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Eno raises Akwa Ibom budget to N1.65 trillion, declares state of emergency on health

Nigeria, Sept. 13 -- Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has approved a N695 billion supplementary budget, bringing the total budget size for 2025 to N1.65 trillion, the highest in the state's history... Read More


Akpabio's ally asks Eno to sanction aides for welcoming predecessor at airport

Nigeria, Sept. 10 -- Ata Ikiddeh, a close ally of Nigeria's Senate President Godswill Akpabio, has attacked aides of Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State, accusing them of betraying the governor by goi... Read More


Gov Eno reacts to rumbling that followed predecessor's visit to Akwa Ibom

Nigeria, Sept. 9 -- As the reception accorded former Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State by his successor's aides sparks controversy and sets off loyalty debates, Governor Umo Eno has clarified ... Read More


CSOs criticise Tinubu's silence after UN accused oil companies of rights violations, frustrating cleanup

Nigeria, Sept. 8 -- The Nigerian government has yet to respond to a damning United Nations report, accusing multinational oil companies operating in the country of treating the Niger Delta as "an expe... Read More


Ex-Gov Emmanuel's visit to Akwa Ibom unsettles Akpabio's camp

Nigeria, Sept. 6 -- Former Governor Udom Emmanuel's visit to Akwa Ibom State has unsettled the state politics as appointees of Governor Umo Eno openly courted him, an action the Senate President Godsw... Read More


Ex-maritime rector loses defamation suit against journalist

Nigeria, Sept. 6 -- A Magistrate Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has discharged and acquitted a journalist accused of defaming a former Rector of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron, Emmanuel Effedua... Read More


Vanguard correspondent in Akwa Ibom is dead

Nigeria, Sept. 3 -- Chioma Onuegbu, the Akwa Ibom State correspondent of Vanguard Newspaper, is dead. The Correspondents' Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Akwa Ibom State Council, an... Read More


Police operative arrested for allegedly killing man in Cross River

Nigeria, Sept. 1 -- Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has ordered the arrest of a police operative for allegedly killing a 23-year-old man, Onyekachi Moses, in Calabar. The Commissioner for In... Read More


Sale of Nigerian oil assets violate international law, frustrate environmental cleanup - UN experts

Nigeria, Sept. 1 -- Some experts at the United Nations on Sunday said that recent sale of oil assets by International Oil Companies (IOCs) in Nigeria "lacked transparency," raising concerns about huma... Read More


Police arrest suspected human trafficker, rescue victims

Nigeria, Sept. 1 -- The police in Akwa Ibom State, South-south Nigeria, have arrested a suspected human trafficker and rescued two victims. Timfon John, the police spokesperson in the state, disclose... Read More