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October 31, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• NSE Inducts Ekpotu
• How Akpanudoedehe lost his job
• N761m fraud: Court admits sorcerer, Sonoma to bail

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Robbers Attack Akande, AC Chairman
• FG Cuts Nigeria's Oil Output By 5%
• Nigeria earns N30.78tn in eight years
• List of new ministers ready next week
• British hospital suspends Nigerian nurse for chatting on phone at work

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October 30, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Confusion Trails Probe Of Airport's N23b Expenditure
• AKPABIO IS IN A HURRY TO DEVELOP AK – GOWON
• Ekpotu hails FG's drug donation
• Mbo youths petition Senate over oil firms' activities
• AHCN Summit in Uyo targets LGAs to kick-start rural housing
• A case for Niger Delta ministry

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Yar'Adua sacks 20 ministers
• FG proposes N2.68tn budget for 2009
• Visa: US embassy begins new appointment process
• British embassy to issue visa to Nigerians in 10 days
• Ambassadorial nominee fails test on capital of Jigawa State
• FIFA meets to re-admit Nigeria
• Driving Made Easy With Naija Navigation

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October 29, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Anchor Insurance plans to increase market share
• Ebughu fishing firm to resume production soon

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Killing of Saro-Wiwa justified – Jerry Useni
• Bankole and 380 cars
• Only 7 Nigerian banks are healthy – NASB boss
• Nigerian Female Lawmakers In U.S. To Monitor Polls
• Nigeria records 418 oil spills in 6 months
• FG introduces taxes on GSM recharge cards
• PHCN to pay N16 bn debt in 2 weeks — Senate
• CRSG to upgrade CRUTECH facilities soon
• PDP: 10 years of the good, the bad, the ugly
• Behold pepper seller who became Jigawa PDP chairman

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October 28, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Gowon lauds Akpabio over developmental strides
• Akpabio: PDP has ensured peace, stability
• Stakeholders' Summit - VP seeks creation of PDP elders C'ttee to resolve differences
• Encomiums, as PDP Summit ends in Akwa Ibom
• Stakeholders' Summit - PDP Moves to Douse Grouse
• NASS members protest treatment at PDP meeting
• PDP Winds Up Celebrations With Call for Unity
• PDP has nothing to celebrate at 10, says AC
• Esit Eket Deploys Security Men To Schools
• Starcomms Extends Coverage to Uyo
• What next for Samuel Peter?
• Bonnke’s visit: AKS police beef up security

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• FG to conduct census of Nigerians in the US
• NDIC declares only four banks healthy
• Yar’Adua, Obasanjo reconcile
• Corruption: EFCC Begins Probe Of Obasanjo
• Consumers owe PHCN N100bn – Minister
• Korean firm owes Fed Govt $231m
• Obudu LGA: We are ready to host the world again

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October 27, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akpabio vows to industrialise Akwa Ibom
• Yar'Adua, Obasanjo commend Akpabio on development
• Disquiet in PDP after Stakeholder Meeting
• PDP Meeting: Senators angry with Yar’Adua
• House Won’t Compromise on Power Report – Eyiboh
• Ministerial Appointment: Group Kicks Against Ekaette's Nomination
• ExxonMobil fulfils pledge to athletes

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Mass transfer of Federal civil servants coming
• Diobplast plans over $10m investment in Calabar
• Auto crash claims six lives in Calabar
• Mexico offers to replace Nigeria as U-17 hosts

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October 26, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Obasanjo: I'm vindicated on Akpabio
• Kidnappers unleash terror in AKS
• Niger-Delta minister: Yar’Adua tips Ufot Ekaette
• Kudos, knocks for IGP over removal of road blocks
• I am moved by the isolation and poverty of the elderly — Dr Emem Omokaro
• N761m fraud: Court fixes Oct 31 for ruling

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Outcome Of Power Probe: FG Sacks NIPP MD, 12 Other PHCN Top Officials
• China bars Nigerian businessmen
• Lebanese bolts with N7bn, Nigerian partner raises alarm
• Ghanaians eclipse Nollywood stars
• Briton, Parkes, stunning wish: Bury me in Nigeria when I die

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October 25, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Eket: 6 electrocuted while watching Chelsea/Roma match
• AKHA Speaker counsels councilors on good laws
• Uwakmfon crowned Miss Ikot Ekpene 2008
• Uyo: NBA to mark legal year
• Samuel Peter - From the Ruins of Berlin

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Flaws didn’t affect 2007 elections results – Yar’Adua
• Nigerians lose N5.1bn to robbers in 2007 – Report
• Rivers: Militants rape 28 female youth corps members
• Living With The Trauma Of Scratch Cards
• After 20 years, Orits Wiliki Releases Album
• Felix Liberty: I lived a life of lies

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October 24, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Cleric tasks Akwa Ibom on spiritual liberation
• Fire kills two, destroys property at Mbo LG
• Emem Isong moves Nollywood to Uyo

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Nigeria’s improvement on corruption index ‘startling’— World Bank
• OBJ, U.S., UK Conspired To Kill Me - Alamieyeseigha
• House okays bill to strip prosecutorial power of police
• CRS sets up investment centre

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October 23, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Uyo: Yar’Adua, Ekwueme Lead Talks on PDP Re-positioning
• Head of Service assures workers of pension funds’ safety
• Science teachers receive training in Akwa Ibom
• Opinion: Repositioning Akwa Ibom through education

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Nigeria Safe From Global Financial Crisis - Soludo
• NAFDAC bans 22 Nigerian, Indian companies
• Court Convicts Firm For Dumping Toxic Waste In Nigeria
• I don’t know the number of policemen in Nigeria – Okiro
• 736 on death row in Nigeria — Amnesty International
• IBB raps Obasanjo over foreign reserves
• CRUTECH facilities to be upgraded
• Calabar: Essien Community Seeks FG Help On Erosion Control

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October 22, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• PDP, Best Thing To Happen To Nigeria - Akpabio
• Akpabio: Opposition Too Disorganised to Rule Nigeria
• Akpabio assures investors of safety of property, investment
• AKSG to spend N70bn on free education annually
• AKSG to Close a Section of Uyo-Oron Road
• Don King begs Nigerians over Samuel Peter
• Peter can still rule the world – Don King
• UC Rusal Donates to Victims of Communal Crisis

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• FG Ready With 2009 Budget
• Yar’Adua okays 15 new ministers
• Nigeria to have world’s largest cyber centre
• 400,000 vehicles on Lagos roads without valid documents – Motor agency boss
• Yakurr Council Threatens Contractors Over Project
• Akamkpa: Development At Last

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October 21, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akpabio reconsiders mission schools, hospitals handover
• AKPABIO PROCLAIMS 13TH MONTH SALARY
• Kidnapping - AKSG Sets Up Security Desk
• ...SMASHES NINE KIDNAPPERS’ RINGS
• 17 Effiat Villages Face Extinction
• Onna Rice Farmers urge Akwa Ibom to reactivate rice mill
• CONTRACT FOR HOUSE OFFICERS’ RESIDENCE AWARDED
• AKS: A Lift For Tourism
• We've No Petition Against Effiong Bob - EFCC

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• FG Warns China Against Using Nigeria As Dumping Ground For Products
• Financial meltdown: Capital market loses N3trn in 7 months
• FAAN shuts Maiduguri Airport
• Britain unveils new visa rules for business
• Gunmen kidnap couple on day of wedding
• Students sue Fashola for N500m
• Calabar: Next to Perfect
• Why Dele Giwa's Killers Were Not Found - IBB

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October 20, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Effiat: A Neglected Akwa Ibom Community
• Yar'Adua, Mark, Obasanjo to storm A'Ibom for PDP summit
• AKS PDP endorses party chairmanship’s position
• Harnessing Akwa Ibom's Dividends of Democracy
• Speaker advises councillors on constitution
• Royal father blames police for high crime rate
• Oil spill victims want N1.23bn compensation
• Global Financial Meltdown could have Implications for Nigerian Banks – Ebong
• Opinion: A Case for Niger Delta Ministry

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Budget 2009: Yar’Adua orders austerity measures
• Cabinet reshuffle: Pressure on Yar’Adua over Okonjo-Iweala
• EFCC targets Nigerians living above their income
• Why Nigeria’s education is collapsing — Ex-ambassador
• 'Osunbor ordered security to beat me up' - US-based Nigerian
• Calabar residents pray for accident-free Fridays

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October 19, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akpabio Okays Car Loan for Workers
• Whereabouts of kidnapped senator’s wife still unknown
• AKS won't shield corrupt officials
• AKS LG CHAIRMEN TO DECLARE ASSETS
• AKSG DONATES RELIEF MATERIALS TO DISPLACED PERSONS
• AKSG COMMITTED TO CHRISTIAN PILGRIMAGE
• AKS Councils Tasked on Food Sufficiency
• WE NEVER PAID OUT N20BN ON CONTRACT
• GALLERIA TO GENERATE 10,000 JOBS
• 28 Villages To Benefit From FG N.19bn NEPAD Fund
• Ikot Akpan Udo crisis: Akwa Ibom sets up commission of inquiry
• YSFON congratulates Udoh

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• ‘One Chance’, Abuja’s new crime rave
• Robbery: Banks hire anti-ballistic vans
• Buhari Associates Plan New Party

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October 18, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Uphold Constitutional Obligations, Akpabio Tells Office Holders
• AKSG to build food reserve
• AKSG dangles N2m in search of kidnapped lawmaker’s wife
• That advertorial on Akpabio was a waste

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Ministerial list: Yar’Adua confused
• Daredevil Robbers Sack Lagos Airport, One Arrested
• Construction Truck Kills Two In Calabar
• 22 die after drinking ogogoro in Lagos - NAFDAC
• Nigerians giving birth abroad and dying abroad

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October 17, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Gunmen kidnap senator’s wife, demand N10m ransom
• Shun corruption, Akpabio counsels
• Niger Delta ministry not enough to halt the crisis - Ekpotu
• Deji commends Akpabio for returning hotel’s C of O
• Esit Eket seeks review of MoU with ExxonMobil
• Abak Teachers to lose pay for shunning nation’s anniversary celebrations
• Image, Security Audit Necessary for Public Officers - Eyiboh
• Min. of Youth Dev., while in Uyo, pledges implementation of youths’ policies

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Yar'Adua Cuts Contract For Renovation Of Speaker's Residence To N200m
• Yar’Adua gets report on N64b fuel subsidy fraud
• Protesting LG workers invade Nat'l Assembly
• SA deports 450 Nigerians in 9 months
• Why Nigerian airports are not certified, by NCAA chief
• NYSC scheme turns nightmares for graduates
• Imoke signs supplementary budget

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October 16, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• The Fall Of Samuel Peter
• PDP confirms Etuk as AKS Chairman
• Doctors Get Jumbo Pay, Free Car Allowance
• Akwa Ibom council chiefs get 30-day ultimatum to declare assets

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• JTF arrests leader of kidnap syndicate at MMA
• Govt to Nigerians: don’t panic over global crisis
• Abia, CRS meet over boundary disputes
• Imoke, Odey, others hail media over national development
• CRS to ensure computer literacy for police officers
• Obudu Monarch Celebrates 50th Anniversary
• Yala Council Contributes N45m To POWER

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October 15, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• 300 graduates employed in Akwa Ibom
• Group Donates Books to AKSG
• AKSG Creates Panel On Communal Crises
• Ekpotu tasks Boundary Commission on border communities
• Mutual Alliance to acquire foreign mortgage bank
• Grant mourns Samuel Peter's loss

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Case against ex-govs not closed – EFCC
• Igbinedion gets 44 more charges
• Presidency To Scrap NNPC
• Obama woos Nigerians in US
• Chevron workers call off strike
• Foundation To Begin Anti-typhoid Campaign In CRS
• CRS Needs Navy to secure investments — IMOKE
• Calabar NBA crisis deepens

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October 14, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Work Commences On Ibom Tropicana Complex
• Opinion: ‘Samuel Peter lost before he entered the ring’
• Alleged N800m NDDC scam: Police arraign sorcerer for fraud
• Three armed robbers executed in Akwa Ibom
• ExxonMobil joins Brass LNG Project

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Nigeria's oil windfall account depleted — Soludo
• First Bank wins four awards in Washington
• Files on ex-governors missing, says EFCC
• How Nigerian died in China – Envoy
• One million blind Nigerians
• Cross River Commissions New Urban Taxi Scheme

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October 13, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• What a Nightmare! Klitschko punishes Peter
• We are very disappointed in Peter — German fans
• Klitschko beats Peter, fulfils promise to mum
• Peter underrated him – Okorodudu
• Our Investment-friendly Policies Paying Off - Akpabio
• Why Governor/Predecessor Relationship is Always Sour - Akpabio
• Governors won’t be judged by relationships with predecessors – Akpabio
• AKSG Assures Christian Pilgrims Of Support
• Group lauds Akpabio over restoration of hotel's C of O
• Work Commences On Ibom Tropicana Complex
• Amakpe refinery components 60% ready — AKIPOC
• AKS NAPEP set to disburse N119 million micro-credit loan
• Ikot Amba Community Appeals To Govt Over Collapsed Bridge
• Transformation Of Etim Ekpo Is My Mission - Udoaka

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Southern Senators Push For Rotational Presidency
• AC sweeps Lagos LG polls
• 300 PDP Members Defect To AC In Ekiti
• Unspoken peace deal that works in Delta
• Vodacom's CEO Retires, Says Nigeria Was His Greatest Challenge
• Scanner discovers N55bn fake currencies at NIPOST centre

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October 12, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• KLITSCHKO demolishes Samuel Peter
• 10th Anniversary Hotel: AYCF Lauds Akpabio
• OUR REPS AT NDDC HAVE FAILED US - Akpabio
• Militants Kidnap Expatriate with Julius Berger
• Ikot Akpan Udo: Andonis kill another citizen, plan fresh mayhem
• Aniedi King donates trophies YSFON

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Police Detain PDP Ex-Official, Link Him To Robbery
• Gunman attacks Nigerian over Obama T-shirt
• United States deports 52 Nigerians
• I got the fattest cheque in life from Nobel Prize - Soyinka
• I receive over 100 SMS with bank account details – Hon John Owan Enoh

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October 11, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• AKPABIO SEES YAR’DUA AS A BLESSING
• AK PROVIDES 60 HIV/AIDS TREATMENT CENTRES
• Samuel Peter Set To Knock Out Klitschko
• WBC Title Fight: Will Peter Be Klitschko's Nightmare?
• Victory or nothing, Nigerian Nightmare vows
• Samuel Peter' heavy grudge against Vitali Klitschko
• FALLOUT FROM INFRASTRUCTURAL SUMMIT...MORE FOREIGN COYS INDICATE INTEREST TO INVEST IN AK...TEN AK INDIGENES TO STUDY IN UKRAINE
• N2.7BN RELEASED FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
• HOPE RISES ON AK AIRPORT PROJECT...175 CONTAINERS DELIVERED...MORE TO COME SOON
• AK ACQUIRES N3.5BN ROAD EQUIPMENT
• SUCCOUR TO BAKASSI RETURNEES AK PRESENTS N80M RELIEF MATERIALS
• Akpabio’s U-17 soccer tourney gets more trophy
• Letter to Editor: On Akwa Ibom’s N33bn entertainment centre
• Lots of African, Asian, South American beats are fused into Foreign music — Mfon Umana

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Airlines owe govt N8 billion
• Ribadu May Quit Police Decembe...*Eyes UN Job
• I became a taxi driver in the US because I didn’t want to sell drugs –Felix Lebarty a.k.a. Loverboy

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October 10, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Samuel Peter's Day of Reckoning
• ...Peter’s last words
• How we're attracting investments to Akwa Ibom - Akpabio
• ‘I don’t dissipate energy on petition writers’ - Akpabio
• Okopedi Community demands N20bn compensation for airport

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Court Orders EFCC To Pay Amaechi's Aide N3b Damages
• At last, Bankole names committee chairmen
• ‘How Asian countries flood Nigeria with fake drugs’
• Namibia imortalises Murtala Mohammed

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October 9, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• We Won't Be Distracted By Petitions, Says Akpabio
• Akpabio pledges more sponsorship for scrabble
• Peter speaks Ibibio at World Press Conference
• PDP disowns Akpan, Bob over senatorial tussle
• Establish National Transport Commission, FG charged
• Maritime Academy, Oron to Become a Degree-Awarding University
• FG assures MAN, Oron of training pool, vessel
• Commentary: Free education in Akwa Ibom State

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• NSE, banks work out N600bn bail-out package
• HIV/AIDS: FG to test 52.1 million Nigerians
• EFCC arrests NAHCO boss, Sule
• ECOWAS close to GSM roaming agreement
• Embrace Agric Scheme, Imoke Tells Women Farmers
• Officials quarrel as governor’s plane hangs in air for hours

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October 8, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akpabio Blames Govt, Firms For Niger Delta Crisis
• Akwa Ibom Flays Critics of N33 Billion Entertainment Project
• Oil spillage: AKS fishermen demand N824m compensation
• Frontier Oil Assures Host Communities in Esit Eket
• $12 bn LNG plant for AKS
• Maritime Academy, Oron to Become a Degree-Awarding University
• Ibom Galleria will create new opportunities for investment
• PDP scribe, 11 others ordained elders
• I May Die Behind The Microphone - Jones Usen (Radio Nigeria II)

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Explosion rocks tribunal chairman's house
• Nigeria Explores Over 100billion Barrels Of Oil In 51 Years
• Northern leaders: Why North is underdeveloped
• Imoke commissions new taxis

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October 7, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akwa Ibom battles to shed HIV/AIDS status
• How Gov. Akpabio is enhancing inter-tribal harmony
• Gov Akpabio moves to Berlin for Peters Match
• Nigerian Peter ‘grabs’ WBC belt
• I’ll make Peter cry on Saturday – Klitschko
• Akpabio - I Won't Undermine Yoruba Progress
• As Battle for Akwa Ibom Northeast Senatorial Seat Begins
• ASKG Appoints 159 Justices of Peace
• Don't Return 10th Anniversary Hotel to Owner, Youths Task Akpabio
• Tropicana Composite Entertainment Center
• Africans in Diaspora keen on African investment – Arnold Ekpe

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Nigerian Stock loses N46b as global crisis deepens
• Ministers, presidential aides panic over bugging
• North has World's highest illiterate children — World Bank
• PHCN Records Highest Daily Power Output
• CRSG Increases Budgetary Allocation To Education
• CRS NLC condemns privatisation
• CRS NAPEP boosts co-op societies with N121.6m

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October 6, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Malaria Claims 1.5m Lives Annually – Health Commissioner
• WBC title: Peter ready for main action
• ...Why Peter will defeat Vitali
• Official Appeals for Assistance for Bakassi Returnees
• NBA boss recommends part-time legislature
• NGO decries misuse of labour laws
• Bodybuilders appeal for govt, corporate support

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• IFAD Takes Programme To Yala

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October 5, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Shun ethnic sentiments — Akpabio tasks Nigerians
• Akpabio: N’Delta Ministry’ll Check Militancy
• Oath of secrecy condemnable – AKS CNPP
• Scrabble: Uyo hosts national classics
• Obong Victor Attah: Another Hope Betrayed
• N-Delta: ‘JTF needs reorganisation’ - Joe Etukudo
• Kids gave me the name Pasto Goody Goody – Edet

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Niger Delta gives me nightmares —Yar'Adua
• Nigerians In U.S. Move To Unmask Suspects In NLNG N21b Scandal
• $180m LNG bribe: US ready to reveal identities of Nigerian leaders

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October 4, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• At 21, Akwa Ibom struggles with developmental challenges
• $5.2bn excess crude for electricity – Akpabio

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• EFCC freezes Rivers State’s govt account
• Etubom Oyo Orok buried in Calabar

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October 3, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• WBC title: Peter wins verbal war
• Past Leaders Blamed For Neglect Of Niger Delta - Akpabio
• AKSG Roads Maintenance Equipment Worth N3.5 Billion
• The police and Edem’s trial
• Group Condemns Attacks On Dokubo, Shettima Over Attah
• Why Attah failed — Group

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• U.S. Oil Demand From Nigeria Drops
• Nigerian firm to inject $200m into US economy
• CBN Mops N65b From Circulation
• Power Outage Causes 300 Firms to close shop in South East
• Cleanest LGA In Ondo To Get N1m

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October 2, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Sam Peter: I'll chop down that Ukranian tree, Klitschko
• Commissioner tasks stakeholders on infrastructure
• TASK FORCE COMBS SUPER MARKETS FOR FAKE, EXPIRY GOODS
• OPC Seeks Protection Of Non-indigenes' Property In Uyo
• Beat Gombe or face the music - Akwa Utd warn Uwua
• Isong: Thanking God After Narrow Escape
• I have never compromised my body for money - Caroline Ekanem Danjuma

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Yar'Adua Rejects Abuja Street Name
• US military command for Africa takes off
• Imoke condoles Orok Oyo’s family

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October 1, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• AKSG fight police and host community over land for Galleria Project
• PRESS RELEASE
• Akpabio Commissions More Projects
• Akpabio assures LG on funds
• ONE billion naira PAID TO heads teachers, principals
• AKSG Sponsors anti-tourism BILL
• Alscon Exports 72 Tonnes of Aluminium to Holland
• Afren gets approval to develop Ebok offshore field
• DISABLED PERSONS WANT SPECIAL PROVISION IN ANNUAL BUDGET
• Akpabio Flays Stigmatizing AIDS Victims
• AKSG To Develop Mary Slessor's Residence Into Tourism Site
• AKHA STAFF CHARGED ON SERVICES
• NDDC not parastatal of Niger Delta Ministry — Essien

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• No short cuts to fixing Nigeria's problems — Yar'Adua
• Greatness has eluded Nigeria in its 48 years — Professor Offiong
• Chanrai Offers 12,000 Free Eye Treatment In CRS
• Union Assures Calabar Residents Of Power Supply
• Gov Peter Obi in auto crash
• Lagosians heave sigh of relief as 3rd Mainland Bridge re-opens

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