Akwa Ibom South
Elections: INEC releases list of elected senators
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released a list of senators elected for the ninth assembly so far.
APC leads in announced National Assembly results
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released results of 118 National Assembly seats out of the 469.
Akwa Ibom elders back APC governorship candidate
A forum of elders under the aegis of Akwa Ibom South (Eket) Senatorial District Strategic Leadership Forum yesterday said the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Nsima Ekere, was the best choice for the state.
Resource control: How we fought Olusegun Obasanjo to submission – Udoma Udoma
Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, has opened up, for the first time, on the fierce battle the then agitators of resource control for the Niger Delta, fought with the then president Olusegun Obasanjo.
2019: Senator Akpabio, Governor Emmanuel bicker over guber poll
A former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, said he regretted imposing Mr Udom Emmanuel as the Akwa Ibom State Governor on the people of the state.
Senator Binta: My father burnt all my properties because I accepted Christ
Binta Masi Garba, lawmaker representing Adamawa north senatorial district, says her biological father burnt her property as a result of her decision to give her life to Jesus Christ.
Akwa Ibom council polls: Police disperse rowdy crowd with teargas in Eket
Police in Akwa Ibom on Saturday morning used tear gas to disperse large crowd of people waiting to collect electoral materials for the State’s local government’s elections at the area office of Akwa Ibom State Independent Electoral Commission, AKISIEC, in Eket.
Voter apathy, late arrival of materials mar Akwa Ibom council election
Saturday’s councils’ election in Akwa Ibom was characterized by late arrival of electoral materials and officials, including security personnel.
The options before Kachikwu
Monday’s response by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company to allegations of insubordination and contravention of extant laws made against its Group Managing Director, Dr Maikanti Baru, by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, should show Nigerians on whose side the pendulum of authority swings in the shameful public spat.
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