Tag: Godswill Akpabio

The Court of Appeal, Calabar, in November, had ordered a rerun in only one local government area.

The Senate wants the NDDC board it confirmed on November 5 be inaugurated and lead defence of the budget proposal ...

Akwa Ibom House of Assembly consists of 26 members. The PDP has 24 of them and has won all its ...

With the hashtag #ShameOnNTA, fans vented their displeasure at Africa’s supposed biggest TV Network.

The Court of Appeal on Saturday, nullified Mr Ekpenyong’s election.

The court on Saturday nullified Chris Ekpenyong's victory and ordered a rerun within 90 days.

The former Akwa Ibom governor was named a minister by President Buhari after INEC declared PDP winner of the senatorial ...

Since his assumption of office, Mr Akpabio has lamented the corruption in the NDDC.

The forum of APC state chairmen accuses the minister of being "overbearing".

Mr Akpabio said corruption and political interference have disrupted the original purpose of setting up the Niger Delta Development Commission, ...

The senate rejected the ministry’s 2020 budget due to uncompleted projects in the region.

A senator, Ali Ndume, decries the performance level of the 2019 budget, tagging it ‘circumstantially poor’.

"The three ambulances which were procured at the cost of N6 million each," the ICPC said.

The state celebrates the 32-year anniversary of its creation.

One out of the three judges ruled contrary to his two colleagues on the tribunal.

The minister says the commission had not performed well in its main responsibility.

The president retained himself as petroleum minister while former Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva is to serve as minister ...

The ICPC had said it recovered diverted constituency projects.

The party said it was surprised by the statement credited to Mr Sagay.

The Senate will reconvene on July 25 to continue with the screening of the ministerial nominees.

The Senate has a tradition of asking any nominee with a legislative background to take a bow.

Mr Akpabio, a former senator and governor, is the Akwa Ibom nominee.

A Senate spokesperson had claimed the era of 'take a bow' was over for presidential nominees appearing before the Senate.

Some of the ministerial nominees are returning to the federal cabinet.

Mr Ukpong publishes a popular blog, Sitippe Ke Akwa Ibom, which focuses on the happenings around Akwa Ibom State.