The Strengthening Advocacy and Civic Engagement Project with support from United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) is hosting the Niger Delta region to the 2017 Niger Delta Civic Engagement Forum (NDCEF) with the Theme: Strengthening the Niger Delta through Civic Engagement.
Monday 13 November 2017
Saturday 23 September 2017
Tuesday 8 August 2017
Udom to inaugurate EARCOM, AKISIEC tomorrow
Governor Udom Emmanuel will tomorrow, Wednesday inaugurate the newly constituted Law Reform Commission, Ethical and Attitudinal Re-orientation Commission and Akwa Ibom State Independent Electoral Commission (AKISIEC). According to a release made available to CONNOISSEUR, the event will take place at Exco Chamber, Governor's Office, Uyo, by 5 pm. The release invites exco members, Chairmen of Boards & Commissions, Perm. Sects to the event.
Michael Bush blasts Sam Ikon, tells him to apologize to TheMail Newspaper
The CEO of Bush House Nigeria, Akparawa Michael Bush has blast the
Member Representing Etinan Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, Rt.
Hon. Sam Ikon for using foul language against TheMail Newspaper. The
newspaper outfit had published a news report where Ikon’s constituents gave the
lawmaker bashings for not empowering the people he represents.
Rev Patrick Edet opens own ministry in Ibom Hall, names it Covenant Grace Assembly
It is one news item that has
dominated the public space since last Wednesday. It has made inroads into the
deepest ends of the world.
The announcement on radio last week by former priest of the Catholic Church, Fr. Patrick Edet of his resignation as a priest shocked many. It was a development that many could not relate with immediately. Even now, many have yet to come to terms that Fr. Edet is no longer a priest of the Roman Catholic Church of the Diocese of Uyo.
Monday 7 August 2017
Governor Wike appoints new commissioners, sacks special advisers
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom
Ezenwo Wike has sacked all the Special Advisers to the Governor.
A statement by Simeon Nwakaudu,
Special Assistant to the Rivers State Governor on Electronic Media, however,
noted that the Special Adviser on Religious Affairs, Bishop Winston Iwo retains
his post.
Meanwhile, the governor has
appointed new commissioners. Names of the new commissioners were sent to the
State House of Assembly for confirmation.They are:
Court Orders Final Forfeiture of Diezani’s $37.5m Banana Island Property
Justice
Chuka Obiozor, a vacation judge sitting at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi,
Lagos, on Monday, August 7, 2017, ordered the final forfeiture of a $37.5m(
N11.75bn) property on Banana Island, Ikoyi,
Lagos allegedly belonging to a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke.
Lagos allegedly belonging to a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke.
The
order came following an exparte application filed on July 17, 2017 by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. At the last adjourned sitting
on July 19, 2017, counsel to the EFCC, A.B.C. Ozioko, while moving the ex-parte
application, had urged the court to order the forfeiture of the total sum of
USD$2, 740,197.96 and N84, 537,840.70 respectively found by the Commission in
Rusimpex USD
account No. 1013612486 domiciled in Zenith Bank Plc suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities.
account No. 1013612486 domiciled in Zenith Bank Plc suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities.
Ozioko
had also urged the court to order an interim forfeiture of the assets and
property. The EFCC counsel had further prayed the court to grant an order
prohibiting the “disposal, conveyance, mortgage, lease, sale or alienation or
otherwise of the assets and property.”
Group fixes dates for protest in Uyo, Lagos over new governor's lodge
Inibehe Effiong |
LG Polls: A peep into the new template of service Barr. Onuk has prepared for Itu people
Two years after the celebrated
visionary leader of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew left office, he granted
an interview to journalists where he admitted that the swiftness in which he
began the tasking job of transforming from a third world to a first world
nation was possible because he had prepared a template for the actions he hopes
to take once he gets into office.
Sunday 6 August 2017
Akwa Ibom govt official, Imo Udobia dead
An official of the Akwa Ibom State Government, Hon. Imo Udobia is dead. A family source confirmed Udobia’s death to CONNOISSEUR, Sunday morning. The source however didn’t divulge the cause of Udobia’s death. Hon. Udobia, until his death was Chairman, State Secondary Education Board. He is the younger brother to the Political Leader of Esit Eket and CEO of Eden Hotels who is also the owner of Construction Company, Benest Technical Services, Elder Benji Udobia.
Saturday 5 August 2017
Lagos Lodge: Great leaders are always misquoted and misconstrued - Udom
The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr Udom Gabriel Emmanuel
has described himself as a great leader, stating that great leaders always
vulnerable to being misquoted and misconstrued, CONNOISSEUR reports. He stated
this as a reaction to the public outcry for the planned construction of a
N1.2bn governor’s lodge in Lagos.
Criticism on new lodge is myopic – Udom
Governor Udom Emmanuel has described as myopic, the
criticisms that have trailed the controversial proposal for construction of a
new governor’s lodge in Lagos, CONNOISSEUR reports. In an interaction with
Government House reporters, Mr Emmanuel said the notion by some members of the
public that the state does not need to invest in any place outside the state is
“a little bit myopic”.
N1.2bn budgeted for new lodge in Lagos is paltry - Udom
Governor Udom Emmanuel has described as paltry, the N1.2bn
approved by the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly for the new governor’s lodge
in Ikoyi, Lagos. He made this declaration on Saturday while speaking with
reporters in Government to clear the air on the controversial proposed project,
CONNOISSEUR reports.
Media report that 51.6% of married couples in Akwa Ibom are HIV positive is false - AKSACA
The Akwa Ibom State Government has debunked media report that 51.6% of married couples in the state are HIV positive, saying the report is false. In a press statement issued by Akwa Ibom State Agency for the Control of AIDS (AKSACA), the agency said the prevalence of HIV in the state is 10.8%. Read more after the cut…
New Governor’s lodge in Lagos was first contemplated in Attah’s government – Attorney General
The Akwa Ibom State Attorney General and Commissioner for
Justice, Uwemedimo Nwoko, Esq has said that the idea of building a new governor’s
lodge by the AKSG in Lagos was first contemplated during the Obong Victor Attah
government. Nwoko made this known while speaking in the “Canopy” (interview)
segment of the PDP sponsored Umbrella Show on Planet Radio and monitored by CONNOISSEUR. He said though it was “contemplated”
during the Attah administration, the land was bought during the administration
of Senator Godswill Akpabio. He said the land has been lying fallow for years,
stating that the Lagos State Government can revoke the land if it is not
developed, leaving the state to be at a loss. There has been controversy and
public outcry over the intention of the Udom led administration to build a new
governor’s lodge in Lagos with an estimated budget of over N1b approved for it
in the 2017 supplementary budget.
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