Aniefiok Udonquak

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Chief Correspondent at BusinessDay Nigeria

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Eno’s progressive movement and the plea for Ibom deep seaport realisation

6 days ago | businessday.ng | Aniefiok Udonquak

Governor Umo Eno’s audacious movement from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), a platform that got him elected in 2023, to the All Progressives Congress(APC) has finally culminated in his formal reception into the party at a ceremony held at the Godswill Akpabio stadium in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital.
Eno lauds Seplat for deepening investment in oil, gas sector

2 weeks ago | businessday.ng | Aniefiok Udonquak

Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has commended Seplat Energy Unlimited for deepening investment in the oil and gas sector of the country’s economy. Eno gave the commendation when he received Ekperikpe Ekpo, Minister of Petroleum Resources (Gas) and Udobong Ntia, Executive Vice President (Upstream), NNPC Limited in his Office in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital.
Akwa Ibom plans GBV special offences' court to try offenders

3 weeks ago | businessday.ng | Aniefiok Udonquak

Akwa Ibom State Government is considering the establishment of special offences courts to handle Gender-Based Violence (GBV) offenders as cases continue to increase with spousal battery, abandonment and rape on the rise. The State Government under the Violence Against Persons(Prohibition Law) 2020 seeks to eliminate violence in private and public life, prohibit all forms of violence against persons and provide maximum protection and effective remedies for victims.
Number of VVF cases reducing, says expert

1 month ago | businessday.ng | Aniefiok Udonquak

The matron of the Family Life Centre, a specialised medical facility at Itam near Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, Maria Obot says the number of Vesicovaginal Fistula (VVF), cases, an abnormal opening between the bladder and vagina is reducing following the sustained advocacy, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation offered by the centre.
Assembly wants community watch in all senatorial districts of Akwa Ibom

1 month ago | businessday.ng | Aniefiok Udonquak

The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has urged Governor Umo Eno to extend the operations of Ibom community watch, a security outfit, to all parts of the state. This it said should be done by recruiting more than 1000 youth into the scheme to cover all the senatorial districts of the state, instead of just the Uyo senatorial district.
Apprehension in PDP as Eno perfects plans to join APC

1 month ago | businessday.ng | Aniefiok Udonquak

There appears to be an unimaginable fear of the unknown and a heightened apprehension within the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) family in Akwa Ibom State as Governor Umo Eno, elected in 2023 on the ticket of the umbrella party, seems to have perfected plans to defect to the broom party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) sweeping many states of the country into its fold.
Experts laud Eno's commitment towards Ibom deep seaport project

1 month ago | businessday.ng | Aniefiok Udonquak

Experts and other stakeholders in the maritime sector have commended Governor Umo Eno over his commitment towards the realisation of the Ibom Deep Seaport and the larger Ibom Industrial City.
Eno laments abandonment of Tropicana entertainment centre in Awka Ibom

1 month ago | businessday.ng | Aniefiok Udonquak

Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has lamented that the Tropicana entertainment complex in Uyo was abandoned after the State Government had sunk huge amount into the project. The project was initiated by former Governor Godswill Akpabio and the contract was awarded to Silverbird Production. It consists of a cinema hall, a conference centre, a theme park for children and a hotel.
NDDC donates ambulance, equipment to hospital in Akwa Ibom

1 month ago | businessday.ng | Aniefiok Udonquak

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has donated an ambulance and Personnel Protective Equipment (PPE) to the General Hospital in Iquita, Oron Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The donation is seen as part of NDDC’s ongoing intervention programmes across the Niger Delta States intended to boost healthcare delivery service.
FG's sports development initiative is to give youth a better future

1 month ago | businessday.ng | Aniefiok Udonquak

The focus of the federal government’s sports development initiative is to give youth a better future to excel, Shehu Dikko, chairman of the National Sports Commission, has said. “The focus of sports in Nigeria at the moment is youth development and grassroots sports. This is why the president appointed a special committee on grassroot sports, because of the vision and the mindset that grassroots sport is the future, ” Dikko said.