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by Bassey Udo Nigeria’s former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was on Friday named a member of the External Advisory Group constituted by the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva. The group of prominent individuals from around the world are to serve as the IMF chief’s special …

In a bid to help prevent the spread of the Novel Coronavirus disease, The Ini Ememobong Foundation led by it’s Chancellor, Comrade Ini Ememobong, today, paid a visit to the Federal Roaf Safety Corps, Akwa Ibom Sector Command. Comrade Ememobong while speaking lauded the efforts of the road safety in …

Following the outbreak of Coronavirus and the threat it poses, the Accountant General of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Uwem-Andrew Essien has directed that, the ongoing Pension Verification Exercise be postponed.The Accountant General in a statement Thursday said, the postponement became necessary in view of the health dangers inherent in the …

We patronize business for different reasons, some which are: because we know the owner or those running the business; because we were referred to them; maybe because we want to belong to a certain class on the society etc but ultimately, the essence of patronizing should be based of the …

Youths of Akwa Ibom State have been urged to take to Agriculture so as to ensure food sufficiency in the face of an imminent world economic meltdown, occasioned by the Covid-19 Pandemic.The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Udom Emmanuel on Marketing and Brand Management, Mr. Ime Uwah, made the call …

Persons residing in Abule Ado, FESTAC, Ojo and other areas all had bitter tales to tell on various social media platforms as they lamented the destruction of their houses and other structures. Scores of houses have been destroyed in several Lagos communities after an explosion hit the city on Sunday …

AZ:5300/AIS/PPRD/VOL.4/ 9th March, 2020POLICE PRESS RELEASE The Akwa Ibom State Police Command wishes to inform the general public that there will be screening and recruitment of able bodied men and women into the Nigeria Police Special Constabulary. The screening and recruitment exercise will be conducted across the thirty six (36) …

Identification and optimization of the various links in the fishing and agricultural value chain is the focal objective as the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Udom Emmanuel on Marketing and Brand Management, Mr Ime Uwah today commenced a tour of local Government Chapters of the Dakkada Multipurpose Cooperative Society (DMPCS). …

The Conference of Online Publishers in Akwa Ibom State, COOPA has called on the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC to include Efik/Ibibio among their language services. BBC currently has foreign language output of 33 languages, of which five are African languages with Hausa, Igbo and Pidgin Service making the list of …