July 31, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• AKS Speaker impeached
• Attah vs Akpabio: Cold war rages
• AKSG lauds media group
• CONTRACTORS’ DEFECTION STALLS AK AIRPORT PROJECT
• AKWA IBOM EXPLAINS DELAY IN IBOM TAXI TAKE-UP
• MORE PEOPLE-ORIENTED PROJECTS COMMISSIONED IN 7 COMMUNITIES
• FERTILIZER STORAGE FACILITIES UNDERWAY IN LG COUNCILS
• AK INAUGURATES ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONAL REHABILITATION
• Immigration Elevates 31 Officers In AKS
• Ikot Abasi LG EXCO Inaugurated
• GOV ASSURES IKOT ABASI OF MORE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
• Ray Ekpu replies Fashola, says bad news will continue
• PDP chieftain, one other to face trial over alleged forgery
• ExxonMobil Begins Operations On $1.3b Project

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• 2008 budget: 75 per cent of funds released
• Abuja Building Collapse: One survivor, five corpses recovered
• $2b block sold at $5m in oil bazaar, Reps told
• Planned August Handover Of Bakassi Illegal - Lawmakers
• Hand-over Bakassi, risk impeachment, Arigbe-Osula tells Yar’Adua
• Communal clash erupts in CRS over mining rights

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July 30, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• A heart for the poor: Mrs Akpabio’s example
• Akwa Ibom Recruits 2000 Teachers
• AKS NDDC Chief Sets Agenda For Youth Groups
• Mobil begins $1.3bn NGL project
• Letter to the Editor: Akwa Ibom: a cry for help

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• NUT Suspends Strike For Two Weeks
• To hell with your oil, North tells South
• 50 Trapped In Collapsed Building In Abuja
• No plans to arrest Imoke, says EFCC
• Darkness, Imoke and God
• Teenager donates 10,000 shoes to charity

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July 29, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Businessman Killed, Barber Abducted in AKS
• 'We'll Implement FG, NUT Accord' - AKSG
• Uwais, Akpabio Seek Comprehensive Review of Constitution
• AKS Airport Contractor Disappears
• AKSG declares contractor wanted
• Teaching officers new tricks: AKS Police officers go digital to avert crisis
• City People Magazine Sets Up Shop in Uyo
• FG Should Emulate Dubai Tourism Structure - Ini Akpabio
• Memo to Governor Akpabio (Opinion)
• Christie Essien-Igbokwe vs. AKSG (Letter to the Editor)

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Teachers may end strike today
• Nigerians In Europe Invest $200m In Local Economy
• Arik Air’s Lagos-London flight takes off November
• Rio Ferdinand donates to Lagos charity

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July 28, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Teachers’ Strike: Gov Akpabio Sues For Peace
• Police Rates Akwa Ibom High In Homicide

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• FG's Bond Oversubscribed By N12.23b
• Strike: FG in talks with teachers — Minister (NUT says, "not true")
• Nigeria spends $3bn on rice, wheat, fish importation yearly
• AC condemns Yar‘Adua for preventing Imoke‘s arrest
• Expatriates leave N-Delta enmasse! 38 firms close shop...
• Water shortage hits Calabar
• CRS: Assassins defy police, shoot council PDP boss, PA...
• Contract Scam Rocks Bakassi Resettlement Plan
• Money transfers by cell phone coming soon

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July 27, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• SCHEDULE FOR INAUGURATION OF DIRECT LABOUR PROJECTS

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• EFCC Reopens Probe Into Siemens 10m Euros Bribe
• PDP National Chairman, four others may face trial
• Banks now use helicopters as ‘bullion van’ in Aba - To beat robbers
• `Lagos is like a science fiction’

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July 26, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akwa Ibom ready to pay new teachers’ salary
• Moses Armstrong's Love Story

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Jubilation in Ondo as tribunal sacks Agagu
• Bakassi Must Go On August 14 - Yar'Adua
• CNPP Denies Picketing EFCC Over Imoke

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July 25, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• As Akpabio Reconstitutes Akwa Ibom Cabinet
• COMMUNITY LEADER CONDEMNS PLOT TO ASSASSINATE GOV AKPABIO
• Crisis rocks Akwa Ibom PDP
• Tax Defaulters Face Prosecution
• Etim Ekpo boss pledges to renovate staff quarters
• NNPC, Mobil sign $220m facility with eight banks
• Obama,a change the world needs - Ex-Governor Attah
• YSFON gets new soccer tournament

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Tanker fire kills eight in Lagos
• ...Shock kills Obafemi Martins’ mum
• NAFDAC alerts the nation to fake anti-hypertension drugs
• Bakassi returnees' site ready next month

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July 24, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• IG URGED TO INVESTIGATE THREAT TO GOV. AKPABIO’S LIFE
• Ekpotu Advises against cultism, hooliganism
• Public sale of fertiliser successful in Akwa Ibom, says commissioner
• Senate C’ttee Berates Executive over award of Inkari Dam Contract in AKS
• BANKS IN AK GET GOVT APPROVAL
• AKSG TO PARTNER ECOBANK ON DEVELOPMENT
• MDAs yet to remit N1.5trn to Federation Account, says Eno
• Ikot Abasi LG Gets New Executive
• Tax Defaulters Face Prosecution
• Group Advises Oil Firms To Empower Host Communities

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Tinapa boss confirms dates for fiesta
• We’ll be back — Imoke
• Liyel Imoke’s judicial tango
• Imoke’s sobering moment
• Certificate Does Not Make One Obong - Asuquo

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July 23, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akwa Ibom Assembly Set To Remove Speaker
• Letter to Akpabio
• Comandclem Vs Mobil: Again, Court Postpones Judgment

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Gunmen attack Abia gov's convoy, seize back-up vehicle
• Rulers, others root for Imoke
• NSCDC To Combat Human Trafficking In Yala

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July 22, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Oron Most HIV/Aids Endemic Zone in Nigeria
• Mr big stuff: Ex-dep. Gov builds biggest hotel in Akwa Ibom
• As Akpabio’s new cabinet resumes work
• Globacom: Towards Improved Network Service
• AKS Commissioner of Agriculture says Public Sale of Fertilizer was a Success
• AKS Education Secretaries Tasked On Transparency, Accountability
• Sterling Bank Finances $100m Amakpe Refinery
• Mobil Denies Oil Spill In Ibeno
• "Give me Samuel Peter!" - Danny Williams

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Nigeria rated the world’s worst country for child survival
• Ribadu denies owning $3.9m Dubai property
• Chevron To Sack 444 Expatriates
• Imoke Lobbies Presidency Over Rerun Guber Poll

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July 21, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Mobil relocation: Akwa Ibom set for major investment in housing
• Tunde Ogbeha slumps at Mark’s thanksgiving
• Politicians and death threats

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Police Officer Jailed 21 Years For Killing Driver
• Woman dies in visa queue at German embassy
• The Fall Of Liyel Imoke

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July 20, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akwa Ibom To Offset N300 Million Bank Loan For Farmers
• How to make Niger Delta talks succeed – Attah
• ‘Probe assassination attempts on Akpabio, Alaibe’ - CNDHR

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• 25 per cent of Nigerian adult population hypertensive — Expert
• Nigerian Airlines Spend N320m On Fuel Daily
• How we carry out oil bunkering in N-Delta, Filipinos confess
• FG to adopt Asia model to solve youth unemployment
• Tinapa: Kanu to join Portsmouth in Abuja
• Behold Nigerians who live in Luxury (1)
• Behold Nigerians who live in Luxury (2)

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July 19, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Flood sacks Uyo residents
• Akwa Ibom communities hire militants for showdown with oil company
• Victor Essiet relaunches the Mandators in Uyo
• Designers and models warm up for Ibom Fashion Week
• Immigration warns personnel on graft

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• FG to remove N1.5tr petroleum subsidy
• US fires lawyer for racist comment against Nigerians
• Unpaid bills: Aki and Pawpaw detained in Camerounian hotel

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July 18, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• NDDC's Impact On Akwa Ibom
• ‘I want to serve my people’ - Etim Esin

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• FG dumps N-Delta ‘summit’
• NCC may ban street sale of GSM SIM cards
• Nigeria exports first garments to US
• 2 Northern Nigerian ex-Governors, university lecturer, Islamic cleric on US terrorist list
• Kerosene Scarcity Resurfaces, Sells For N250 Per Litre
• Council bosses, students, others mobilise for Imoke
• Boki Gets N1.6 Billion Budget
• Abi To Commission N47.8m Block

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July 17, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akwa Ibomite (Medical Student) attacked in Kiev
• Teachers strike: Akwa Ibom NLC blames FG’s reluctance on states
• NLC faults council poll in AKS
• Fishermen withdraw from sea in Akwa Ibom
• Ibeno community laments oil discharge
• No state prospers in battles
• NDDC: The wars within

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Nigerian group to protest Yar’Adua’s London visit
• Yar'Adua, Brown Seal Military Training Deal
• Nigeria Loses N129b To Malaria Yearly, Says DFID
• Why I supported killing of Saro-Wiwa • NO REGRETS – Gambari
• I was caught unawares, says Imoke
• Students canvass support for Imoke
• All contracts awarded remain valid — CRS Acting Gov
• Other political parties are lazy – PDP

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July 16, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akpabio supports N'Delta summit, PFN seeks role for church leaders
• Customs Officer Protests Premature Retirement
• Worried by incessant road accidents owing to drowsiness and sleep while driving, Akwa Ibomite introduces a sleep alert device

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Tribunal Affirms Mark, Oyinlola's Election
• Mark: "I give glory to God"
• World's largest aircraft, Airbus A380, to land in Lagos
• Nigerian Embassy in Washington, D.C., in tatters
• How foreign airlines milk Nigeria
• Nigeria Loses $100b Earnings Over Bakassi, Says Ewa-Henshaw
• Appeal Court Throws Out Case Against Akamkpa Council

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July 15, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Ibom IPP to Commence Operation Next Month
• Group condemns assassination plot on Akpabio
• Akwa Ibom warns tax defaulters of dire consequence
• Power hampers water supply in Uyo
• Boosting Revenue Generation In Akwa Ibom

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Appeal Court Sacks Imoke
• Electricity workers may join teachers’ strike
• Fed Govt to stop power subsidy by 2011, says NERC
• Starcomms makes history, first telecom firm to list on Stock Market
• Nigeria Earns $102b From Oil In 18 Months
• Nigeria Loses $60b Oil Revenue To Bunkering, Crisis Yearly - Daggash
• Nigeria loses $150 bn to gas flare in 36 yrs — NGA
• Siasia Names 26-Man Squad For Beijing
• Shame! Relay teams out of Olympics

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July 14, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Oil spill scares Akwa Ibom fishermen out of sea
• Reltelwireless hits 1.5m subscriber mark, set to launch in Cross River, Akwa Ibom
• Japan grants Nigeria N648m for power sector in AKS, CRS
• "Capital market investment will yield returns in the long run"
• Airport : Okopedi Community Seeks Government Intervention
• Ekid Group Presents Nominees For NDDC Job
• "AKSG, give us roads instead"

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• ASUU threatens to join teachers’ strike
• Oil Workers Suspend Strike
• Zenith wins Euromoney Best Bank in Nigeria award
• Arik Air begins Lagos-London flight November
• Tribunal okays closure of 30 ‘wonder banks’
• CRSG's silent revolution

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July 13, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Between Ekaette’s nudity bill and Nigerian women
• About Father Akpan
• Reverse premature retirement, senate urged

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Teachers’ strike latest: We are asking for additional N90m — NUT
• Scandal Rocks NIPOST Over Purchase Of Official Cars
• Rapists on rampage in Nigeria
• PDP Refuses To Swear-in Anenih's Candidate In Calabar
• Scottish militant group contacts MEND for aid

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July 12, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akwa Ibom Scraps 70 Revenue Accounts
• Women Go After Senator Ekaette

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Britain stops issuance of visas to "certain" Nigerians
• Cross River rakes in N85 milliom from okada
• 370 Nigerian Deportees From Thailand Rot In Jail

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July 11, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akpabio Inaugurates New Cabinet
• Akpabio Wants Aba-Calabar Road Dualised
• Gov. Akpabio steals show at PDP retreat
• Communities threaten to scuttle Akwa Ibom Airport project
• Globacom Links Akwa Ibom to Optic Fibre

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Teachers’ strike: Labour holds emergency meeting, plans total strike
• MEND calls off ceasefire
• Presidency directs Soludo to re-present naira redenomination
• "God delivered me from poisoning" — Daniel
• Lagos may join oil-producing states soon, says Fashola’s aide
• Touts Take Over Apapa Customs Command, Beat Up Journalist

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July 10, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Yar'Adua Urged to Probe Alleged Plot to Kill Akpabio
• Communities Raise Fresh Alarm over Oil Spill
• Glo activates South-South optic fibre backbone
• Chuduak Ltd. - Much ado about a letter
• Saving Oku Iboku (i)

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• No jumbo pay for teachers
• Power crisis: PHCN begs consumers not to batter staff
• Senate Adjourns For Two Months
• Mark's pending court verdict forces Senate on leave
• Lagos international airport facilities break down
• Going to Lagos? Don’t give alms - One month imprisonment for violators
• Behold Nigerians Who Live In Luxury!

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July 9, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akpabio's Wife Advocates Programme For Less-privileged
• Mobil Donates 460 Dictionaries to AKSG
• Oil leakage disrupts production in Akwa Ibom
• Poor officiating killing amateur league – Akwa Starlets coach

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• 70 Nigerians await execution in Indonesia, Saudi Arabia
• Creation Of Fund For Future Generations: Senators Over Rule Mark
• FG spends $3bn on rice, sugar importation
• More oil blocks face revocation
• Ekiti lawmakers break mace, sack speaker
• Imoke seeks prudent mgt of LG funds

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July 8, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Groups Seek Investigation of Plot to Kill Akpabio
• Ex-Commissioner Quizzed Over Kidnapping
• Glo fires Eket optic fibre Tuesday
• Globacom’s Eket optic fibre goes live
• Police start computer training
• Digital NURTW: Union deploys hi-tech security gadget to detect criminal-minded passengers

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Senate Rejects New Revenue Formula
• 3 Nigerians, 368 others compete for Microsoft laurel
• Kia now second most imported vehicle in Nigeria
• Ogun State Speaker denies governor was poisoned
• Lagos Erects Bronze Statue For Abiola

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July 7, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Bullets can’t solve Niger Delta’s problems - Akpabio
• "We were paid N600m to eliminate Gov Akpabio, Alaibe" - Assassination suspect
• Gov Akpabio Slams FG Over Roads In Niger Delta
• AKSG Advised On Development Of Efiat Community
• Murder case: Police trail former senatorial aspirant

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• 260 Nigerians arrested in Algeria, dumped in desert
• Ogun State Governor poisoned, says Chief of Staff

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July 6, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Police foil plot to kill Akwa Ibom governor
• We Are Investigating Plot On Akpabio’s Life – AIG
• Police nab suspected assassins
• Democracy Dividend is Essential, Says Akpabio
• Akpabio’s N80bn splash on roads
• Laying the eggs for tomorrow’s golden goose

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Alleged bid to kill Ogun speaker: Gov’s aide, 8 others arrested
• Siasia Must Apologise To Me - Mikel

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July 5, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Ex-Commissioner Speaks on Kidnap Saga
• Akpabio: Progress at last for Akwa Ibom?
• Bullets Can’t Solve Niger Delta’s Problems - Akpabio

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Borisade, Fani-Kayode To Remain In Custody Till Monday
• Lagos to mount 10,000 CCTV units to monitor crime
• Little Alex: Abandoned at birth, shunned by adopters

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July 4, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akpabio Sacks Cabinet

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• VP visits Pope, wants prayer for Nigeria
• UK: Nigerian lawyer jailed for fraud
• Taribo eyes Rivers State's Brick House

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July 3, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Strike: ‘FG should concede to teachers’ demand’
• Akwa Ibom earmarks N8bn for youth empowerment
• Police nab kidnappers of expatriates
• IG parades suspected kidnappers, cultists
• Police parade 12 suspects for illegal possession of arms and kidnapping
• Maritime Academy is cash-strapped, says Rector
• As Ibok Battles Petroleum Products' Scarcity in AKS

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Court remands Fani-Kayode, Borishade in prison custody
• Obudu Ranch Resort shut
• Cross River to set up ecosystem monitoring mechanism

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July 2, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akpabio vows to banish poverty from AKS
• Akwa Ibom: hurdles before new council chairmen
• Crisis looms in Akwa Ibom over oil fields
• Police smash kidnapping syndicate
• Negris wins bid for Oku-Iboku Newsprint
• Succour for newsprint industry as FG sells Oku-Iboku for N3.8bn
• Stop persecuting the Igbokwes
• CEDPA, ExxonMobil Train Women

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Power outage distrupts flights
• Senate Bars EFCC From Making Arrest At NASS
• Teachers plan to shut down private schools
• Okocha rated among Best XI Premier League playmakers
• Okocha Testimonial Gulps N100m
• Yala Council Holds Training For Youths
• I am an American wrongly deported to Nigeria – Man

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July 1, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Foreign investors arrive Akwa Ibom soon
• In Akwa Ibom, People Fight Crime, Says Zuokumor
• King of wealth - Not the late Ezego, but a man who claims to own everything under the sea

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Aviation fund: EFCC arrests Fani-Kayode, Borishade
• Niger Delta governors, elders reject Gambari
• NCC to end mobile phone theft by December
• Brazilian firm, Petrobras, to pump oil from Nigeria
• Missing plane: Minister threatens to resign if found culpable
• Cross River gets new cabinet
• Boki Monarch Condemns Murder Of Policeman

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