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Akwa Ibom News Archives - January 2008

January 31, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

  • Gunmen kill Akwa Ibom Speaker's aide
  • Fresh Facts Chairman Regains Freedom
  • Journalist accuses prisons officials of seizing belongings
  • Election Tribunal Can’t Overrule Federal High Court
  • Iniama Moves to Unseat Akpabio At Appeal Court
  • Champion Breweries expresses confidence in FG's reforms programmes
  • Table water producers decry poor patronage by gov
  • Two killed in political violence

Nigerian News

  • No plan to site AFRICOM in Nigeria, says U.S.
  • Children‘s laptop project crashes
  • Police fund: N202.5m blown on dinner
  • Ali walks out on Bankole, Kingibe
  • Ndoma-Egba re-presents FOI Bill
  • CRS Raises Rural Development Agencies To Check Child Trafficking
  • No serious investor can overlook Nigeria, says Xerox boss
  • Onanuga, The News MD escapes death at Ikeja High court
  • FG shelves plan to sell National Theatre
  • PENGASSAN threatens to shut down Oil sector

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January 30, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

  • Communities donate land to varsity
  • Akwa Ibom power project not for national grid
  • Gov. Akpabio's Attack On Press Freedom
  • Akpabio's War on the Press
  • AC asks court to set aside tribunal's judgment

Nigerian News

  • FG recovers N115.8bn from oil sector
  • Reps To Raise Panel On Nigerians In Diaspora

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January 29, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

  • Court slams sedition charge on journalist over fraud report on Akpabio
  • Akwa Ibom Speaker’s aide shot dead
  • Commissioner lauds Akpabio over solemn assembly
  • Contractors query Akpabio on fees
  • NGO Holds Free Medical Exercise In Inen Ikot Obiom

Nigerian News

  • Fed Govt to tackle decaying airport infrastructure
  • PDP BOT: Obasanjo survives removal bid
  • Doing away with share certificates
  • Bankole gives condition for removal of immunity clause
  • Yar’Adua Set To Sack Non-Performing Ministers
  • Trading on bridges now an offence
  • "We Will Reverse Nigeria’s Dependence On Oil"
  • Shell May Sack 3,000 Workers This Week
  • N21m found in FRSC’s official’s account
  • Construction works on multi-million Calabar cement gas pipeline starts soon
  • Resident doctors start nationwide strike on Friday
  • Non-certificated PhD holders raise dust in UI

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January 28, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

  • Akwa Ibom Police Deny Arrest Of Newspaper Distributor
  • Gov. Akpabio Arrests And Detains Fresh Facts Distributor
  • Police arrest suspects over election violence in Akwa Ibom
  • Akwa Ibom receives N9.385billion from FG in January 2008
  • Immunisation: Akwa Ibom targets 1.09m children

Nigerian News

  • 2 armoured tanks, Policemen condone off Eagles hotel
  • Nigerians spend N16.408trn to fuel generators annually
  • NDLEA nabs German, four others for drug trafficking
  • How N5b police fund was spent on car gifts
  • Jigawa Passes Law Against Domestic Violence
  • Cross River Pays N40m For May/June 2008 WAEC Examination

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January 27, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

  • Akwa Ibom spends N93m on fertiliser

Nigerian News

  • Guard reveals Abacha’s secret dollar$ vault
  • N’Delta: FG orders withdrawal of troops
  • Bankole under pressure to reject national award
  • Ribadu Stranded In Ghana, Rescued By Amaechi
  • FIFA says sufficient generators on hand for 2010

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January 26, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

  • Nigerian newspaper distributor arrested, charged
  • Akpabio sues for maintenance culture
  • Deputy speaker appeals for peaceful polls
  • How Akwa Ibom PDP’s primaries turned bloody
  • Government restates comittment to improve standard of living
  • Environment commissioner demands project list from ELF
  • Stakeholders adjudge Akwa Ibom most peaceful
  • Bayelsa State Govt. gets kudos from AKSG
  • Emmanuel Umoh: Flying Nigeria’s Flag In Abidjan
  • I Was Told I Wouldn’t Have Children, But God Gave Me Four

Nigerian News

  • PDP Caucus Meets Tomorrow Over National Convention
  • I’m not on wheelchair – Okosuns
  • Associates abandon ex-Edo State governor, Igbinedion
  • Why we wear what we wear – Female undergraduates
  • Lagos 'N50, 000 war' against reckless drivers

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January 25, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

  • Akpabio inaugurates committee on Ibom airport
  • Akpabio promises to meet contract terms
  • Effiong Bob Begins Fresh Legal Battle Against Akpan
  • Violence trails PDP councillorship primaries

Nigerian News

  • FG Cancels Privatisation Of Unity Schools
  • FG hands over six airports to private firms
  • Governors sign N1tr savings pact
  • Nigerians may wait longer for improved power supply
  • Doctors begin strike in Calabar over salary
  • Iyabo Obasanjo wanted in US
  • Obasanjo adamant, visits Ekiti
  • Delta to introduce reading of newspapers in schools
  • Polio Hits Lagos
  • Cancer Confines Sonny Okosuns To Wheelchair

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January 24, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

  • Akwa Ibom PDP Primaries - Death Toll Rises to 5
  • One Killed in PDP Primaries

Nigerian News

  • $2.086b realised from sale of 107 oil blocks
  • FG Re-awards N9bn Calabar Gas Transmission Project
  • Senate okays Ribadu’s exit
  • Ghana star flown to Lagos for treatment
  • Court Remands Igbinedion In EFCC Custody
  • Senator threatens to name "419" colleagues
  • National Assembly to probe Obasanjo’s $10bn on electricity

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January 23, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

  • Akpabio’s N168m Windfall For Ukanafun
  • Akwa Ibom Assures On Completion Of Airport
  • Akwa Ibom raises panel on own airport
  • Bank partners Akwa Ibom on empowerment

Nigerian News

  • Stock Exchange to go public in three years
  • Cement stock prices crash over new policy on importation
  • Senate approves pay rise for Yar’Adua, others
  • UK To Spend £600,000 On Niger Delta Security
  • Militants Abduct Assistant Police Commissioner
  • Consulate confirms death of five Nigerians in South Africa
  • Growing concern over foreign objects in drinks
  • Cross River Prepares For Council Election In Bakassi

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January 22, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

  • Victor Akan at 70
  • Akwa Ibom electoral commission of controversy
  • Akwa Ibom govt commends Bayelsa gov
  • NGO blames churches for child abandonment
  • After 80 years, veteran journalist cum activist is unrelenting
  • Tribunal Cannot Disqualify Candidate for Election
  • Robbers Invade Banks, Maritime Academy, Oron

Nigerian News

  • Nigerian emerges highest achieving graduate in LondonMet exam
  • Ateke bows, says "I'm tired of fighting"
  • Customs realises N238.4b on import, export duties
  • Gas scarcity: Housewives search for alternatives
  • FG warns against importation of bagged cement
  • Private refineries: Mirage four years after

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January 21, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

  • Akwa Ibom Disburses N6.5bn for Direct Labour
  • Akwa Ibom pays N15m counterpart funding
  • Opposition parties disappear into thin air in Akwa Ibom

Nigerian News

  • More GSM firms coming in 2008, says Ndukwe
  • Militants threaten VP’s father’s burial
  • EFCC, NIPOST intercept N14.21bn fake currencies
  • Igbinedion returns, faces EFCC today
  • 30 Stocks to buy, sell or hold in 2008
  • Job cuts loom in aviation sector
  • EU clamps down on Nigerian Cocoa
  • NDLEA Chief Releases Names Of Drug Deportees

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January 20, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

  • Armed robbers, police clash in Akwa Ibom
  • Communities praise Mobil, ask for more assistance
  • Slow pace of airport project worries AKSG
  • Akwa Ibom to pay counterpart funding on cocoa soon
  • Ini Edo emerges most controversial actress in 2007

Nigerian News

  • Yar’Adua bars ministers from Nations Cup
  • CNN apologises to Atiku
  • Igbinedion Sighted In Sierra Leone
  • Photos of Igbinedion's house in Abuja
  • Ethiopia is more conducive to business than Nigeria
  • 13 Banks To Raise $200m For Visafone
  • Government set to boost smoked fish export
  • ICAN Advocates Merger Of Tertiary Institutions
  • Nigeria was founded on colonial corruption
  • Babies for sale in Abia!

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January 19, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

Akwa Ibom News

  • Opposition parties disappear into thin air in Akwa Ibom
  • Commissioner lists benefits of staff training
  • Oil firm donates to communities
  • One family, many troubles

Nigerian News

  • Yar’Adua bars ministers from Nations Cup
  • It's gold or nothing!
  • Eagles stranded at Accra airport
  • Policeman dies after receiving bumper salary
  • South African police intercept N4bn Lagos-bound DVDs

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January 18, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

  • MPN/NNPC Contributes N23bn to NNDC for Development Projects
  • Uyo Flood Control Needs N15b
  • PHCN And The Darkness On Oron Road
  • Uruan Progressive Alliance Emerges
  • The Amakpe Refinery: Politics 101 for Governor Akpabio
  • "Prof" Bassey Bassey Exposed
  • A new executive inaugurated for Pegasus All Stars F.C. EKET

Nigerian News

  • 126m Nigerians are Poor
  • Bakassi: Reps reject Yar’Adua’s letter
  • Eagles reject Ghana Air Force aircraft
  • "Obasanjo misapplied PTDF’s money"
  • FG signs multi-billion waste management contracts
  • German Bank offers facilities to12 Nigerian banks
  • Importation will not lower cost of cement
  • Night operators of a useful kind
  • How the Majors struck
  • Soldiers grumble over N6bn salary arrears
  • Court jails brothers for forging Soludo‘s signature
  • Saula: Ogun NURTW boss in detention
  • 11 members of same family perish in road crash

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January 17, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

  • Group wants Akwa Ibom stolen funds recovered
  • N30b Required For Uyo Flood Problem
  • First Inland to partner Akwa Ibom on tourism
  • Akpabio assures of even development projects
  • CAN calls for peaceful LG polls in Akwa Ibom
  • Senator Eme Ekaette wants fair assessment of Yar’Adua’s performance
  • Akwa Ibom, Citi partner CBN on Micro-Entrepreneurship Awards

Nigerian News

  • Nigeria dumps weak US Dollar
  • Nigeria moves to become ICT outsourcing destination
  • FG to ban smoking in public places
  • Constitution review may cost N1bn
  • FG Earned N1.76tr From Taxes In 2007
  • PHCN’s worker electrocuted, eight days to wedding

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January 16, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

  • Airport Runway Ready In 6 Months
  • ALSCON Plant Ready In March
  • Court declines de-freezing of Akwa Ibom's IIPC account
  • Police search for kidnapped woman’s where abouts
  • This Bell Tolls For All Of Us

Nigerian News

  • Copy of Lucky Igbinedion's arrest warrant
  • FG, States, LGs To Share N350b On Friday
  • Obasanjo wasted $10bn on power sector
  • Nigeria to earn N16.912bn daily from oil in 2008
  • Rep Denies Involvement In Credit Card Fraud
  • INEC to register 26 more parties
  • Teacher arraigned over N1m robbery loot
  • Trafficked Children: "We are Human, Not Commodities"
  • New pay structure gladdens policemen
  • 10m children out of school in Nigeria – UNICEF

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January 15, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

  • Akwa Ibom condemns operation of petroleum equalization fund
  • Police trail abductors of lawmaker’s sister
  • Akpabio sends pension bill to Akwa Ibom House of Assembly
  • Akpabio commissions electrification scheme
  • House Reconstitutes Committees
  • Akpabio reconstitutes AKISIEC
  • Akpabio assures of timely completion of roads
  • $10bn gas project to commence in Akwa Ibom
  • NSCDC rescues 26 human trafficking victims
  • Lawmakers reconcile amid prayers and hymns
  • NGO Blames Churches For Child Trafficking
  • AKPF makes waves in Akwa Ibom

Nigerian News

  • Breast feeding prevents eczema, asthma & food allergies
  • Ojukwu gets pension, 38 yrs after civil war
  • Fuel subsidy hits N450 billion
  • Duke, wife to face ICPC - Over N4.3bn loot
  • Meet Nigeria’s Nations Cup hope bearers
  • FG approves importation of cement
  • Making a fortune from producing poultry feeds

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January 14, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

  • Akwa Ibom condemns operation of petroleum equalization fund
  • Mobil presents N2 million cheque to AKS NUJ
  • Ex-chief judge seeks support for the aged
  • Beware! Human Traffickers on the Prowl

Nigerian News

  • Another NURTW Branch Chairman Shot Dead
  • EFCC clears Obasanjo of graft allegations
  • Crude account: Opposition accuses Yar‘Adua of withdrawing $999m
  • Shell downgrades directors, sacks workers
  • Boy 14, Others, Spend Ten Years In Prison Awaiting Trial
  • Reps uncover N15.2 billion fraud in 3 ministries
  • Govts shared N3.8tr in 2007
  • N/Assembly jacks up 2008 budget benchmark to $59
  • Vogts unveils Ghana 2008 squad
  • Customs clamps down on duty-free shop operators at Lagos airport

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January 13, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

  • I wear skimpy dresses only in movies

Nigerian News

  • Tanker fire kills 21 in PH
  • Charge d‘ Affairs, Nigerians in Liberia send SOS to FG
  • Airline Operators Desert Sam Mbakwe Airport
  • Sack fever grips Shell workers
  • Vogts Threatens To Quit Over Salary Delay
  • Nigeria crashes out of Olympics, World Cup

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January 12, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

  • Iniama drags Akpabio to Appeal Court
  • Probing Obasanjo will be diversionary

Nigerian News

  • Lamorde replaces Ribadu
  • I’m ready to return to Nigeria, Igbinedion tells EFCC...under 3 conditions
  • NFA Exceeds N500m Nations Cup Budget
  • EFCC Stole Ibori’s Handset
  • Ailing Sonny Okosun seeks help in India
  • Nutritional values of cocoa
  • Man United may tour Nigeria

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January 11, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

  • Foreign Firms Plan $10bn Gas Project in Akwa Ibom
  • Mrs Sylva Solicits Akwa Ibom's Support
  • Peter sure of WBC title defence
  • NOA boss says Niger Delta agitation is justified
  • Handover Federal Roads to States
  • Akwa Ibom LNG comes on stream 2010
  • Akwa Ibom, Globeleg set to sign shareholders’ agreement
  • Governor Enjoins Children to Emulate Christ
  • Make Kidnapping A Capital Offence

Nigerian News

  • Govt to connect Calabar Airport to Tinapa by rail
  • Yar’Adua stops purchase of official vehicles for ministers
  • EFCC, ICPC, others accused of concealing $16bn tax fraud
  • Reps defer passage of 2008 budget
  • FG not ready to stop gas flaring – ERA
  • NITEL overhauls billing system
  • National Assembly recovers N300bn
  • Ibori Leaves Hospital, Back In Court Today

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January 10, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

  • Mobil commended for assisting women in Akwa Ibom
  • Assembly pledges people oriented budget

Nigerian News

  • EFCC dismisses allegations against Ribadu
  • EFCC slams 142 count-charge on ex-gov Igbinedion
  • National Assembly has details of secret accounts Presidency
  • Ibori ill, flown to Abuja
  • Why We Want To Amend 1999 Constitution
  • Fuel Tax, Ploy To Hike Price - NLC

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January 9, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

  • Gov demands fair LG election
  • Stigma, discrimination fuel HIV/AIDS

Nigerian News

  • EFCC declares Igbinedion wanted
  • World Bank predicts robust growth for Nigeria’s economy
  • Labour, govt to decide on new fuel price in March
  • MEND release 2008 strike plan, to blight Nigeria oil industry 100%
  • South-South Speakers Condemn Militancy
  • Dangote Sugar, Banks, Nestle Lead As Investors Get Huge Returns
  • Accountant General Deducts N143b From FG, States’ Allocations
  • 32 Bullet Holes Found On Late NURTW Chairman’s Body

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January 8, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

  • First Private Refinery Opens In Akwa Ibom 2009
  • Investors to inject N18bn into aluminium smelter company in Akwa Ibom
  • Akwa Ibom Commissions N27 Million Mobil Projects
  • Akwa Ibom Inaugurates New Electoral Body
  • Mobil Trains 8 Citizens in South Korea
  • Militants Kidnap Lawmaker's Sister

Nigerian News

  • Market dips by N115bn as bear run persists
  • UBA’s First Quarter Profit Hits N10b
  • Zenith Bank posts N57.5bn half-year earnings
  • Ribadu under probe over mansions in Dubai, Abuja
  • Militants bomb Agip, Shell's facilities
  • Nigeria’s trade surplus slides to N1.8tn
  • Price of cooking gas doubles in Nigeria
  • INEC Begins Distribution Of Permanent Voters Card
  • Panic In Lagos Over Murder Of NURTW Chairman
  • Yar’Adua orders release of 300 children born to female inmates in Nigerian prisons
  • Unknown Soldier Replaces Awo’s Statue In Ibadan
  • Murder: Ikoyi Prison Disregards Court Order To Produce Fayose

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January 7, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

  • Lawmakers shun bribes-for-budget
  • Soldiers Harass Travellers On Uyo Road

Nigerian News

  • Tinapa Will Kick Off In April
  • Nigeria accounts for 36% of global gas flaring
  • Snippets from Calabar Christmas carnival

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January 6, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

  • "Executive has no hand in Akwa Ibom crisis"

Nigerian News

  • Ribadu: US-based Nigerians slam FG
  • Dangote Flour IPO oversubscribed by 520 per cent
  • Vogts Threatens To Quit Over Salary Delay
  • 965 Perish In 136 Plane Crashes In 2007
  • Explosion rocks Atiku's Varsity, kills 5

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January 5, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

  • Senator Commends AKSG On Amakpe Refinery

Nigerian News

  • Aso Rock budgets N2.3million daily for refreshment....
  • 300 EFCC policemen shun meeting with IG
  • MEND Vows to Cripple Oil Exports
  • Nigerian men rape underage girls in hope of HIV cure
  • FG, Transcorp To Lose Shares In NITEL

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January 4, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

  • Ikono/Ini Rep Opens Constituency Office
  • Female politician decries high rate of maternal mortality

Nigerian News

  • Security agents bar Ribadu from Aso Rock
  • Nigerian militants threaten 'bloody fight' in 2008
  • CJN Warns Judges against Misconduct
  • Nigerian Prisons Promote 2,160 Junior Officers

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January 3, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

  • Akwa Ibom, Firm Sign MoU for $100m Refinery
  • Ripples over LG tenure extension
  • UNIUYO Community Hails VC
  • Ubeh: The Catalyst Within
  • Maritime Academy Rector Gets Another Term

Nigerian News

  • Obasanjo Informed Senate Before Ceding Bakassi
  • NigeriaSat-1 Expires This Year
  • Amaechi threatens to arrest militants’ parents
  • South African fraudsters hack account through SIM card

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January 2, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

  • AKUTECH Commences Academic Activities Soon
  • Group Alleges Victimisation Of Indigenes In Uyo PHCN
  • Past Political Office Holders to Get Severance Package in A/LB
  • Female Politician Decries High Rate of Maternal Mortality
  • Attah faults report on refund of money
  • A pilgrimage to non-violence

Nigerian News

  • FG owes road contractors N950bn
  • What the EFCC Act says on training of staff
  • ICPC probes 31 ex-governors
  • EFCC, ICPC To Become CPEC
  • Airports handle 450 flights daily
  • Squatters take over National Stadium
  • Yar’Adua, Obasanjo to meet over Ribadu
  • Why I resigned – Bankole‘s aide
  • Reps Blame Non-passage Of 2008 Budget On Yar’Adua
  • National Assembly to take stringent measures against oil companies in the Niger Delta

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January 1, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

  • Akpabio’s budget of realisation and sustainability
  • Heavyweight Fight: Peter remains focused
  • Group advocates Oil Producing Areas Commission
  • Commissioner tasks JPs on moderation
  • I have 119 Political Prophecies For 2008
  • How Akpabio Saved Akwa Ibom Assembly From Crisis
  • Samuel Okon Peter: Peter, The "Nightmare"

Nigerian News

  • FG owes road contractors N950bn
  • What the EFCC Act says on training of staff
  • ICPC probes 31 ex-governors
  • EFCC, ICPC To Become CPEC
  • Airports handle 450 flights daily
  • Squatters take over National Stadium
  • Yar’Adua, Obasanjo to meet over Ribadu
  • Why I resigned – Bankole‘s aide
  • Reps Blame Non-passage Of 2008 Budget On Yar’Adua
  • National Assembly to take stringent measures against oil companies in the Niger Delta

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