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5 days ago | 
thecable.ng | Etim Etim
Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom state was formally received into APC on Saturday, June 21, in a huge rally in Uyo; attended by dignitaries from across the country, including Vice President Kashim Shetima; Senate President Godswill Akpabio; 21 APC governors; NWC members and other party chieftains. The 30,000-capacity football stadium was full to capacity, with overflow swarming adjoining streets.
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6 days ago | 
primebusiness.africa | Etim Etim
Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State was formally received into APC on Saturday, 21 June in a huge rally in Uyo; attended by dignitaries from across the country, including Vice President Kashim Shetima; Senate President Godswill Akpabio; 21 APC governors; NWC members and other party chieftains. The 30,000-capacity football stadium was full to capacity, with overflow swarming adjoining streets.
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1 week ago | 
thecable.ng | Etim Etim
Those who are still in doubt about the fate of the PDP and why some of its elected officials are decamping to other parties should read a letter written by INEC last week to the party’s national chairman. Dated June 13, the letter is a response to an earlier one written by the party to the electoral body, in which the party had notified INEC of its intention to hold its 100th NEC meeting.
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1 week ago | 
primebusiness.africa | Etim Etim
Those who are still in doubt about the fate of the PDP and why some of its elected officials are decamping to other parties should read a letter written by INEC last week to the party’s National Chairman. Dated June 13, the letter is a response to an earlier one written by the party to the electoral body in which the party had notified INEC of its intention to hold its 100th NEC meeting.
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1 week ago | 
businessday.ng | Etim Etim
FCT Minister Nyesome Wike spent a whopping N39 billion to renovate the International Conference Centre in Abuja and renamed it Bola Tinubu International Conference Centre in continuation of the administration’s craze to name everything after the president. The facility was built in 1991 by the Babangida military régime at only N240 million, but after three decades, the cost of renovating it has gone up to N39 billion.
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1 week ago | 
thecable.ng | Etim Etim
The federal ministry of agriculture and food security brought untold embarrassment and shame on Nigerians last week through an internal memo which summoned its senior staff members to “a solemn prayer session for God’s guidance and success in supporting the government’s efforts to achieve food security.” The memo, signed by Modupe Adedayo, director of human resources, stated that the three-day prayer sessions would be held on the 16th, 23rd, and 30th of June, between 12 noon and 12:30 p.m....
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1 week ago | 
primebusiness.africa | Etim Etim
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security brought an untold embarrassment and shame on Nigerians last week through an internal memo which summoned its senior staff member to “a solemn prayer session for God’s guidance and success in supporting the government’s efforts to achieve food security.’’ The memo, signed by Mrs Modupe Adedayo, Director of Human Resources, stated that the three-day prayer sessions would hold on Mondays 16th, 23rd and 30th June between 12 noon and 12.30pm...
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2 weeks ago | 
primebusiness.africa | Etim Etim
President Bola Tinubu, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, APC governors; National Chairman and other bigwigs are expected in Uyo, on Saturday, 21 June to formally receive Gov. Umo Eno into their party, two weeks after he announced his defection from PDP. The grand rally will hold at the iconic football stadium named after the senate president. As in other instances, Vice President may lead the delegation from Abuja.
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2 weeks ago | 
thecable.ng | Etim Etim
FCT Minister Nyesom Wike spent a whopping N39 billion to renovate the International Conference Centre in Abuja and renamed it Bola Tinubu International Conference Centre in continuation of the administration’s craze to name everything after the president. The facility was built in 1991 by the Ibrahim Babangida military régime at only N240 million, but after three decades, the cost of renovating it has gone up to N39 billion.
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2 weeks ago | 
businessday.ng | Etim Etim
With just six months to the end of the tenure of the current vice chancellor of the University of Uyo, Prof. Nyaudo Ndaeyo, the race for the selection of his successor has commenced in earnest. One of the leading candidates is Prof. Chris Ekong, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences. If he’s picked, he would be the second alumnus of the institution and the second professor of economics to head the institution in its 44-year history. The incumbent is also an alumnus who became VC in December 2020.
