Month: August 2017

  Commissioner for Works, Akwa Ibom State, Akparawa Ephraim Inyangeyen has described the recent Award of Leadership  / Patriotism conferred on him by the prestigious Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio as a charge for more service to the people. The Works Commissioner who was dutifully supported by his amiable wife, Akparawa – anwan  Ime Ephraim Inyangeyen during the event made the remark, during a chat with newsmen. The  awardee, who also represented his boss, the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, His Excellency, Mr Udom Gabriel Emmanuel at the event marking the 30th…

By Ak Kingsley On the fuss about the proposed construction of an Akwa Ibom State governor’s lodge in Lagos State which has assumed different controversial dimensions in the media in the last couple of days, Speaker Onofiok Luke of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has given an air-clearing message. The speaker passed the message yesterday while speaking at the 30th anniversary celebration of Mboho Mkparawa Ibibo- the highest sociocultural organization of the Ibibo ethnic group. Responding to the fuss, Luke stressed that there was no point fussing over…

    Gov Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom has denied the allegation that he plans to spend a whopping N9.1 billion to build a new governor’s lodge in Lagos. He denied the allegation in Uyo on Saturday while answering reporters’ questions on the controversy surrounding the lodge. Public condemnation had trailed media reports that had suggested that the governor planned to execute the project especially after it was reported that the state’s House of Assembly had approved the amount involved. Also, citizens of the state had said they would stage…