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September 30, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akwa Ibom restates plan for technology development
• Lessons from the Akpabio story
• I will use KGB style to knockout Peter — Klitschko
• Former Lawmaker Seeks NDDC's Autonomy
• Fake drugs worth N8.3 million destroyed by task force

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• NIPSS boss under fire over statement against VP
• Nigeria pledges support for Ghana‘s general election
• Imoke to set up tourism school
• The new plumber in Aso Rock
• Pope Benedict appoints first Nigerian Nuncio

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September 29, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Army Officer Wins Oxford Varsity Top Prize
• Akpabio Issues Ultimatum To Construction Company
• WBC Title: Nigerians to watch Peter live!
• How I will beat Klitschko — Peter
• AKSG Serious On Provision Of Infrastructure - Ibok-Essien
• N800m scam: Police recover N55m cash, hotel, luxury cars from sorcerer
• How I was set up — suspended NDDC chairman

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Workers to wear Nigerian dresses on Fridays
• Things Fall Apart now a US bestseller
• CRSG Donates Bus To NACRISS

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September 28, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akpabio Sues for Peace Among Christians

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• OAUTH doctors perform successful ear surgery
• We have what it takes in Nigeria to encourage people towards tourism — Edem Duke

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September 27, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Why I’m offering free education — Akpabio
• Akwa Ibom takes delivery of road equipment
• When PDP’s family arrangement failed in Akwa Ibom
• Akpan Ekpo wants N/Delta ministry to work as task force

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• 86 per cent fail WAEC exam
• FG bazaar...N1.3tr blown on official allowances
• FG re-opens Third Mainland Bridge
• We have reports of soldiers encouraging militancy - Dike
• Imoke back with the magic wand
• Lagos: Police arrest two men with nine human skulls

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September 26, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Ibibio Group Commends Akpabio
• Compel Okiro to Investigate Akpabio's Assassination Attempt
• Group appeals to Akpabio on non-indigenes’ property
• An Open Letter to Akpabio
• Peter to Vitali Klitschko: You turn your head, I’m hitting you

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• FG opens floodgates for Tokunbo vehicles
• Data availability vital for devt, says Imoke
• Imoke sets higher standards for 4th Obudu Mountain Race
• Robbers attack Shina Peters’ house

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September 25, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akpabio Warns Traditional Rulers On Kidnapping, Militancy
• Akpabio Urges Christians to Maintain Peace, Love
• Akpabio cautions legal practitioners
• AKSG cancels PTA levies
• AKSG spends N80m on Bakassi Peninsula returnees
• Bakassi Returnees Protest Over Welfare
• Lewis Tips Peter to KO Klitschko

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Niger Bridge May Collapse Before Christmas
• Why cabinet reshuffle is delayed — FG
• 2009 budget: FG raises crude benchmark to $62.5 per barrel
• Nigeria activates nuclear accelerator at OAU
• FG unprepared for returnee influx
• OBJ pleads in court: save me from PTDF probe
• If Mbeki, Olmert were Nigerians...

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September 24, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Watch, and see where I’m taking Akwa Ibom - Akpabio
• Asari, Yerima task Akpabio on equity
• FG To Build Refineries In Akwa Ibom, Lagos, Calabar
• Bakassi: AKSG to Make French Compulsory

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Nigeria Now Ranked 59th Most Corrupt Country...from 33rd
• Presidency Administers Secrecy Oath On Staff
• UNICAL Don Advises FG On Niger Delta Crisis
• NDE Empowers 40 Youths In CRS
• FG names streets after Fela, Saro-Wiwa, Dele Giwa, others
• Nigerians to buy Newcastle United for N96bn
• Yinka Craig dies of cancer
• 65% of N’Delta costal communities host illegal refineries – JTF

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September 23, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• 'I've a Solid Infrastructure Policy' - Akpabio
• AKS And Speedy Development
• Bakassi Returnees Protest Deplorable Condition
• ...Their ordeal
• Infrastructure Summit: Yar’Adua Urges States to Key into National Plan
• Infrastructure Summit: Governments should embrace PPPs for infrastructure development — Ebong
• Ecobank woos Akwa Ibom investors
• OEPL completes EIA on OPL 236
• Tackling Attah
• Attah Wants To Capture AKWASOL

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Supreme Court rules Thursday on issues in dispute over Yar’Adua’s election
• CRS, Abia Move To Resolve Boundary Dispute
• Federal Roads - Bane of Development in CRS

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September 22, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akwa Ibom: Towards development of tourism potentials
• Akpabio assures FG on training in Ocean Science
• 15 Bakassi Returnees Die
• Appeal Court To Determine AKS North-east PDP Senatorial Candidate
• Esit Eket Community Resorts to Prayers Over Oil Wells
• Infrastructure Summit: Minister Tasks Govt On Niger Delta Plan

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Venus, Serena arrive Nigeria November 10
• 23 Killed As Trans-border Bandits, Cults Invade Adamawa, CRS
• Ugbe And Obudu Council Development
• South Africa: Mbeki resigns as president

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September 21, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• The endless battle for a senatorial seat
• Chukwu promise Akwa Utd hell
• Looking young has its negative sides – Lizzy Akpabio, wife of Nanet Suites boss

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• South Africa: ANC Removes Mbeki As President
• CRS: Colourful Yala-Nkum New Yam Festival

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September 20, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Like Obama, I was raised by a single mother,’ says Gov. Akpabio
• Baby with bloated head needs N8m to live
• Uyo agog for Akpabio Scrabble Classics
• Life inside Bakassi camps in Akwa Ibom
• Death, Destruction As Communities Fought To Standstill Over Mission House

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• NASS Deadlocked On 2008 Appropriation Amendment Bill
• FG Lifts Ban On Channels TV
• Leave Politics For Civilians, Wayas Tells Military

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September 19, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• 22 states for YSFON Akpabio tourney
• Cassava farmers demand 40% subsidy on fertiliser
• Napep Funds Not Mismanaged - Microfinance Institutions
• Monarch Appeals For Development Of Ika Council
• Investors' Forum

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Corruption: we are all involved — Yar’Adua...No we are not - Aondoakaa
• CRSG proposes N5,000 monthly stipends for less-privileged
• Man with 86 wives appeals death sentence
• LG Boss Commends Imoke Over Poverty Alleviation Scheme
• Kogi AC chairman dies

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September 18, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Juju Scare In AKS College Of Agric
• Ecobank Urged To Explore Investment Potentials Of AKS
• Akpabio Tasks Corps Members
• AKS doctors fault govt on private practice
• I want to be undisputed champion of the world - Peters
• Killings in Akwa Ibom

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Resignation? I am Going Nowhere - Yar'Adua
• False Report of President's Resignation Treasonable Act - PDP
• SSS alleges plot against Yar’Adua’s family
• Paralympics: Nigeria wins 4 gold, 4 silver
• Japan to double investment in Nigeria
• Ibadan: Police arrest JSS 3 student, others for raping 65-year-old-woman
• Blind Student who wants to be UN Sec'y-General

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September 17, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akwa Ibom indigenes tasked on development

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• I've No Plan To Resign - Yar'Adua
• Channels TV shut over Yar’Adua’s exit rumour
• Yobe governor gives N1.3m house to 80-yr old barber who slept under trees
• Robbers burgle Tinubu’s residence

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September 16, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• A Pleasant Surprise From Godswill Akpabio
• AKSG donates N50m to Uuth
• Tears, Blood in Akwa Ibom Communal Feud
• Group Awards Scholarship To 15 Orphans
• Treat all Suspects Equally - Eyiboh
• Disaster Management: Benson Attah Adopts Community-based Approach
• AKS Ministry of Health Driver caught with Indian Hemp
• Ini Edo Returns

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• FEC Reshuffle: 22 ministers likely to go
• Missing plane’s black box sent to Canada
• Defence HQ dismisses MEND's ‘oil war’
• Berger introduces mosquito repellent paint
• Jos: Woman delivers baby with two heads
• Sharia Court orders husband of 86 wives remanded till Oct. 6

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September 15, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Yar’Adua/Jonathan, A Blessing To The Nation – Akpabio
• No More Private Practice For Doctors In AKS
• AKS pays N3m for burnt girl's surgery
• Addax Empowers 40 Youths In Akwa Ibom, Cross River
• Letter to Editor: Militants in Akwa Ibom

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• MEND declares ‘oil war’
• Ministers on their way out
• Mobile battery chargers to the rescue of phone users
• SSANU orders varsity workers to begin strike tomorrow

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September 14, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akwa Ibom signs N33bn entertainment centre contract
• Treat all Suspects Equally - Hon. Eseme Eyiboh

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Democracy Must Continue Despite Flaws - Wayas
• 'Why Ghana is now haven for Nigerian industrialists'
• 10-Month-old baby rescues mum from ritualists

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September 13, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akwa Ibom signs N33bn entertainment centre contract
• Treat all Suspects Equally - Hon. Eseme Eyiboh

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Democracy Must Continue Despite Flaws - Wayas
• 'Why Ghana is now haven for Nigerian industrialists'
• 10-Month-old baby rescues mum from ritualists

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September 13, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Witchcraft: Gov Akpabio reads riot act to churches

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Usain Bolt, World's fastest man ever, hits Lagos for Sportex

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September 12, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akpabio Approves Road Contracts
• Akwa Ibom mourns dead council boss
• Bakassi Returnees Overwhelm Authorities
• Monarchs Decry Ikot Akpan Udo Mayhem, Appeal For Calm
• Group calls for probe of Akwa Ibom mayhem
• Eket Monarch Hails Creation of N-Delta Ministry
• Armed Robbers Kill Police Officer
• Letter to Editor: Free education in Akwa Ibom

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Why I Created N'Delta Ministry - Yar'Adua
• Nigeria ranked low by World Bank in Doing Business report
• Genesis, Nigerian firm, lights up African countries, but not Nigeria
• Multi-billon naira LNG scam: FBI hunts govt officials
• CRS approves N101m to reprint JSS text books
• Man With 86 Wives: Court Hears Fatwa Case September 18

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September 11, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• IPP Gets Generating Licence
• Armed Robbers Kill Police Officer
• AKSG to Assist Itam's Family
• Trouble Brews In AKS College of Agiculture
• NDDC scam: Edem’s accomplice knows fate Tuesday
• Mobil Splashes Cash, Awards On National Science Quiz/Projects Champions
• Oil workers urge action to end N’Delta crisis

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Yar'Adua Creates Niger Delta Ministry, Five Others
• OPEC Stops Nigeria, Others From Raising Output
• Paralympics: Ejike Wins Third Gold For Nigeria
• Etisalat gives Nigerians free airtime for life
• Gov Imoke Swears In New Exco
• Rerun: Pdp Thanks Cross Riverians, Blasts Opposition
• CRS: Man kills wife, self

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September 10, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Governor Akpabio among Governors who pay solidarity visit to Yar’adua
• Police Order Post Mortem on Ibeno Council Boss
• Mbo Council Official Commends Elf
• AKS TO PARTNER NAPTIP
• Police Arrest 12 Over Killing, Arson
• FRSC enforces overloading law in Akwa Ibom
• Pretty uniform drew me to the force - Mrs. Ini Felix Akpabio
• How the story of Ekpo Nka wo set Uyo on fire
• Mobil/Stan Contests Unlock Science Potential

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• 'Why Kingibe was dropped'
• NASS Begins Constitution Amendment Next Week
• Paralympics: Ishiaku Sets World Record, Wins Nigeria's First Gold
• ...Nigeria wins 2 Gold Medals so far
• How Nigerian twins set new world record in mathematics
• Etisalat Offers Free Airtime To First 1 million Subscribers

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September 9, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Free education in Akwa Ibom State
• Akpabio to Award More Road Contracts In Ikot Ekpene, in October
• AKSG Creates Website
• AKSG donates N50m to UUTH
• AKSG Bans Illegal Motor Parks
• AKSG denies militants
• Free Education Will Ensure Success of Vision 2020 - Ime Umanah
• UNIUYO VC charges African leaders on development
• Oil Spillage - Census Ekpu Urges FG on Ecological Funding
• Ibeno Oil Spill Committee Concludes Investigation
• Article: Agony of Nigerians seeking greener pastures abroad - Ubongh Ukpong
• Opinion: Good news from Akwa Ibom State
• The Victor Attah Message

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• After 17-day absence, Yar'Adua Decorates Service Chiefs, Sacks Kingibe
• Beechcraft 1900D plane: Investigators begin journey to crash site on foot
• CRS Lawmakers Demand Audit Of Village, Clan Heads

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September 8, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Group Condemns Ikot Abasi, Eastern Obolo Communal Clash
• AKSG To Revamp Qua Steel Firm
• ExxonMobil Donates To FRSC, Arts Gallery, Others
• Ibeno Oil Spill C’ttee Concludes Investigation

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Yar'Adua Arrives Abuja 3am
• Opposition denies plot to remove Yar’Adua
• Be ready to serve, Imoke urges officials
• Beechcraft plane: Investigators yet to find black box
• Nigeria now No. 1 dump for out-of-warranty laptops
• Etisalat Begins Operation With 0809 Number

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September 7, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• AKSG shuts down AKWASOL
• Neighbours turn enemies - Communal attack in Akwa Ibom claims 11 lives, 37 houses destroyed
• Vitali Klitschko aims to reclaim glory from Samuel Peter
• I’ll still love to fight Samuel Peter again —Maskaev
• Crystal All Stars plays Mobil Pegassus in friendly

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• AS YAR'ADUA RETURNS...Access to president restricted
• CRS Community Demands Cleansing Of Beechcraft 1900D Crash Scene
• Deliverance crusade holds in Calabar

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September 6, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• AKS NYSC warns fake corps members

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• What Yar’Adua’s 15-day absence costs Nigeria
• ...Why Jonathan shelved Saudi trip
• Halliburton: How govt officials were bribed with $182m
• Robbers Attack UN Officials In Enugu

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September 5, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• I won’t probe Attah – Akpabio
• AKSG loses N2b in tax revenue monthly, says NGO
• AKSG plans anti-kidnapping law
• 2 Warring Communities Embrace Peace
• 10 Arrested, 6 Missing in Communal Conflict
• Uyo College Gets City And Guilds' Exam Centre Approval
• Group Appeals To Govt On Railway Project
• Mobil Oil Plc: Ratios Drop, Amidst Prospects

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Yar’Adua not returning yet
• US firm’s ex-chief pleads guilty to bribing Nigerian officials
• CRS lawmakers demand audit of village, clan heads
• Kebbi LG Chairman Dies Waiting To Board Aircraft

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September 4, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• AKS, Ondo move to boost tourism
• Ibom Power Company gets power generating licence
• Association plans fish farm in Akwa Ibom
• AKS postpones 2008 ALGON football tourney
• AKS NAFDAC Head blames drug counterfeiting on lack of patriotism

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Yar'Adua's Return Date Uncertain
• ...Wife insists on German hospital — Agency
• ...VP presides over FEC meeting
• 700,000 teachers registered nationwide — TRCN
• Imoke seeks revalidation of commissioners, aides

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September 3, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• We’ll rebuild Holy Trinity, Akpabio reassures community
• AKSG Proposes Law On Library Book Theft
• NGO, traders laud free education in AKS
• Ibom Power to add 190MW to national grid
• 11 Feared Dead in Akwa Ibom Communal Clash
• ...Police arrest six persons
• “Four micro-finance institutions owe NAPEP N60m”
• NANS’ golden honour for ex-UNIUYO V-C
• Helen Ukpabio: Hitting Hard At Witchcraft (2)

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Yar’Adua yet to undergo surgery – Agency report
• CRSG To Spend N23m On NYSC

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September 2, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• Akpabio faults FG plan to scrap HND
• AKS proposes Child rights, anti-terrorism laws
• UN promotes Nigerian diplomat of AKS origin
• NDDC: Groups Fault Edem's Detention
• Helen Ukpabio: Hitting Hard At Witchcraft (1)

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Disclose Your Ailment, Nigerians Tell Yar'Adua
• ...He is with us - Saudi hospital official; He is performing hajj - FG insists; Rumour of death spreads
• JAMB to release results on examination day
• Wreckage of missing aircraft found in CRS
• Foreign Affairs Ministry Gutted By Fire
• Nigeria's External Reserves Drop By $4.4b
• NECO to blacklist two schools in Umuahia
• Prayers reinstated me, says Imoke

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September 1, 2008

Akwa Ibom News

• AKSG Orders Akwasol Shut over Ownership Tussle
• AKS-Based Businessman Donates Materials To Bakassi Returnees
• NNPC, ExxonMobil Sign Agreement On Gas Project

Nigerian News (In Brief)

• Yar'Adua Returns Wednesday
• Nigerian banks lose N7.3bn to Yahoo Boys
• EFCC recovers N94.1m Africa for Obama cash
• CRSG okays N10,000 monthly stipend for Corps members

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