Adua Halts $10m Deal On Abuja Airport
• U.S. May Dump Nigeria's Oil
• Arik Air to commence commercial flights to US
• 400,000 Subscribers abandon NITEL
• Nigeria ranked world’s 94th information technology compliant country

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April 10, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Christy Igbokwe flays Akpabio
• Akpabio denies threatening Igbokwe's life
• Samuel Peter’s victory, a unifying factor in Niger/Delta — Akpabio
• At Eket, writers chart new course for environmental writing...
• Having Competition Law NBA's Duty To Society - Ukpong

Nigerian News

• Fear grips Taraba officials as Ribadu visits
• N300m scam: Grange, Aduku, 11 others charged
• N300m scam: I'm ready for trial — Iyabo Obasanjo
• Calabar monarch wants anti-graft war in traditional institutions
• Parallel Obong Of Calabar Emerges
• Cremation: More Nigerians Go for It
• Governor Fashola starts Reality TV Show
• Indian firm to build 50-storey shopping mall in Abuja

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April 9, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• ICPC Invites Governor Akpabio, Four Others Over N2.5bn Fraud
• Elf Awards Scholarship to Akwa Ibom Indigenes
• P-Square, Feladay, Others Thrill At Ibeno Musical Carnival

Nigerian News

• UBA Gets ISO Certification
• New Obong Will Unite All Efik, Says Asuquo
• Kanu, Adebayor, Toure brothers for Okocha's testimonial match
• South Africa police apologises over shooting of Nigerian
• Nigeria‘s Biggest Drug Baron Arrested in Scotland

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April 8, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Somali refugees flood Akwa Ibom
• ANPP Sacks Guber Candidate, 14 Others
• Ebong, Union Bank MD, Gets Tenure Extension
• Monarch, Police Differ Over Robbery

Nigerian News

• Kase Lawal questioned over Hillary Clinton’s campaign fund
• e-ticketing: No extension of May 31 deadline – IATA boss
• Ajaokuta revocation: Tension in banks over N23bn loan, Indians on the run
• Calabar monarch tussle takes new turn
• Bassey, Veteran Journalist
• Giving Succour to a Community in Need

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April 7, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akwa Ibom, 2 others get Lion's share of $2b Excess Crude Fund
• Guidelines for oil spill management underway
• Varsity community gets N200m compensation
• Let’s have local content for ICT, too - Dr. Ekuwem
• Akwa Ibom recruits 310 youths for farmers scheme
• Former Rep blames elite for under-development

Nigerian News

• Measles, CSM hit 10 states
• Bassey Ekpo Bassey emerges new Obong of Calabar
• Why Yar'Adua refuses assent to budget
• World Bank honours Ribadu
• More banks withdraw mortgage deals
• Cement prices coming down – Survey

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April 6, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Igbokwe Denies A’Ibom’s Claim on Printing Machine
• 'Poor funding is major problem of National Assembly'

Nigerian News

• Budget Face-off: Senators, Reps threaten Yar’Adua
• Nigeria makes N1.4 trillion from telecoms sector
• US approves Virgin for direct flights
• More planes will go missing in Obudu – Obakpolor
• Imoke urges Reps to address energy challenges
• Idris assumes power in Lokoja

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April 5, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• 'Nigeria Can Achieve Cement Self-sufficiency In 2010' - QUACEM

Nigerian News

• Dangote escapes plane crash
• Osunbor To Oshiomhole: I'm Sorry
• Power Project: Iyabo Obasanjo in fresh N4.1bn scandal - Shuns EFCC, heads for Cuba
• Glo wins GSM award
• Cross River inaugurates committee on resettlement of Bakassi people
• 'I sell human skulls to the rich' says mortuary attendant arrested with fresh human skulls
• ‘Ice water’ makes a comeback as pure water goes for N10 per sachet
• Japanese police arrest Nigerian-born US sailor
• Majek Fashek returns to the streets

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April 4, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Oron Rep Pledges Commitment To Constituency
• 'Poor funding is major problem of National Assembly' - Senator Effiong Bob
• All for a good ‘old boy’

Nigerian News

• Finally, U.S., EU land 'open skies'
• Nigerian Navy builds first indigenous warship
• Again, Yar'Adua Withholds Assent To Budget 2008
• Govt revokes sale of Ajaokuta Steel firm, orders trial of officials
• $4bn excess crude money in economy will cause inflation, says soludo
• Non-oil export records 45% growth in 2007
• US Library of Congress set to honour Achebe
• Why we can’t trace missing plane – NEMA
• Missing aircraft: NAMA moves to chart airspace
• IPPs need three years to deliver electricity – NERC
• CRS: Kidnapped toddlers found
• Obasanjo Will Go Back To Jail, Tinubu Predicts

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April 3, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Police nab killers of monarch, son
• Sen Ufot-Ekaette donates computers to Oyubia community
• South-South caucus advises against relocation of power plants

Nigerian News

• Inflation Rate Drops To 8% In February
• Yar’Adua may sign 2008 Appropriation Bill today
• EFCC officials swoop on yahoo boys in Akure
• Missing aircraft: search equipment not registered with NCAA

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April 2, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Contractor Overpaid By N.22bn
• Power Probe - N19.5bn Akwa Ibom Projects Abandoned
• Energy Probe - Reps in A/Ibom On Fact-Finding
• Shock, Disbelief As House Panel Tours Power Projects

Nigerian News

• NNPC, Shell Pipelines Explode
• In Makurdi, drinking 'water' is death
• Inflation Of 2008 Budget Splits Senate
• CBN raises benchmark interest rate to 10 per cent
• N300m scam: How we spent N10m – Senate committee
• NITEL Workers Shut Down Head Office Over Unpaid Wages
• Snake causes stir at Murtala Muhammed International Airport
• Obudu: Airlines defy safety directive

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April 1, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Power probe: Reps shocked at N5.96bn project site
• With prayers and thanksgiving, Akpabio, Akwa Ibom indigenes mark legal triumph
• My story on Pioneer newspaper’s controversial printing press - Igbokwe
• Hard luck mars Akwa United's return to Calabar

Nigerian News

• How Obasanjo brought Nigeria into OIC - Sharia Council
• Missing Edo Commissioner found dead
• 19 airports lack radar coverage
• Gani: An enigma missing in action
• Nigerian prisoners abroad reject serving jail terms at home
• 62% of Africans have no access to proper toilets

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