Aniefiok Udonquak

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Chief Correspondent at BusinessDay Nigeria

Journalist, teacher, media rights activist. music lover and football fan.

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Number of VVF cases reducing, says expert

1 week 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 week 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

2 weeks 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

2 weeks 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

2 weeks 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

3 weeks 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

4 weeks 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.
Revival of Qua River Hotels will boost tourism in Akwa Ibom, says group

1 month ago | businessday.ng | Aniefiok Udonquak

The Ekid People’s Union (EPU), a socio-cultural group, has appealed to Governor Umo Eno to rehabilitate the long-abandoned Qua River Hotels in Eket, saying its rehabilitation will boost tourism development in Akwa Ibom State. The union highlighted that the hotel, which has been neglected for over two decades, has deteriorated into a hub for criminal activities and illegal land sales.
Akwa Ibom CJ swears in judicial service commission's executive secretary

1 month ago | businessday.ng | Aniefiok Udonquak

Akwa Ibom State Chief Judge, Ekaette Fabian Obot has sworn in the new executive secretary of the state judicial service commission. He is Enefiok Essien, a lawyer who until his appointment was the Chief Dispute Resolution Officer( DRO) at the Multi-Door Courthouse, Uyo;an arm of the Akwa Ibom State Judiciary in charge of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR).
MTN excites football fans in Akwa Ibom with watch party

1 month ago | businessday.ng | Aniefiok Udonquak

Hundreds of football fans in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital were treated to a watch party hosted by Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN) as Chelsea and Liverpool clashed in a thrilling encounter in the English Premier League on Sunday. The watch party took place at Pyramid Lounge and Grill along Udo Udoma avenue and brought together fans from all walks of life who came to watch the match on a big branded MTN screen.