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2019: Udom Drops 2nd Term Ambition …PDP picks him as Vice Presidential Candidate following a report by an Akwa Ibom base newspaper, Global Concord  newspaper which had a banner headline story in its Midweek edition dated Wednesday 14th-Thursday 15th, February 2018 with the above headline, the State Government has refuted same. the rebuttal was contained in a press release signed by the Senior Special Assistant (Media)/Chief Press Secretary to Governor Udom Emmanuel and it read ........ Ordinarily, we would have ignored the said story as a product of bar room gossip from a lazy reporter whose capacity to invent and manufacture false stories supersedes his skills as a conscientious reporter, but given the weight of the falsehood the reporter had peddled , we are constrained to state as follows: 1. The story in its entirety is false. The PDP Presidential hopeful, Alhaji Sule Lamido during his courtesy call on Governor Udom Emmanuel on Monday, February 12, 2018, never offe...

CBS Media Academy, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State Welcomes Applications for Broadcast Training! Radio/TV Presentation Radio /TV Production News Casting Effective Interviewing All courses are 6 Weeks weekend only with practical training opportunities, while trainees are compulsorily to undergo internship in Radio and Television stations. Interested trainees form outside Akwa Ibom will have to make provision for their accommodation. for details call the Director Training on 07035785686 or whatsapp on 08023765970

CBS Media Academy Wlcomes Applications for Broadcast Training! Radio/TV Presentation Radio /TV Production News Casting Effective Interviewing All courses are 6 Weeks weekend only with practical training opportunities, while trainees are compulsorily to undergo internship in Radio and Television stations. Interested trainees form outside Akwa Ibom will have to make provision for their accommodation. for details call the Director Training on 07035785686 or whatsapp on 08023765970

Nigeria Police Force allegedly apologises to IBB's spokesman The Nigeria Police Force has apologised to Kassim Afegbua, the spokesman of Nigeria’s former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, for declaring him wanted. The apology was tendered on Wednesday when Afegbua went to the Force Headquarters to turn himself in after he was declared wanted by the Police via a statement by the  Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood. Afegbua was informed that all that the police wanted to achieve was to find out why there were two different statements in the name of Babangida in one day. Moshood said the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, declared Afegbua wanted in connection with a statement he issued on behalf of Babangida on Sunday. Mr. Afegbua arrived at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, accompanied by his lawyers and four journalists, including Samuel Ogundipe, a general assignment reporter for PREMIUM TIMES. Mr. Ogundipe, who w...

                 ........Asked to submit himself to the force headquarters within 24 hours or face arrest. The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has reportedly ordered for the arrest of the media aide to former President Ibrahim Babangida, Prince Kassim Afegbua for the statement he issued on behalf of his boss. This issuance of the warrant of arrest was disclosed by a Presidency source on Sunday. Afegbua in a statement purportedly issued on Sunday on behalf of Babangida had quoted the former President saying that President Muhammadu Buhari should not seek for reelection in 2019. But the former President, in a swift reaction, denied issuing such a statement. He called on Nigerians to disregard the earlier statement by Afegbua. The Presidency source, who does not want his name in print, said that the IGP has ordered for  the arrest of Kassim Afegbua for issuing allegedly issuing a  fake statement. Afegb...

…. 17-man Revenue Committee kicks off assignment Following the inauguration of the Uyo Investment and Revenue Committee, Executive Chairman of Uyo Local Government, Elder Imoh Okon delivered a newly purchased refuse evacuation truck to the 17-man revenue committee to be used for daily evacuation of waste in Akpan Andem Market. Elder Okon while embarking on an inspection of the market shortly before the handing over of the utility waste disposal truck expressed satisfaction over the corporation of traders of the market in the current restructuring by his administration. He also restated his commitment to returning the market to its original state as a city market. The council Boss who stated that the truck was to be used to evacuate refuse generated from within and around the market and also called on the traders in the market to make effective use of the truck in order to keep the market clean. While flagging off the daily evacuation of waste in the market, Elder ...