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Akwa Ibom State Announces New Minimum Wage Of ₦80,000

In a bold initiative to enhance the welfare of its workforce, the Akwa Ibom State Government, led by Governor Pastor Umo Eno, has announced a new...

Entertainment8 months ago

Awka Comedian Aiza Nwosu, Three Others Involved In Accident

Renowned Awka comic character and public information announcer, Aiza Nwosu, found himself in the midst of a harrowing incident on Friday morning, as he was involved...

Crime1 year ago

Two Brothers Sentenced To Death By Hanging In A-Ibom

The Akwa Ibom State High Court in Essien Udim Local Government Area has handed down a death sentence to two siblings, Uduak Udo Umoren (48),...

Other News1 year ago

Akwa Ibom Court Upholds Female Inheritance Rights

The Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo has upheld the rights of females to inherit their father’s property. The court ruled in favor...

Crime1 year ago

Police Apprehend Suspected Ritualist With Human Skull

In Akwa Ibom State, South-south Nigeria, the police have reported the apprehension of an alleged ritualist found in possession of a human skull. The...

Oil1 year ago

Youths Shut Down Oil Firm In Akwa Ibom Over Remapping Dispute

Youths from Akwa Ibom, organized under the Forum of Youth Presidents in Mbo and the Obolo Youth Coalition, staged a protest at Universal Energy Resources...

2023 Elections: The kite Will Continue To Snatch The Only Fowl We Have If.... - Awolola, AAC Candidate

Politics2 years ago

2023: AAC Expels Four Governorship Candidates For Violating Constitution

Four governorship candidates in four states under the African Action Congress (AAC) have been expelled for alleged violation of the party’s constitution. The governorship candidates...

Akwa Ibom Court Jails Man 10 Years For Selling 6-Year-Old Cousin

Judiciary2 years ago

Court Jails Man 10 Years For Selling 6-Year-Old Cousin

Kingsley Eyo, 34, was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by an Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Okoita, in the state’s Ibiono Ibom Local...

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the nine oil-producing states in Nigeria to give account of how they spent N625.43billion oil derivation refunds the Federal Government gave them. Recall that the federal government recently paid N625.43billion oil derivation refunds to the governors of Edo, Abia, Rivers, Ondo, Imo, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River and Delta states. The payments covered 13 percent oil derivation, subsidy and SURE-P refunds. The refunds date from 1999 to 2021. In a letter signed by its deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare, SERAP asked the governors to “provide and widely publish details of spending of the oil derivation refunds of N625billion recently paid to them by the federal government of Nigeria, including details and locations of projects executed with the money. “We would be grateful if the recommended measures are taken within seven days of the receipt and/or publication of this letter. If we haven’t heard from you by then, SERAP shall take all appropriate legal actions to compel you and your state to comply with our request in the public interest,” SERAP’s letter reads in part.

NEWS2 years ago

N625bn Refunds: SERAP Calls On Nine Governors To Give Accounts

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the nine oil-producing states in Nigeria to give account of how they spent N625.43billion oil derivation refunds...