Akwa Ibom News Archives - February 2008

February 29, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

FG appoints General Electric to audit independent power plants
Bank PHB, Akwa Ibom Partners on Workers’ Car Loan

Nigerian News

2007 WAEC Results: Nigerian orphan emerges best candidate in West Africa
IMF predicts 9% GDP growth rate for Nigeria
Yar’Adua canvasses foreign direct investment from China
National food production drops, says minister
Food poisoning: 4 die, 200 hospitalised in C-River
FCT Lifts Embargo On Land Allocation
NFA appoints its technical chief as Super Eagles caretaker coach

February 28, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

God Used Attah to Bring Akpabio - Ekpu
AKPF - Its many enemies and supporters
Cult Crisis In Oron - 3 Feared Dead
Okada Rider Commits Suicide In Eket
Ibibio Leaders Council Affirms Support For Akpabio
ALSCON To Provide 1,900 Jobs
Eka Street: The Akwa Ibom Suya Home
A New Executive Inaugurated for Pegasus All Stars F.C. Eket

Nigerian News

Bread: Food for the masses going beyond reach
Lagos: One of two fastest growing cities in the world
Africa's largest computer plant for launch in April
Yar'Adua's victory vindicates us — INEC
Buhari, Atiku want to destroy democracy – Senate Majority Whip
Yar’Adua’s victory: Military warns trouble makers
Govt begins 'catch-them-young' ICT programme for kids
Israel offers to end Nigeria’s electricity problems
WAEC withholds results of 35,485 candidates
Nigeria’s oil reserve to last 43 years
Niger-Delta Youths State Position On Selection Of New Obong
Akamkpa Seeks Investors In Solid Minerals
Police battle visa racketeers
This rain not safe for drinking, planting, experts warn

February 27, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

Governor Akpabio Signs 2008 Akwa Ibom Appropriation Bill
Akpabio Signs N162bn Akwa Ibom Appropriation Bill
Akpabio: Taking Akwa Ibom to next level
Politics of Akpabio’s aide’s resignation

Nigerian News

Yar'Adua wins
Yar’Adua queries 78% increase in 2008 budget
World Bank donates N21.24bn to Fed tertiary institutions
Global rating agency weighs reforms, economy
Cross River varsity begins strike
Telecom workers celebrate, protest Transcorp’s further stake in NITEL
Arochukwu native doctor dies from own charm

February 26, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

The New Face Of Akwa Ibom
Akpabio is Media Friendly - Census Ekpu
What Yar’Adua must know about Akwa Ibom
Mobil targets one million bpd crude production
ALSCON: Re-Commissioning That Never Was
ALSCON bounces back, resumes production
Sports Minister to Watch Samuel Peters' Bout
I Want To Be People’s Servant – Akpan

Nigerian News

D-Day: Yar'Adua, Atiku, Buhari know fate today
Tribunal sacks Abia Gov, declares Ugochukwu winner
Tribunal ruling: I‘ll not be deterred – Mark
FG will remove HND, varsity degree disparity – Minister
FG Orders Massive Importation Of Cement
Cement importation to last six months – Ugwu
American embassy denies Dream Team IV visa

February 25, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

Jonathan, Akpabio Shun Commissioning of ALSCON Project
Another Legal Victory For Akpabio
Gunmen kill unionist
Mobil lauds AKSG

Nigerian News

Presidential Election Tribunal: Security Beefed Up Over Verdict
FG returns Transcorp's 51% Nitel share
Daar Communications' N13.9 billion public offer opens today
LG chairmen, others to earn N593bn yearly
Two PHCN’s workers jailed for receiving bribe
Nigerians device new ways of spraying naira at parties
How I wrote Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe
World Bank Proposes $2b Loan For Nigeria
Obasanjo should be shot – Ojukwu

February 24, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

Okon takes charge of Eagles
Re: Akwa Ibom’s Troubled Democracy
Bouts should clear up heavyweight division
UC RusAl launches Alscon smelter in Nigeria
RUSAL restarts ALSCON

Nigerian News

Gbenga Obasanjo again!
Tribunal nullifies David Mark's election
Anxiety as Yar’Adua awaits verdict
Nigerian government is not fighting with CNN
Nigeria, lowest fertilizer user in the world
LASG Acquires World’s First Boat Hotel
Rape: Ex-Eagles star, Okpara, bags jail term
Police uncover another illegal detention camp

February 23, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

Russia's UC RusAl launches aluminum plant in Nigeria
VP Commissions Alscon Today
Akwa Ibom to support ExxonMobil gas project
NFL slams fines, suspension on Akwa United, others
Why we arrested two Dolphins’ players – Akwa United

Nigerian News

Nigerian stabbed in Ukrainian racist attack
Tuesday is judgment day for Yar’Adua
NITEL: FG, Transcorp Settle For New Core Investor
Why we reversed sale of NITEL — FG
Court Strikes Out Virgin Nigeria Suit, Vacates Order Against FG
Bankole weeps over rape, torture of children
Why Cross River does not recognise NECO certificate, by commissioner
Wife beats husband to death in Calabar
NDLEA arrests 75-year old man for drug trafficking in Ekiti
"No matter how we try to westernise our films, nobody will go stark naked..."

February 22, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

Samuel Peter to storm Mexico this weekend
Ekpe cultural society demands remedy for destroyed statue
PENGASSAN suspends strike at Qua Iboe oil terminal

Nigerian News

Anxiety as Yar’Adua knows fate on Tuesday
Doctors begin nationwide strike March 1
British market welcomes Nigerian products
FG explains low statutory allocations in January
Govt denies plan to raise electricity tariff
I didn’t order electricity tariff hike – Yar’Adua
Chaos mars PDP congresses
Nigeria - Annual Report 2008
Council Poll Was For Ikang Not Bakassi People – Etene
Cross River to pay UNICEF counterpart funds
Out of 5, FIFA picks one!

February 21, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

FCC Commissions Uyo Office
Appeal Court Upholds Akpabio's Election
Akpabio attributes N/Delta militancy to unemployment
Sociologist wants traditional institutions phased out
Nigeria shares poverty instead of wealth – Minister

Nigerian News

Yar’Adua to get Budget 2008 today
UNIBEN tops Nigerian Universities
WAEC begins e-testing soon
Gunmen abduct Agip chief in PH
Transcorp: A lesson for investors
MMA 2: Arik threatens to quit Nigeria
US recession: Value of foreign reserve dips by 40%
Bakers may go on strike over flour price
Ita-Giwa: I Didn’t Use Bakassi to Secure Oil Block
FG To Raise Electricity Tariff Next Month
Finally, Vogts quits on his own!
300 imprisoned babies: Reps probe Nigerian prisons service
The hunter who arrests robbers
Wonder yam cures infertility in women
One killed as robbers invade governor’s residence

February 20, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

Akwa Ibom, Most Peaceful State – Mobil
Akwa Ibom loses three corps members

Nigerian News

Aviation fuel: Foreign airline abandons Nigerian route
States reject dollar allocation, disagree with CBN
Yar'Adua gives 18-month ultimatum on power
Obong of Calabar dies
Cross River To Construct 800km Rural Roads
ICPC quizzes Duke, wife, again - Freezes wife's 12 bank accounts
Igbinedion still stuck in EFCC cell
Bayelsa, least industralised state in Nigeria – Governor

February 19, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

Appeal Court Upholds Akpabio’s Election
Akpabio Wants More Federal Slots for Akwa Ibom Indigenes
Akwa Ibom Youth Group Laments Unemployment Rate
Exxon to add 45,000 bpd with Nigerian NGL 2 project
Construction firm eyes bigger slice of power projects market
Crisis Looms in Eastern Obolo Over Immposition of...
Senator, House Member Clash over N100m Mansion
Contractor Threatens to Abandon Job Over Attack

Nigerian News

Obasanjo’s ex-ADC dies in road crash
NSE freezes Transcorp’s shares
Obama divides US-based Nigerians
VP in darkness for five minutes at FRSC conference
WAEC withholds 35,485 results
ICPC quizzes Duke, wife
Cement Scarcity Spreads As Prices Hit N2200
80 per cent of tyres in Nigeria are imported
Police Chief Explains Low Crime Rate In Anambra
No Work, No Pay, FG Tells Striking Lecturers
MEND leader's extradition illegal — S-African Attorney
Igbinedion Meets Bail Conditions
Police Seal Off Bayelsa Assembly
Vodacom, Telkom, 3 others bid for NITEL
Man acquires LL.B at 76, says he’ll practise law until he dies
Man acquires LL.B at 76, says he’ll practise law until he dies
28% of abortions in Nigeria done by married women

February 18, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

Akpabio Wants More Federal Slots for Akwa Ibom Indigenes
N’Assembly caucus gives kudos to Akpabio
Cynthia Uwak: Another Award For Amazon Of Nigerian Soccer
Akwa Ibom Mourns Bassey, Akpabio
Mobil contract staff suspend strike
Eket Council Seeks More Statutory Allocation

Nigerian News

ASUU begins warning strike
MEND writes Bush
U.S. names Nigeria, four others as potential world powers
FG to spend N60bn on Senators, Reps annually
FG considers privatisation of aviation sector
N300bn Abacha loot still trapped in London
T.Y. Danjuma: Obasanjo Is Running Third Term Through Yar'Adua
Nigeria earns N1.36trn from crude oil in 2 months
IMF Warns FG, States On Oil Windfall Sharing
IMF says Nigeria’s economy is strong
Sharing of $4bn Excess Crude revenue to wait—FG
FIFA thumps down Warri Stadium
New Telecom Act Coming With Tougher Measures For Operators
Senate Faults Reversal Of NITEL/Mtel Sale
Transcorp laments reversal of NITEL sale
FG ’ll ensure Tinapa’s success—Custom boss
Asokoro Hospital Performs Hip Replacement Surgeries
Libya Deports 150 Nigerians
Cross River, two other states to benefit from World Bank’s $18.1 interest -free credit
Akamkpa Council Mediates In Mine Workers Crisis
Imminent danger at Isolo bus stop
Faith healer in whiff of controversy

February 17, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

Akwa Ibom PDP Insists On Being Part Of CNPP
Peter/Maskaev bout: Boxing president calls for support

Nigerian News

FG revokes sale of NITEL, Mtel to Transcorp
Obasanjo dares G-21: Nobody can remove me as PDP BOT chair
Lagos impounds okadas
In Accra, no Okadas, no rickety vehicles
KSA challenges Soludo: Spraying is our culture, you can’t ban it!

February 16, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

Time to end gas flaring in Niger Delta

Nigerian News

I gave Obasanjo PDP membership card, he later expelled me from the party
Total locks out staff in Port Harcourt
MEND Leader Deported, Police Uncover Illegal Detention Camp
National Honours: Presidency sends three ministers to beg Bankole
Onitsha: 76 Arrested Over Fake Drugs
Igbinedion shuns food, remains in EFCC custody
$16b Power Expenditure: Reps Give Imoke Two Weeks To Render Account
Bakassi People Not Part Of Illegal Council Elections – Ita-giwa

February 15, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

Christy Essien-Igbokwe: The Making Of A Stateswoman
Furore over council poll in Akwa Ibom
Akwa Ibom PDP Caucus Denies Fracas During Primaries
AKS Caucus Commends Akpabio On Dev Strides
Why Akpabio, Attah Should Close Ranks
Knocks, kudos for new gas blue print
The brigandage in Akwa Ibom

Nigerian News

Day-old baby rescued from collapsed building
CNN expands operation in Africa
Nigeria’s economy is robust, fast moving
Reltel unveils dual-tech phones
Nigeria To Build 3 Gas Processing Plants, Pipeline Grid
Reps protest CFR award to Bankole
Nigeria received N720bn from foreign donors under Obasanjo
Shake-up in the army
First Nigerian pilot returns home for pension
NYSC records 13 deaths in five states
Tuface: Paying the price of stardom

February 14, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

AKS Caucus Commends Akpabio On Dev Strides
Akwa Ibom Inaugurates Reform Committee
Why Akpabio, Attah Should Close Ranks
Akpabio: A friend or foe?
Pirates paralyse economic activities in Ibeno

Nigerian News

Nigeria received N720bn from foreign donors under Obasanjo
7 govs in secret meeting in Abuja
Arik Air moves operations to old domestic terminal
Reps Refuse Car Loan For Yar’Adua
TOS Benson dies at 90

February 13, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

AKS Airport runway ready in 6 months
Akpabio decries progess of work at Ibom Science Park
SSS boss advises journalists on national security
Ibiono Indigenes Assure Contractors Of Security
Oro Youths Warn Oil Firms Against Marginalisation

Nigerian News

Presidential polls: Supreme Court decides Yar’Adua’s fate May 9
WHO, INTERPOL uncover fake anti-malaria drugs syndicate in China
Riding motorcycles can affect male fertility – Medical expert
Banks, others jostle for Chevron Oil
"Why public offers are over-subscribed"
"Local petroleum consumption to hit 40million litres daily"
Tinapa’s delay worries minister
Ibori freed on bail
IBB’s in-law stands surety for Ibori
NASS Passes N2.9tr Budget
Yar’Adua Launches N50b Micro Credit Development Fund
Calls For Children’s Version Of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Mount
Police to vet film scripts – IG
32 years after Murtala Muhammed
Dimka’s planned second speech - February 1976

February 12, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

Akwa Ibom’s troubled democracy
ASCON commences production
Maskaev vs. Peter - March 8, 2008
Akwa Ibom flags off national anti-rabies campaign
Communities donate land to Akwa Ibom varsity

Nigerian News

PDP convention runs into crisis over venue
50 years of oil exploration unprofitable – Jonathan
Federation Account - Oil States Get Highest Allocation in Jan
Why Nigeria will continue to import fuels, by NNPC
Shell to save $200m annually from restructuring
NNPC directs Shell to stop retirement
Finally, NASS to pass budget today
Accreditation war: NBTE stops 8 polytechnics from admitting students
Gun deal: 5 Army officers, 10 others face court martial
Robbers attack EFCC officials, journalists
Ibori, Igbinedion get bail
U.S. Billionaire To Assist Repentant Bayelsa Militants
No Nigerian in Nations Cup Team XI

February 11, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

How PDP chairman ’ll emerge
Who Will Save Akwa Ibom From Terrorism?
My Governor Won't be Distracted by Blackmail
Akwa Ibom petitions Yar’Adua, N/Assembly over oil wells
Blame INEC, Not PDP Over April Polls – Udom
Cultural group tasks Niger Delta youths on biz
Bill on indecent dressing: Group faults Sen Ekaette
Ibesikpo-Asutan Youths Embark On Bridge Project
Niger Delta: NOA holds confab for non-state actors
8,044 dogs consumed in A’Ibom

Nigerian News

Egypt wins African Nations soccer cup
Nigeria loses Atomic Agency’s voting right
Flights normalise as fuel scarcity eases
INEC, PDP head for fresh showdown
Higher Oil Price Raises External Reserves To $54.63b
Dangote Group closes transport division
NCC bans promos on mobile networks
Dangote Plans $300m Power Plant In Uganda
Odukpani Monarch Advises Group On Doctrine
Fed Govt raises duty on used PCs to curb e-waste

February 10, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

Commissioner solicits support for Akpabio
Akwa Ibom to commission airport project in September
Lawmaker advocates Okada ban
Christy Essien-Igbokwe the unsung hero
NDDC to revoke abandoned contracts

Nigerian News

Ghana Picks 'Golden Bronze,' Beat CIV 4-2
Oil companies decline to return to Niger Delta
Kaduna refinery resumes production
Warri Refinery returns from the dead
Imoke’s wife to empower women
Bacteria-fermented milk offers remedy for hypertension
Etteh: Reps in rowdy session
Pro-Etteh Rep slumps in rowdy session, dies
The Sun newspaper seeks court order against EFCC
NITEL manager beaten to death by armed robbers in Ilorin
Gbenga Obasanjo shuns brother’s wedding

February 9, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

Return 186 Oil Wells To Akwa Ibom
Yar'Adua Petitioned Over Contract Award
Guidelines to Check Oil Spill Out Soon
Akpabio denies N5.5bn housing loan scam
Home, Abuja politicians unite in Akwa Ibom

Nigerian News

Reps apologise to Nigerians over budget delay
EFCC raids Siemens office
PDP chairmanship: Amaechi, Ndoma-Egba, Ebebi back Anyim
Delay In Policy Rules Threatens TINAPA
Airline Operators Ask Virgin Nigeria To Relocate To Local Airport
Daniel Amokachi shows interest in coaching the Eagles

February 8, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

Akwa Ibom Election Tribunal Erred Twice
Democracy On Trial In Akwa Ibom
Guidelines to Check Oil Spill Out Soon
Fresh Facts And Freedom of Expression
There’s no democracy in PDP – Udokpo

Nigerian News

Umenyiora makes history with New York Giants
US Embassy announces new service fees
Chevron drills for oil, gas in Lagos
Airlines raise fares on domestic routes
Nigeria, agent of change – Obama, US presidential aspirant

February 7, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

Ibiono Ibom Should Decide Who Leads Them
Akpabio demands increased allocation to Niger Delta
Akpabio issues order on immunization
Akpabio commended for promoting unity
AKUTECH to buy houses for takeoff
Akwa Ibom: No longer at ease
Akwa Ibom and the rise of an "Adedibu"

Nigerian News

Reps disagree with Senate on salaries for ministers
Yar’Adua orders inauguration of speaker as Kogi governor
Aviation Fuel Scarcity Hits Lagos
Unsafe blood accounts for 15% of Nigeria’s HIV/AIDS transmission
FG to pay off Nigeria Airways workers

Akwa Ibom News

LG Elections: AKISIEC assures credibility, fairness
Female Politicians Are Victimised In Akwa Ibom
Ibom Power Plant for inauguration April
Peter promises to floor Maskaev
Akpan, for Whom Excellence is Routine

Nigerian News

Niger Delta: IMO may suspend crude exports
"Non-oil exports grow by 46 per cent"
Govt spends N540b on fuel subsidy
Reps reject pay difference for ministers
Nigerian computer rocks Europe
Iwu declared Yar' Adua winner with results of 13 state, says Atiku
Banks' interest rates set to crash
Security fears for Nigerians in Ghana
Scarcity of Sea Foods Loom As Pirates Sack Fishing Trawlers
US Embassy Announces New Service Fees
Chadian Refugees Flood Nigeria
Our Road To Stardom, By P-Square
London stops Ashimolowo’s N16bn church

February 5, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

NUJ Demands Apology From Akpabio Over Arrest Of Journalist
Akpabio Romances Media, Tasks It On Corruption
Akpabio commends Yar'Adua over committee
Government to compensate communal clash victims

Nigerian News

Nigeria may record 500,000 cancer cases yearly
Naira appreciates against US dollar in parallel market – CBN
Refining capacity drops to 10.83%
States to share 80 per cent of excess crude fund
National Assembly again shifts date to pass budget
Judicial workers' strike grounds courts nationwide
Ambassadors get postings
Court can‘t stop convention – PDP
Nigeria prone to resistant TB – WHO
Lecturer Appointed Supervisory Councillor In Cross River
Branson Writes Yar’Adua Over Virgin Nigeria

February 4, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

Umoh wins Nigeria Tour, pockets $13,500
Communal clash: 100 persons missing
Government hospitals lament over abandoned corpses
Environmental Court Jails Eight in Akwa Ibom
Akwa Ibom to partner investors
Akwa Ibom seeks assistance from USA
The day Akpabio kept his promise to Ikot Ibekwe
Akpabio threatens Ibom Science Park contractors
Ooni prays for peace in the Niger Delta
IOC Charged to Harmonise Policy With FG's Agenda

Nigerian News

Naira dips against dollar
States get $12b refund of deductions from Fed Govt
Militants kill three Naval men, injure others
Dimka coup: Obasanjo set me up, says Gowon
Magistrate Bags Two-year Jail Term For Stealing
Of PPA and Cross River politics

February 3, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

N5.5bn scam: I have no deal with Ukachukwu - Akpabio
Akpabio commissions Ultra-modern Renal Dialysis Centre
Ini Edo receive award

Nigerian News

50 years after Things Fall Apart: ANA celebrates Achebe
Convention: PDP’s real game begins
PDP chairmanship: Reps move against Obasanjo
Presidential ballot papers still in South Africa
No Nigerian varsity can be in the top 200 in the next 10yrs
MMIA: Virgin Nigeria’s refusal to leave raises dust
American abandons children to marry Nigerian

February 2, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

Akpabio’s rule of the claw
Akwa Ibom drops sedition charge against journalist
Congresses hold in A’Ibom to nominate councillorship candidates
Ikot Ekpene hospital gets incubator
Mark berates oil companies for inhuman treatment of natives
Senate tackles NIMASA, passes N34 billion budget

Nigerian News

8,521 persons killed in Nigeria
EFCC withdraws money laundering charges against Dariye
Car dealer held over Saula, NURTW chairman’s, death
Tuface again, robbed
Belgium destroys 3,000 bottles of fake Nigeria-bound Champagne
When I started my airline my friends laughed at me
Six Nigerian banks open branches in Ghana
Govt, UNIDO to collaborate on 'Nigerian car'

February 1, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

UC RusAl to launch aluminum plant in Nigeria in February
Akwa Ibom teachers’ grouse against govt

Nigerian News

Nigeria enters fresh N359bn external debt
FG stops domestic flights from MMIA
World Bank okays N1.2b to upgrade Nigeria's airports
Reps probe $10bn power spending, N50bn Police fund
Bad roads: Nigerians spend N450bn on vehicles
Rivers to ban Okada operation
80% Nigerians can't afford imported furniture
Why I Shunned Elections in Bakassi -Ita Giwa
NDLEA arrests undergraduate with 13.5kg of cocaine
Lagos regulates operations of fast food outlets

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