A ‘hellish’ night with AstraZeneca vaccine : A reporter’s experience

Kazeem Ugbodaga, receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine. By Kazeem Ugbodaga, Editor,PM News It was pomp and ceremony on Friday, March 12, 2021 when the Lagos...

Akwa Ibom teachers struggle with more workload after withdrawal of N-POWER teachers

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Photo credit: Kufre Etuk By Kufre Etuk, Jennifer Pius & Abasifreke Effiong The federal government's N-POWER programme provided a large, ad hoc manpower support to different...

Akwa Ibom communities, lawmakers at odds over 2019 constituency projects

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Mr Aniekan Bassey, Speaker, Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly. Abasifreke Effiong and Ekemini Simon Akwa Ibom communities are demanding proof of implementation of constituency projects...

Multi-billion Naira scandal: Akwa Ibom govt’s new financial report opens more loopholes

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Infographics on Akwa State Expenditures on Pilgrims Activities in 2019. Abasifreke Effiong & Ekemini Simon The Akwa Ibom state government has said that the fraud,...

UPDATED: Akwa Ibom Governor, other officials in multi-billion naira scandal

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Mr Udom Emmanuel, Governor, Akwa Ibom State and Pastor Uwem Andrew-Essien, Accountant General, Akwa Ibom State. By Abasifreke Effiong & Ekemini Simon The Akwa Ibom State...

Governor Sule abandons Lafia-Kwandere-Keffi road awarded by his predecessor, Al-makura

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Nasarawa State Governor, Engr Abdullahi Sule and his predecessor, Alhaji Umaru Tanko Al-makura. Collins Agwam - Lafia When Governor Umaru Tanko Al-makura awarded contract for the...

COVID-19:Persons with disabilities excluded from palliative, shut out by banks in Akwa Ibom

Governor Udom Emmanuel Abasifreke Effiong - Uyo Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) are among the population cluster least attended to by the Akwa Ibom state government...
COVID-19 and Governor Udom Emmanuel taciturnity

Akwa Ibom government’s bluff at NCDC report puts citizens at risk of spreading COVID-19

Governor Udom Emmanuel inspecting the state's isolation center in Ibom Multi Specialty Hospital. Abasifreke Effiong - Uyo The Akwa Ibom state government has...

Traders groan under corrupt, exploitive revenue regime at Nung Udoe, Akwa Ibom market

Decomposing heap of refuse at Nung Udoe market, Akwa Ibom state, where the council has raised about N9 million on sanitation levy. ...

Uyo to Calabar : Dangerous on land, convenient on sea

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Abasifreke Effiong (left) with other passengers onboard a speedboat in Oron. By Abasifreke Effiong The preference of commuters travelling from Uyo, the...