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August 31, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Andoni militants kill 6, raze community in Ikot Abasi
• Bakassi returnees overwhelm Akwa Ibom
• YSFON introduces U-17 tournament...to be held in Uyo
• Klitschko-Peter: Shocker as Vitali is the betting favourite
• What I don’t like about Nollywood — Uduak Akra

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Anxiety lingers over Yar’Adua
• Lagos to phase out okada
• Unemployment blues...6,000 Osun indigenes jostle for 200 police constable slot
• Family learns of UK-based Nigerian student’s death 3 yrs after

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August 30, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• AKS PTA boss advises against award of contract to politicians
• Police move against fraudsters, gets task forces in AKS, Oyo
• Cult clash: ACF denies requesting compensation for victims

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Yar’Adua in hospital, undergoes surgery
• U.S. Warns Nigeria Over Nuclear Pact With Iran
• How I escaped EFCC’s arrest — Imoke
• How Ladoja diverted state funds, by EFCC
• Ghana: New Home of Africa Diaspora

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August 29, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akpabio Faults Plan to Scrap Diploma Courses
• AKS plans first tourism summit
• Ocean Surge Threatens 18 Effiat Mbo Communities
• I’ll beat Klitschko, then his brother Wladimir — Peter
• Erosion: School of Health Technology, Etinan Cries for Help
• Sorcery - NDDC Lied Over Missing N800 Million - Police

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• EFCC arrests Ladoja
• Globacom hits 20 million subscribers mark
• NSE set to delist 19 companies
• Imoke: Back in the Saddle
• Destination branding... Cross River holds the compass

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August 28, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Governor Akpabio wants traditional rulers accountable
• I gave Nigeria her only gold medal in Sydney - Udo Obong
• AKS Records 50,000 Bakassi Returnees
• HEALTH SECTOR ON PRIORITY LIST - AKSG
• AKSG to Build General Hospital in Mbo LG
• ...TO ASSIST PRISON INMATES
• More Workers For Foreign Training
• Edem asks court to vary his bail conditions
• ...can’t raise N50 million bail bond
• COMMISSIONER COMMENDS NAYEN OVER PLASTIC INDUSTRY
• FG Urged to Establish Naval Base at Ikot Abasi
• Subeb Boss Tasks Teachers on Quality Service Delivery
• SSEB TO PARTNER NATIONAL ARTS GALLERY

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• FG douses anxiety over Yar'Adua's health
• Yar’Adua’s security under probe over son’s pictures
• ...moves to check NSE meltdown
• US to deport Nigerians
• Nigeria now world’s highest producer of cassava, yam and cocoyam
• MMIA revenue’ll exceed N15bn in a year – Maevis MD
• Eyo: ceding of Bakassi to Cameroun is unfortunate
• Gunmen Assassinate UNIBEN Deputy Registrar

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August 27, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Kidnapper Feigns Insanity to Lure Victim
• Total donates relief materials to Bakassi returnees
• AKSG trains more indigenes abroad on airport operations
• AKS wins best participating State at first African arts and craft exhibition

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• ‘60,000 Nigerian children suffer heart defects yearly’
• Imoke inaugurated afresh, tasks Cross River people
• ..."I bear no grudge against anyone"
• Fatwa Issued against man with 86 wives, Bida LG (Niger State) beefs-up security

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August 26, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Bakassi returnees overstretch infrastructure in Akwa Ibom
• AKSG holds summit on land reforms
• AKSG Moves To Reactivate Four Moribund Industries
• Ibom Think Tank on Bakassi: Don’t Ratify Green Tree Agreement, Senate Urged
• NDDC scam: Edem seeks variation of bail conditions

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Yar’Adua, Obasanjo not on speaking terms – Investigation
• FG generates N15.69bn from airports
• N1.5tr missing from govt agencies’ account
• First Bank pays N24bn dividend, appoints new director
• INEC Presents Certificate Of Return To Imoke

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August 25, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• AKHA Passes N100.7bn Supplementary Budget
• Oron LG pledges N1m to Bakassi returnees
• Environment: Ating wants constitutional amendment
• Arnold Udoka @ 50

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Senate probes 162m euro hospital contracts
• Imoke Returns As CRS Governor
• ...re-run election waste of resources — LG boss
• High Price Of Fertiliser Worry Obudu Farmers

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August 24, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Arewa Consultative Forum lauds Akpabio over welfare of Bakassi returnees

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Why we dropped service chiefs -- Yar’Adua
• Low turnout mars Cross River re-run poll
• Cross River Re-run Poll: Imoke In Early Leads
• Revealed: Nigerians that kill their wives in America

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August 23, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• 16 Die In Auto Crashes
• Bakassi Returnees Complain of Hunger
• AKSG protests arrest, killing by Camerounian forces
• Op-Ed by Akwa Ibomite: You know there’s global warming when...

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Beijing 2008: Nigeria Wins 1 Silver (Soccer), 2 Bronze Medals
• Nigeria flares 125 million cubic feet of gas — Minister
• Nation’s first compressed gas station to be commissioned in Benin
• Court Okays Cross River Rerun Poll
• Opposition can’t get consensus candidate for CRS poll

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August 22, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akpabio canvasses emergency on Niger Delta infrastructure
• ALSCON GM Sacked Over Plant Closure
• Blue River to receive global tourism status
• 4 micro-finance institutions in AKS yet to disburse N60m NAPEP funds

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Nigeria has $50bn in Foreign Currency, Gold Reserves - CIA
• Yar’Adua’s mum robbed
• Ghanaians More Patriotic Than Nigerians - Obanikoro
• Lagos rolls out 200 corporate taxis
• VP leads Imoke’s return rally in Calabar
• Indigenes Feel My People-oriented Programmes - Imoke
• Imoke: Why I will re-emerge governor
• British Airways – a Customer Care nightmare for Nigerians

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August 21, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• HIV/AIDS: Akpabio makes case for PLWHAs
• AKS Head of Civil Service advises workers on productivity
• AKSG to sanction parents of kid hawkers
• Sam Edem accused of 'juju' theft
• Suspended NDDC Chairman, Edem, gets bail
• Access Bank facilitates acquisition of Oku-Iboku newsprint coy
• Union Bank set to open 40 additional branches by 2009 - Ebong
• PDP chieftain faults IMG on Attah

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Yar'Adua Appoints New Service Chiefs
• CRS Guber Re-Run Election: Imoke's chances of re-election
• As Women Rally For Imoke's Electoral Victory
• Police tighten security for Cross River re-run election
• Opinion: Why Cross River State needs Imoke
• Akamkpa Council Chairman's Many Legal Battles

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August 20, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Niger Delta: The Concept Of New Towns - Attah

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Beijing 2008: Nigeria Wallops Belgium 4-1
• NLC rejects jumbo pay for public officers
• Nigeria, Germany sign pact to generate 6,500mw
• CRSG Assures Igede Community Of Development

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August 19, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akpabio Charges Editors On Ethics
• Gov Akpabio, curb ADUMA
• Sorcery: Police arraign Edem over N800m NDDC fund
• UC Rusal Alscon, SEWUN endorse new staff package
• Ijaw group faults Attah’s save Niger Delta campaign
• Offot-Ukwa Community Laments Marginalisation

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Yar’Adua’s mum robbed
• Why EFCC boss visited Bankole — Reps
• Kingibe, Ministers to earn more than Yar’Adua, VP
• India, Nigeria's 2nd highest employer of labour
• Bakassi returnees will vote in CRS, says Iwu
• Beijing 2008: Nigeria springs surprise in swimming
• Yar'Adua, Buhari Campaign In Cross River Poll Rerun

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August 18, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Bakassi: Epidemic Looms In Akwa Ibom Refugee Camp
• Akpabio Has Raised Self-worth Of AKS Indigene - Dominic
• AKHA Debates N93bn Suplementary Budget
• AK Youth Advised To Shun Hostage Taking
• Amakpe Refinery to come on stream next year
• The Strange Story From NDDC

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Legislators get jumbo salaries - 100% pay raise
• Remittances from Nigerians abroad hit $17.9 billion
• Beijing 2008: How Nigerian Soccer team resolved indiscipline crisis
• FG accuses Virgin of blackmail
• ...Why Virgin was moved
• Union Bank Dares the Market
• Calabar South To Employ Physically-challenged

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August 17, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• I got N510m paid to spiritualist from ex-gov — Edem, suspended NDDC boss
• The saga of Edem
• ANPP chairman’s death shocks Ewang, CNPP

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Beijing 2008 Soccer: Nigeria defeats Cote D'Ivoire...meets Belgium in Semis
• CRS Assembly warns against campaign of calumny in re-run election

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August 16, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• FG Approves New Refineries in Eket, Lagos
• Akwa Ibom probes airport project
• Things fall apart in Akwa Ibom PDP
• Tragic Case Of Ambassador Sam Edem

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Cameroon Must Not Harass Nigerians In Bakassi - UN
• Beijing 2008: American press believes in juju, suspicious of Nigeria’s victory

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August 15, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Hold Traditional Rulers Accountable for Crimes - Akpabio
• Gunmen Kidnap Female Lawyer, 4 Kids in Uyo
• Bakassi: Akwa Ibom registers 75,000 returnees
• Eket People Want Three State Constituencies
• NDDC’s funds intact - Abia
• ICPC names 23 ex-govs for probe, including Attah

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Bakassi handed over to Cameroun: It's mourning time
• US Mission clarifies DV 2008
• Beijing 2008: Nigeria springs surprise in swimming
• Oyo State: Ex-UME highest scorer in police net for alleged robbery
• ‘INEC ready for re-run election in Cross River’
• FG, CRSG urged to prioritise agric

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August 14, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• AKSG to Provide Refuse Bins for Uyo Residents
• ...outlaws pit toilets in Uyo
• Akwa Ibom gets airport panel
• Why we want Amakpe refinery to come on stream next year – Amanam, CEO
• Bakassi Can be Linked To Obasanjo’s Failed Third Term Bid - Eseme Eyiboh
• New Owner to Refurbish NNMC with $50m
• Niger Delta: for President Yar'Adua's Attention - Attah

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Bakassi Finally Goes To Cameroon
• Nigeria eliminates U.S. 2-1, advance to quarterfinals
• Beijing 2008: Another Nigerian boxer pummelled
• RMG to send 4,000 observers for Cross Rivers guber re-run
• U.S. varsity appoints Nigerian Vice Chancellor
• Owerri is cleanest state capital
• Arms used in Liberia found in Niger Delta
• No pension for Gowon, IBB, others – RMAFC

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August 13, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Unity Project - Restoring People's Dignity
• BPE Hands Over NNMC to New Owners Today
• Letter to Editor: On Akwa Ibom’s finances

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Nigeria loses Bakassi at 11am tomorrow
• Teachers suspend strike indefinitely
• Senate Approves 2008 Budget Today
• FG grounds Virgin Nigeria’s domestic operations at MMA
• Virgin Nigeria Bows To FG, Relocates To MMA2
• Imoke Still Confident In Political Doldrums

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August 12, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• GOVERNOR AKPABIO CHARGES EDITORS TO PURSUE HIGH ETHICAL STANDARD
• AKS teachers risk termination for absenteeism
• AKSG's Revolutionising Council Administration - Ekpo
• AKSG PEGS LG BOSSES’ POWER TO OBTAIN BANK LOANS
• AKSG SOLICITS SUPPORT TO REVAMP EDUCATION
• COMMISSIONER CHARGES ON SCIENCE PARK
• TRADITIONAL RULERS TASKED ON SECURITY
• SON ASSURES AKWA IBOM OF STANDARD LABORATORY
• Akwa Ibom tackles critical challenges in housing
• BPE Hands Over NNMC To New Owners Today
• Committee to revitalize industries in Akwa Ibom underway
• Sam Edem: In Crisis Of Confidence
• How Sam Edem Story Mirrors the Nigerian Tragedy
• EFCC Probes Sam Edem
• MORE IDLC PROJECTS COMMISSIONED
• AKS NGO clamours for 50% derivation
• Letter to the Editor: Akwa Ibom, once upon a peaceful state

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Virgin Nigeria Dares FG On Relocation Order
• Bayelsa SSG‘s wife narrates 17-day ordeal with kidnappers
• Obasanjo shops for N4.5bn - to complete Presidential Library

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August 11, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Gas Flaring, Economic Waste - Akpabio
• ‘5,926 vehicles leave Abuja monthly’ - Nseobong Akpabio
• Mbo Council Boss Assures Bakassi Returnees Of Adequate Care
• Niger Delta: We must listen to Attah
• Beijing 2008: Bassey warns Vanzekin
• "I was too big for my boots at Newcastle" - Richard Offiong

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Beijing 2008: Overall Medal Count
• FG Bans Domestic Flights From Lagos Int'l Airport
• Beijing 2008: Nigeria beats Japan 2-1 in Men's Soccer
• Beijing 2008: Nigerian journalist paralysed at Beijing Olympics
• Nigeria ranked poorest in use of telecoms

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August 10, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Kidnapping: Police arrest six suspects in AKS
• FG sacks Edem - Appoints Bassey Dan Abia as new NDDC boss
• Ini Edo, Cobhams, Isong, Etuk, others storm the US
• Ini Edo weds August 30
• Experience made me study disaster reduction - Hilary Inyang

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Beijing 2008: Overall Medal Count
• Fresh Outcry By Bakassi Indigenes Ahead August 14 Handover
• Secret plot to castrate EFCC – Financial Times of London
• British Airways pleads with Sultan over shoddy treatment
• Imoke bashing: Fear or fair game?

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August 9, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Yar'Adua Suspends NDDC Chairman, Sam Edem
• ...for paying N510 million to native doctor to kill Akpabio
• Of assassination attempt and Akwa Ibom politics

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Unical Vc Demands Apology From House Committee Chairman

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August 8, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• AKHA denies removing Speaker
• AKS Community Appeals For More Wards, Polling Units

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Why Ribadu, Others Were Demoted, By Police Commission
• Lagosians resort to charcoal as scarcity of kerosene persists
• CAC To De-register 9,351 Companies
• NYSC To Change Members Uniform
• Tinapa Will Provide 12, 0000 Jobs, Says MD
• UNICEM stresses need for non-violence in Niger Delta

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August 7, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• My challenges in office, by Akpabio
• Akwa Ibom plans 450 new projects
• Akpabio worried over Bakassi returnees’ resettlement
• AKSG alleges diversion of Bakassi returnees' relief materials
• Juju Scam: Yar’Adua Orders Probe of Sam Edem
• Uwemedimo vs Mobil: Judge Dies in Ghastly Accident

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Teachers get 27.5% pay rise
• PDP drops President, governors as party leaders
• Bankole becomes father at last
• Traders hand over N10m fake drugs to NAFDAC
• The true story of Third Term, by Florence Ita-Giwa
• Customs Will Support Business At Tinapa - CG
• Celebrating Obu's 50 Years Of Service

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August 6, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akpabio Sets Up Committee on Bakassi Handover
• Ekpotu to Students: Shun Social Vices
• Senator Aloysius Etok: Extend Bakassi Handover Date
• U.S. Company Abandons AKS Airport Project
• LG Commissioner Advises Monarch On Security
• I did not plot to kill Akpabio — NDDC chairman
• Timely relief: How Mrs Akpabio saved the lives of phone thieves at Ikot Ekpene prisions

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• PDP To Sack Obasanjo As BOT Chairman
• 170 receive Nigerian citizenship
• Ribadu loses Police rank
• ...Lawyers divided over the demotion
• 2,121 police died in 2007 – Report
• Nigeria’s active phone lines hit 53 Million
• Rooney down with virus from Nigeria — Ferguson

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August 5, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akpabio Reiterates Plans to Reposition Akwa-Ibom
• Akpabio's charge to councils' helmsmen
• Mrs. Akpabio Enhances Family Life, Combats Child Labour
• 26 Akwa Ibom prisoners freed through Mrs. Akpabio's Initiative
• Mobil Commences Operation On Natural Liquid Gas Project
• Bakassi - 200 Evictees Stranded in Oron
• Monty Suites Comes Out of Akwa Ibom

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Lagos, most expensive city in Africa...30th in the world - Survey
• FG set to shut Shell out
• FG gives Virgin Nigeria seven days to relocate to MMA2
• Lagos Airport’s second runway set for re-opening
• Yar'Adua Approves Joint Military Patrol For Lagos
• CRS NSCDC rescues 30 kids from traffickers
• My Emergence As Obong, An Act Of God - Abasi Otu

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August 4, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Agency Law To Regulate Commercial Motor Cyclist Underway
• AKS CNPP Condemns Spate Of Assasinations, Kidnappings
• Akpanudoedehe laments Abuja tragedies

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• 29 condemned Nigerians in Thailand, Afghanistan get reprieve
• Lagos, Abuja airports handle 60% of passengers in West Africa
• Clinton Foundation to assist Lagos with $36m on environment
• I donated N500m to PDP - Kalu

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August 3, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akwa Ibom shops for airport construction firm
• ‘My mission in Akwa Ibom Information Ministry’ - Umana
• Le Meridien postpones golf tourney

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• EFCC Arrests Yabatech Rector
• 10 feared dead in Rivers cult clash
• BAKASSI: Court order splits senators

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August 2, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akwa Ibom Unity Project - Issues in Akpabio's Style

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• More Files Missing In EFCC
• Reps go after N-Delta Govs, LGS on funds
• Soldiers destroy 111 illegal refineries in Delta State
• Shell may relocate to Iraq over Niger Delta woes
• Imo Ex-Deputy Gov's Daughter Faked Own Kidnap - Okiro
• Amaechi demolishes wife’s property in Port Harcourt
• Arsenal expected at the next Tinapa Soccer Invitational

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August 1, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Yoruba Community To Collaborate With Akpabio
• Akwa Ibom people want 1999 Constitution reviewed
• Esit Eket Youths attack oil workers
• ‘Nigeria Gas Deposit’ll Last 100 Years’ - Nsa
• Health official nabbed with bags of Indian hemp in ambulance
• Beco Begins Work on Integrated Tank Farm in Ikot Abasi

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Court Stops Yar'Adua From Ceding Bakassi
• FG scraps state first lady status
• Unemployment level hits 11.8% in Nigeria ...if you don't count unemployed Nigerians
• PDP moves to ensure Imoke’s re-election
• Police Nab Yala LG Officials
• South-East governors meet Yar’Adua...Demand new state
• Transport Owners Patch Bad Roads In Owode-Yewa

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