Author: Kufre Etuk

In a significant move to advance technological education in ONNA Local Government Area, NNPC Exploration and Production Limited ,NEPL, and Natural Oilfield Services Ltd ,NOSL, have donated laptops to the Transition Chairman of ONNA LGA, Hon. IniAbasi Ekanem. This donation was part of the Corporate Social Responsibility and an initiative by NEPL/ NOSL to equip a state-of-the-art Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre at the Council Secretariat. https://crestnews.ng/uniuyo-alumni-plans-homecoming-sets-to-award-scholarship-to-best-graduating-students/ During the visit by the NEPL and NOSL delegation, led by Senior Base Manager Group Captain Etete Ekpo, Hon. IniAbasi Ekanem expressed his gratitude, stating, “I have always envisioned an ICT centre…

The University of Uyo, UNIUYO, Alumni Association is set to host its homecoming celebration at the University Campus in a date to be announced soon. The event which is expected to bring together graduates of the institution from within and outside the Country, will feature a Distinguished Alumni lecture and awards, as well as the swearing in of the new National Executive Council, NEC of the Alumni. These were some of the decisions of the meeting of National Executive Council (NEC) of the UNIUYO Alumni held, Friday 26th, July, 2024 at the Alumni Centre, presided over by the President, Rt.…

Professor Joseph Ushie of the University of Uyo, has called for an urgent review of the national language policy to delineate specific functional domains for indigenous languages, while recommending English language for official communications and interactions with non-native speakers only. Ushie, the 103rd inaugural lecturer of the University of Uyo, harped on revitalizing indigenous languages and cultural heritage in Nigeria to forge a robust and unified national identity amidst the challenges of globalization. Speaking on the theme “How Really Post Colonial are ‘Post Colonial’ Studies in Nigeria,” Professor Ushie, a scholar of General Stylistics and Literary Criticism in the Department…

Few weeks ago during the stakeholders’ meeting at DeAngelo Hotel, some select persons were paraded before the PDP stakeholders in all the wards. They were made to address the party leaders on why each of them wants to become chairman of Etinan Local Government Area. Few seconds, each of them quickly made real their intention. They all spoke well, though many perceived that action as political ambush since nobody gave the aspirants clue to what was in the offing. One striking presentation that gathered dust was that of the Transition Chairman, Hon.Uko Umoh. He may not be an orator, but…

A diasporan group, ESOP IDUNG ITION (USA) INC, has decried what it described as the perennial marginalization and underdevelopment of Mkpat Enin Urban, the headquarters of Mkpat Enin Local Government Area. In a release signed by its President, Mr Ezekiel Ekanem; Secretary, Pastor Jeremiah Ufot, and two ex-officio members, Mr Samuel Mark and Pastor Emaeyak Ekanem, the group lamented that since the creation of the local government in 1987, the host communities of the local government headquarters have been consistently marginalized. “Every year, since the creation of Mkpat Enin Local Government in 1987, Mkpat Enin Urban that hosts the Local…

The Akwa Ibom Audit Service Commission Holds 2024 Pre-Promotion Seminar for Auditors in the Offices of the Auditors – General for State, and that of the Local Governments. The pre – promotion Seminar which is the third in the series was held at the Multi – Purpose Hall, General Services Office, Governors Office Annex, Willington Bassey Way, Uyo. https://crestnews.ng/uccda-appoints-de-mbarukas-to-monitor-telecom-base-stations-collapsible-structures/ Declaring the seminar open the Head of Civil Service, Elder Effiong Essien, said the policy of having to take examinations before promotion is to refresh, test, and broaden the knowledge of Auditors to meet the emerging challenges in the discharge of…

Ikot Esetang youths, Uruk Uso in Ikot Ekpene local government area have expressed grievance over the imposition of councillorship aspirant by political stakeholders of the area. The youths described as insulting, barbaric, and unacceptable for few stakeholders to unanimously select and impose a councillorship aspirant on the people. The youths accused Ntufam Elijah of Ikot Aya family, former House of Representatives member Hon. Nsikak Ekong and the immediate past local government chairman, Hon. Unyime Etim both from Ikot Ikpong family, of interfering in the selection process without due consultation. According to one of the youths who did not want his…

Minister of Works, Engr Nweze David Umahi, on Saturday, accused Reynolds Construction Company, RCC, and other construction companies handling the Calabar-Itu Road contract awarded by the last administration, of playing games with the project, saying he would not hesitate to terminate the contract by the end of next week if the contractors fail to mobilise to site. The Minister was speaking at a Stakeholders’ Engagement on the alignment of sections 3B and 4 of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway in Uyo. Engr Umahi particularly mentioned that, RCC had, in the last administration, received over N156million for the road project, but expressed…

The Akwa Ibom State Chapter of the Science Teachers Association of Nigeria (STAN), the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Mkpat Enin Branch, and other stakeholders in the education sector have commended the Chairman of Mkpat Local Government Transition Committee, Hon Mercy Bassey for sustaining her annual science quiz competition. The commendations were made, Monday, June 17, during the press briefing and official opening of the fourth edition of Hon Mercy Bassey Annual Science Quiz Competition at the local government council. In his goodwill message, the state chairman of Science Teachers Association of Nigeria (STAN), Mr Michael Effiong, commended Lady Bassey…

Akwa Ibom state has recorded 401 rape cases in three years since the inauguration of Akwa Ibom State Gender-Based Violence Management Committee in September 2021. Aside rape cases, within the time-frame, the state has also recorded 118 attempted rape cases, 53 harmful widowhood practices; 65 abandonment of dependants which consist of people who abandoned their spouses and children; 32 cases of forceful ejection from homes; 54 cases of intimidation; 35 incest cases; 520 spousal battery; and 165 cases of physical abuse among others. Disclosing this on Thursday June 13, at the Ministry of Justice, Uyo, the secretary Akwa Ibom State…