akwa-ibom

20 days in office: Key decisions by new governors

FOLLOWING the conclusion of the 2023 general elections, new governors were sworn in in eighteen states across the country. Saturday,...

Akwa Ibom: Despite gulping billions, Abak- Ikot Abasi road remains uncompleted, four years after contract award – Part 2

By Ekemini Simon  IN this second and concluding part of this investigation, Ekemini Simon takes a look at multiple contracts...

NSCDC impounds 150 drums of Cameroon-bound petrol, arrests two

THE Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Akwa Ibom says it has seized 150 smuggled drums of...
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Akwa Ibom: Despite gulping billions, Abak- Ikot Abasi road remains uncompleted, four years after contract award – Part I

By Ekemini Simon  EMMANUEL Jackson, a truck driver, had a truck-full of cartons of tin tomatoes from Rivers State to...

Akwa Ibom government starves state Fire Service of funds

By Dem Imaobong Archibong Digging into Akwa Ibom’s budget for 7 years (2015-2017), Inspiration FM’s senior correspondent, Dem Imaobong Archibong...

In Akwa Ibom, Buhari govt’s initiative is revitalising rural healthcare facilities

By Uchenna Igwe When Okon Emannuel, 56, fell ill in June 2021, he visited a local chemist (drug store) four...
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Akwa Ibom govt takes action against ‘illegal school charges’ after ICIR-funded investigation

By Ekemini Simon The government of Akwa Ibom state has admitted to the findings highlighted by the International Centre for...

Udom gov’t underfunds public libraries in Akwa Ibom, but spends billions on luxury Sheraton Hotel built for the rich

By Ekemini Simon  ONCE a citadel of research and learning, where people thronged to access quality books and good reading...

School children in Akwa Ibom sit on floors, while billions spent on Govt house jeeps can provide 244,000 desks

By Ekemini Simon As 9-year-old Mercy James sits with stretched legs on the bare floor of St Paul African Church...
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Life in prison was horrible – detained lawyer

HUMAN rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has described the time he spent in the Ikot Ekpene Custodial Facility in Akwa...

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