A deadly student
protest at the University of Uyo, UNIUYO, which left at least one
student dead and key offices razed a fortnight ago, erupted after the
Vice Chancellor and two deputies repeatedly ignored red flags, and
indeed, fueled the crisis presumably to save their skin from a possible
graft investigation, the school’s chief of security has told the
National Universities Commission, NUC.
Thursday 27 June 2013
Wednesday 19 June 2013
NLC in Akwa Ibom State hasn’t commented on Uniuyo crisis? Why?
Protesting students |
But the NLC, in Akwa Ibom State, as far as we know hasn’t made any public statement about the Uniuyo protest which led to the unfortunate killing of a student of the university.
Has the NLC in Akwa Ibom parted ways with the
students in the state?
What’s your opinion? Are you bothered that NLC in
Akwa Ibom State seems to distance itself from the current travails of Uniuyo?
Do you think NLC should stay off the crisis in the school in order not to
complicate matters? Tuesday 18 June 2013
“Oron people would be better off with Umana Okon Umana” - Victor Iyanam, Akwa Ibom Ex-commissioner for justice
Mr. Umana Okon Umana |
BY CLETUS UKPONG
Mr. Victor Iyanam, the former
attorney-general and commissioner for justice in Akwa Ibom State is very
straightforward about his desire to see the Secretary to the Akwa Ibom State
Government, SSG, Mr. Umana Okon Umana becomes the next governor of the state in
2015.
Victor Iyanam told Daily Independent in an interview, “Oron people would be
better off with Umana”. He said what is at stake in 2015 is the Akwa Ibom
project, and not the senatorial project.
Shocking story of homeless Akwa Ibom journalist, lives in the street for 3 years
Mr. Ubong Otong stepping out from his Nissan Sunny |
By Cletus Ukpong
Mr. Ubong Otong, as a freelance photojournalist,
works with several other media professionals – publishers, editors and
reporters – in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, but surprisingly he remains the big story the
press has not seen or has refused to see; he has been homeless for more than
three years now, living in the streets of Uyo.
Tuesday 11 June 2013
Does eating garri and soup with hand, while others are using fork and knife, in a restaurant, gives one out as being odd?
A guy in a restaurant pushes away the fork and knife
placed on his table, and starts using his hand to eat the garri and okro soup
before him. Meanwhile, his friends on the same table with him are making good
use of their utensils for their meals. Does that make him look odd – like some
sort of village guy?
Please kindly share
your thought and opinion here. Thanks.
Frank Okon says he has escaped four attempts on his life because of his 2015 governorship ambition
Ewa disagrees with Senate over performance
Saturday 8 June 2013
Planet FM in Uyo begins commercial broadcast this Sunday, 9 June
File photo: Radio antenna |
Planet FM, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, is set to begin commercial broadcast by 6 a.m this Sunday, 9 June, 2013, according to message posted by the new radio station on its facebook page.
“Hi Guys, THIS IS
IT......Planet radio 101.1 fm Uyo jumps off into commercial broadcast on Sunday
9th June 2013. The microphones will come alive and an open mic will feature the
On Air Personalities giving it up so you can live it up,” the post reads.
There has been so much excitement in Uyo and across the entire Akwa Ibom State since Planet FM, the first private radio station in the state hit the air waves few months ago.
There has been so much excitement in Uyo and across the entire Akwa Ibom State since Planet FM, the first private radio station in the state hit the air waves few months ago.
The other radio
stations in Uyo, Akwa Ibom FM (aka
the Voice of Promise) is owned by the Akwa Ibom State government, while the Atlantic FM is a subsidiary of the
Federal government-owned Radio Nigeria.
“In anger, the naval chief ignored Edeh’s plea, reached for his pistol holster, retrieved his service pistol and shot Edeh in the mouth. He died instantly.”
“In anger, the naval chief ignored Edeh’s plea,
reached for his pistol holster, retrieved his service pistol and shot Edeh in
the mouth. He died instantly.”
By Nse Peter
The above is
an excerpt from a news report in Saturday
Independent newspaper, about the naval chief, Felix Olanrewaju Odunlami
whose life imprisonment for the murder of a commercial motorcycle rider in Lagos
have been affirmed by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court upheld the decisions
of the General Court Martial and the Court of Appeal, Lagos.
Nelson Mandela taken to hospital again
Thursday 6 June 2013
Governor Akpabio appoints 10 new permanent secretaries
Governor Godswill Akpabio |
Governor Godswill Akpabio has tasked Akwa Ibom Civil
Service Commission to evenly recruit officers into the civil service to avoid
overloading some local government areas with staff to facilitate in the
appointment of new permanent secretaries.
Chief Akpabio who stated this Wednesday after swearing into office 10 new permanent secretaries at the new Governor's Office, Uyo, decried a situation where some local government areas in the state could have more than 10 qualified persons to be appointed as permanent secretaries, others do not have even one qualified person.
''We had a problem in some local government areas because we could not find person in the civil service at the rank of a Director to be appointed as a permanent secretary. So, we had to go to State Secondary Education Board, Local Government Service Commission and the State Universal Education Board to look for very senior staff to appoint into the position to ensure fairness, justice and equity'', he explained.
Chief Akpabio who stated this Wednesday after swearing into office 10 new permanent secretaries at the new Governor's Office, Uyo, decried a situation where some local government areas in the state could have more than 10 qualified persons to be appointed as permanent secretaries, others do not have even one qualified person.
''We had a problem in some local government areas because we could not find person in the civil service at the rank of a Director to be appointed as a permanent secretary. So, we had to go to State Secondary Education Board, Local Government Service Commission and the State Universal Education Board to look for very senior staff to appoint into the position to ensure fairness, justice and equity'', he explained.
Tuesday 4 June 2013
Breaking news: Governor Godswill Akpabio Appoints New Commissioners
Governor Godswill Akpabio |
The
letter dated 3rd June, 2013 and addressed to the Speaker, the governor said it
has become necessary to effect some adjustments In the membership of the State
Executive Council.
Man Arrested For Illegally transmitting DSTV signals to 500 homes In Ikot Ekpene
Illegal transmission equipment
| credits: File copy
| credits: File copy
by Etim Ekpimah, Uyo
The
Nigerian Copyright Commission has arrested one Mr. Ubong Obot for
illegally transmitting broadcast signals of Multichoice (DSTV) to an
estimated 500 houses in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State.
Obot is said to have installed the DSTV signals to different homes for N5,000 and charged N1,000 per month as subscription fee.
Uyo Liaison Officer, NCC, Mr. Amudipe
Charles, who represented the Director-General, NCC, Mr. Afam Ezekude,
told journalists in Uyo on Monday that Obot was arrested with the
equipment he used to transmit the cable television signals illegally.
Ezekude said,“The operatives of the NCC
have raided Obot’s house over illegal transmission of cable television
signals in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State.
“Illegal transmitting decoders,
transmission boosters, rolls of installation wires, and other
accessories worth N20m were impounded during the raid at two different
locations. The locations are No. 89 Atan Road, 32 Umuahia Road, Ikot
Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State.
Sunday 2 June 2013
“I am from Onna, and I am standing up for Umana Okon Umana” – PDP chieftain, Rev. Usoro Daniel Usoro
Mr. Umana Okon Umana |
By Nse Peter
A chieftain of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in
Onna Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Rev. Usoro Daniel Usoro has
asked his kinsmen to ignore the romour that President Goodluck Jonathan told
the Secretary to Akwa Ibom State Government, SSG, Mr. Umana Okon Umana not to
contest the 2015 governorship election in the state.
“I and some political leaders in Onna have
investigated the matter, and we have found out that it was a mere political propaganda,”
Rev. Usoro Daniel Usoro who hails from Ikwe in Onna told reporters last Friday
in Abat the local government headquarters when he came out from a meeting
called to fashion out political direction for the area. “The truth is that
there are politicians who feel so intimidated by the governorship ambition of
Umana Okon Umana, and they are doing everything, including using Mr.
President’s name to try to blackmail the SSG from contesting the PDP primaries.”
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