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January 31, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• Woman Attempts To Sell Her Children
• Wife of Akwa Ibom State governor spreads goodwill to the hopeless
• Community Leader Floats Workshop For Ikot Ekpene Women

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Yobe buries governor
• 2011 Presidency: Atiku’s return to PDP gathers pace
• Yar’Adua should retire to Katsina and forget 2nd term — Gen Williams
• CRSG seizes 60 trucks over illegal logging

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January 30, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• Akwa Ibom Proprietors Seek Subvention For Private Schools
• Major Marketers Sell Fuel Above N65 In Uyo
• Group canvasses support for Ekaette, Orubebe
• Confronting Niger Delta Crisis the Ekaette Way
• Voice of Akwa Ibom in print
• Etim Esin sues Jay Jay, Okocha reacts

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Gunmen kill girl,11, abduct her brother
• Report: Nigerian capital market, worst hit
• More Nigerian languages risk extinction
• FG to deploy satellite in tackling bunkering, insecurity
• Eminent citizens celebrate Awo
• Police kick against condom advertisement
• Avis Nigeria opens 15 more outlets

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January 29, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• Akwa Ibom flags off new projects in Esit Eket
• AKSG Plans to Build Computer Lab in Schools
• Group Commends Yar'Adua, Ogbulafor, Akpabio
• Qua Iboe Church Suprintendent: Report Cases of Leprosy, Medical Expert Warns Healing Homes
• PDP Gives Free Education a Boost in Ikot Ekpene
• Niger Delta Ministry A Big Relief - Abia
• Tackling kidnapping in Akwa Ibom

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Corruption: FG stops payment of contractors by cheque
• Ribadu in hiding after assassination attempts — Lawyers
• NITEL begs workers to reopen SAT-3
• Obongship In Calabar

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January 28, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• 2011: No one can stop Akpabio - Group
• NDDC Needs More Funds To Execute Projects, says Dan Abia
• Ekaette urges militants to embrace peace
• Commissioner urges individuals to partner with govt
• Mobil lauds Akwa Ibom over rural development
• Robbers storm Etiebet country home, injure 3 aides

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Yobe Governor, Mamman Ali, Dies At 51

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January 27, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• AKSG removes village head for shielding kidnappers
• Transparency Killed Ibom Airport Project - Ime Ekanem
• NDDC To Construct Uruan, Tinapa Road
• Eket Youth Leader Advises Against Social Vices

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• NASS Unaware Of Yar'Adua's Leave
• Police to sell sheep paraded as car thief
• Robbery: Goat suspect, a hoax — Saraki

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January 26, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• Gov Akpabio inaugurates 760 projects
• Ntrukpum: Irate youths set militants' hideouts on fire
• Anchor Insurance secures $100m treaty with Kelson, Meridian of Lloyds
• Etim Ekpo LG boss commends victorious Ikot Abasi Queens

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• UNIZIK lecturer, daughter murdered in Awka
• Iwu Backs Voting Right For Nigerians In Diaspora
• 60m Nigerians now own power generators — MAN
• Again, 15 Footballers, Officials Die In Plateau Auto Crash
• FIFA U-17 W'Cup: Venues To Be Announced February
• Mikel Obi pulled over for drunk driving in London

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January 25, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• Niger Delta: Ekaette promises adequate facilities
• Ekaette can not lead Niger Delta Ministry — Okurounmu

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Peace Moves: Obasanjo, Atiku admit error
• National Assembly Tasked on Constitutional Review
• Dangote Sugar gets NIS ISO certification

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January 24, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• Obot Akara Councillor Appreciates Constituents
• Ekpo wants Super Eagles action
• Otu Ukpanah: My eye is now set on the international runway

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Why I visited Obasanjo, by Atiku
• Labour rejects reduction in fuel price

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January 23, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• Ntrukpum Village head sacked for aiding kidnapping
• Why Niger Delta crisis persists - Ekpotu
• How We Started Akwa Ibom Airport - Ekanem
• Eso extols Udoma

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Yar’Adua to proceed on two-week leave
• FG Removes Fuel Subsidy
• Reps disagree on budget 2009 presentation
• After 10 years of illegal detention, man, 35, released without apology
• Plateau speaker impeached
• Calabar to get $1.5 billion Energy City

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January 22, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• No Room For Corruption In Niger Delta Ministry - Ekaette
• Ibom Power Plant as a wasting asset
• Nasarawa Utd Held Hostage In Uyo Over Unpaid N.1m Hotel Bills

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Senate approves FG bid to borrow $500m
• Oshiomhole visits militants
• Agube: Everything In Abi Council Is Computerised

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January 21, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• Akpabio urges support for legionnaires
• Vote of confidence on Akpabio
• The day Akpabio received a strange guest
• AKS oil spill committee submits report
• Akwa Ibom Teachers' Award As Leaf Worth Borrowing
• Ikot Abasi Queens shine in Brazil

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Don't blame Yar'Adua, if he is slow — IBB
• We've Built Classrooms, Printed Exercise Books For Pupils - Abi LGA Boss

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January 20, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• Akpabio Plans $234 Million Foreign Investment for State
• Akpabio Tasks Judiciary Over Court Orders
• Akpabio cautions against arbitrary orders
• Akwa Ibom to inject 191 megawatts into national grid
• NERC assesses IPPs, as lack of gas impedes Ibom
• Ibom Power Sets March Ending To Begin Electricity Supply
• Groups Advocate Decentralisation Of Niger Delta Ministry
• Ekaette defends Yar’Adua over N’Delta ministry
• Ekaette begins peace moves to Niger Delta
• Akwa Ibom sets aside N200m for fertiliser purchase
• I Weep For Niger Delta Indigenes - Udo

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Infant deaths: Nigeria ranked 8th globally
• Atiku In Surprise Visit To Obasanjo
• MMA 2 records 2.3m passengers

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January 19, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• Bandits kill police officer at Ekom Iman Junction, injure two
• Uyo Gets Development Blueprint
• Lebanese assaults FCT FRSC boss, Nsebong Akpabio
• Akwa Ibom reviews JTF’s operations
• Niger-Delta Ministry bigger than NDDC, Ekaette insists

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Forex : CBN to clamp down on parallel market operators
• NSE set for internet trading, completes system upgrade first quarter
• Rep Tasks Obudu Council Boss On Governance

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January 18, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• Day Akpabio took his people to God
• Akpabio Tasks Nigerians on Unity
• Akpabio Urges NBA to Sanitise Legal Profession
• Akpabio Decries Poor Gas Supply by NGC
• Hospital Benefits from N50m Intervention Grant
• Nigeria's oil-rich southeastern states team up against militancy - Comm. for Women Affairs
• Ex-don wants probe of Maritime Academy over admission irregularity
• Etim Esin versus Jay Jay Okocha

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Igbo man to become councillor in Adamawa
• Air crash averted as Chachangi plane catches fire mid-air
• Senate, Reps rift deepens over constitution review
• Is It Well With Virgin Nigeria Airways?
• JTF burns top militants' mansions - one feared dead
• Newsweek lists Adeboye amongst 50 world most powerful persons

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January 17, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• Renewal of covenant - Governor Akpabio rededicates Akwa Ibom State to God
• Akpabio assures on even development
• Militants Should Give Me A Chance - Ufot Ekaette

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Panic: Presidential movement keeps airline in the air for 3 hours
• Calabar - The New Big Thing
• SSS 3 student leads robbery gang, alleges unfair distribution of wealth

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January 16, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• Akwa Ibom To Enjoy Steady Power Supply From March
• Iwu pays visit to Akpabio, blames electoral fraud on Nigerians
• Akwa Ibom House okays bill on infrastructure
• Ekaette begins 15-day consultation with stakeholders

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Reps in rowdy session over N30,000 minimum wage
• CBN dumps Dutch Auction as Naira value drops
• Lagos launches 24-hr surveillance camera operation

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January 15, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• AKSG builds N50m clinics for Uniuyo
• Quit: PDP chieftain wants Ekaette, Lukman out as ministers
• Ekaette admits challenges in Niger Delta
• Ekaette Resumes, Begins Tour Of N'Delta Region Friday
• N-Delta Ministry for action not talk, Ekaette insists
• Akwa Ibom Man, 51, defiles 9 years old girl

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Nigeria's independence, a mistake, says Ayomike
• N700b Stolen From Nigeria Annually, Says Bankole
• Thugs attack Bankole’s mum’s convoy
• Nigerian-born wheelchair athlete faces deportation
• V-P commends Calabar
• Unity Schools admission crisis: 64,000 children stranded at home

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January 14, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• Uyo varsity treats 10,800 persons with HIV
• Effiat Yearns For Development
• Ikot Abasi Councillor urges youths to shun violence
• How Okocha embarrassed me on Boxing Day - Etim Esin
• How Civil War threatened Ekpu legacy

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• FG may slash fuel price soon
• Ribadu's Dismissal Final - FG
• Agency Executes N1.5b Project In Cross River
• CRSG Pays Severance Allowance Of N1.4b

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January 13, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• Group Calls For Stronger Official Backing For NDDC
• Itu Lawmaker donates computers to five secondary schools
• ExxonMobil has financial strength for big transactions
• ThisDay Opinion: Second Coming of Ufot Ekaette

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Abubakar Yar'Adua, NNPC Boss, Sacked
• Safe city project: Lagos Govt set to commence 24-hour surveillance
• Constitution Review Committee Budgets N200m For Jeeps
• N/Delta Ministry risks losing N18.5bn capital allocation
• Bakassi Indigenes Support Imoke's Resettlement Efforts

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January 12, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• Niger Delta Rumbles Again: Security Scare in Eket
• Obama reverberates in Akwa Ibom
• Wife Of Council Boss Hosts Eket Elders

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• N/Delta Ministry Rejects N800m Accommodation
• States demand N1tr from Excess Crude Account
• Bakassi to be expunged from constitution
• Cross River to become fastest growing economy - Imoke
• Cross River Earmarks N280m For Taxi Scheme
• Emir of Borgu counsels Imoke

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January 11, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• Obama Tenure will usher in global peace - Akpabio
• Indigenes Bemoan Poor State Of Etinan Town
• Punch Editorial: Still on Akwa Ibom Newspaper’s printing machine

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Global Financial Crisis Threatens IPPs
• FG, NLC begin talks on N52,000 minimum wage
• Helmet: FRSC Arrests 5,000 Motorcyclists Nationwide
• ...Helmets vanish from market amidst soaring prices

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January 10, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• AKS leaders to visit St. Cloud, MN
• Ima Usoroh Showers Gifts On Children of the reformation Centre in Uyo
• Okobo Councillor Renders Account Of Stewardship

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Virgin Nigeria Suspends UK, South African Operations
• El-Rufai jumped bail, EFCC tells Interpol
• Middle East crisis: Iran appeals for Nigeria’s assistance, Yar’Adua expresses concern
• UNICAL students crowned Mr/Miss Glo

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January 9, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• Uyo: Five Killed in Auto Crash along Oron Road
• Village launches N10m education endowment fund
• Community leader confers chieftaincy titles on deserving indigenes

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Nigeria yet to get jets four years after N30b contract
• Achebe Visits Nigeria After Nine Years
• Unity school workers' strike begins
• Emerging pattern of bank robberies
• Obasanjo receives certificate at NOUN, shuns press

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January 8, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• Suspected human trafficker arrested in Akwa Ibom
• Returnee Motorcyclists Flood AK Communities
• HOSTCON Appeals To FG Over N165b Debt
• AKS Society Set to Work With Niger Delta Ministry
• Community Leader Deplores Militants’ Attack On Alscon
• Nigeria’s Greatest Problem Is Moral–Hon Eyiboh

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Govt to power Abuja with generators

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January 7, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• Gunmen Kidnap Ex-Speaker
• AG Must Go, AKS NBA Insists
• Ikot Ekpene Students Assured Of Bursary
• Gunmen raid ExxonMobil oil platform
• Uma Ukpai’s crusade bathes Uyo with miracles

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Gani, Osinbajo, Falana, 37 others to defend Ribadu
• Obasanjo’s ex-aides, others evicted from Presidential Villa
• Anambra, Delta Pull Out Of Second Niger Bridge Project
• Nigeria’s oil reserve to last 46 years
• 'Our Agenda For Cross River, Calabar Carnival' - Imoke
• Imoke's 72-page Economic Blueprint For Cross River State
• Imoke wins award in rural development

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January 6, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• Akwa Ibom battles Rivers over oil wells
• UC Rusal Invites Tenders For Imo River Dredging At Last
• Niger Delta Youths Rally Support For Ekaette
• NUJ appeals to Niger Deltans on Ekaette

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• 2009 Budget: Presidency, NASS, MDAs To Spend N2b On Generators
• Electricity will decide 2011 election

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January 5, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• Akwa Ibom to Inaugurate 600 Projects
• Community Leader Donates Bus Stop To Road Users
• I will never stop fighting witchcraft...Helen Ukpabio

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Yar’Adua to workers: no cars, overseas training
• CBN demonetizes N195m coins
• Oil Palm: CRSG To Cultivate 22,000 Hectares
• Imoke Wins Award In Agriculture, Empowerment
• Imoke assures on Slessor charity
• Rivers introduces automated salary payment for civil servants

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January 4, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• Akpabio lauds Akwa Ibom people in diaspora for preserving culture
• Akpabio Prays For Niger Delta’s Peace
• Akwa Ibom Govt Seeks God's Help In Governance
• Crash helmet: Police, Okada riders clash in Uyo
• Punch Editorial: The case of Akwa Ibom Airport/hangar
• 2009: CRS Prophet predicts doom for Akpabio and others

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Uwais C'ttee Report: 10-yr ban for electoral offenders
• Global credit crunch: Foreign airlines eye Nigeria for survival
• Obasanjo lobbies Yar’Adua for Ribadu’s re-instatement
• Helmet: Okada riders threaten showdown
• Hangmen wanted! Nigerians apply secretly, assured of veiled ID
• The Dangote success story
• In Calabar, Christmas comes more than once a year

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January 3, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• Abak Labour Party Chapter Boss Decamps to PDP
• Akwa All Stars boost members
• Unbelievable! Abandoned (Akwa Ibom Indigene) Accident Victim Speaks

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Nigerian hotel wins African best in UK
• Rescued from human traffickers in Togo, three-year-old Nigerian waits in vain for parents
• Abuja CCTV Cameras To Be Activated, Says FCT Minister
• MEND Declares War On Kidnappers, Bad Eggs Among Militant Groups
• My Vision Is To Leave CRS Better Than I met It - Imoke
• ‘Donald Duke and I have no political godfather’ - Imoke
• In Calabar, ‘carnival love is unconditional’
• Majek Fashek: A rainmaker in need

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January 2, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• N9 Billion Development Projects in Akwa Ibom to Be Commissioned
• Protecting the Akwa Ibom Child
• Nduo Eduo Village Head Receives Certificate

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Nigeria earns over N31 trillion in nine years
• Crash Helmet: Hundreds Of Motorcyclists Arrested
• 95,000 jostle for 10,000 jobs in Edo
• Mrs. Yuguda Bags Most Outstanding Governor's Wife Award
• Nigerians take pro-Ribadu campaign to Facebook
• Imoke signs 2009 budget into law
• Imoke urges retrospection
• Cross River Constructs 100 Rural Roads
• FG to shut down ticket sales offices of all foreign airlines

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January 1, 2009

Akwa Ibom News

• Infrastructure tops Akpabio’s agenda
• Kidnapped UC RUSAL - ALSCON Director Feared Killed
• AKSG to train medical personnel
• AKSG spends N945m on fertiliser
• AKSG gets N115m UNICEF, UNDP’s grants
• Editorial: The Bestial Pastor of Uyo

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Polio: ‘Nigeria worst hit country in 2008’
• 2009: Nigerians Task Yar'Adua On Governance
• Mark, Bankole, Govs, others urge Nigerians to prepare for tough times in the New Year
• Oil price: Fed Govt weighs options to save Budget 2009
• FRSC Begins Enforcement Of Crash Helmet Rule Today
• Crash: ADC airline owners face arrest
• Why Unity Schools May Not Resume In January 2009
• Calabar Carnival: Street party, colourful costumes

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