. . . Unity Concert for December Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has called on citizens to exercise restraint in their public utterances in order to maintain peace and unity. Speaking at the November edition of the Government House Covenant Service held at the Banquet Hall, Government House, Uyo, the Governor emphasized the need to safeguard the peace and unity that have become the hallmark of the State. He warned against divisive actions and speeches capable of undermining social harmony stressing that words have the power to build or destroy. “Try to stay away from anything that infuriates…
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…falls below UNESCO education budget threshold …experts, stakeholders worry as out -of- school children number swells By Shadrach Okon Akwa Ibom State under the APC led government of Pastor Umo Bassy Eno has been ranked among states in the country with the lowest budget provision for the education sector in 2025. Findings by the Guide Newspaper during the week revealed that 2025 budget, Akwa Ibom State allocated ₦59.96 billion to education, which positioned it at 28th place among the states for education funding. This represents a lower amount in budgetary provision for education compared to 2024 fiscal year, which …
••hides details of spending in Q3 report …Netizen reacts over governor’s poor transparency profile By Shadrach Okon The All Progressives Congress, APC led government of Governor Umo Eno in Akwa Ibom State has again failed to uphold the provisions of Akwa Ibom State Fiscal Responsibility Law 2020. The Guide Newspaper observed this during the week as the state government presented it’s 2025 third quarter budget performance report. According to a 3-page report presented by the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Dr. Nsikan Nkan as 2025 third quarter Budget Performance Report, the state ‘s…
Today we have considered it needful to remind Akwa Ibom people of the existing Governors Pension Law 2014 in Akwa Ibom State. The controversial law mandates the State to pay an ex-Governor a whooping N200 million as retirement perks every year. Also it makes provision for an ex-Governor to be given one personal aide, one official car alongside a utility vehicle every four years; N6.7million for each of them as furniture allowance once in every four years. Also, the law provides for a former governor a sum not exceeding N5 million per month to employ domestic staff while the deputy…
…questions Mrs Unoma Akpabio’s source of ‘uncommon wealth’ The controversial Patience Ibanga Akpabio has denied having any family ties with the Greater Akpabio family which recently excommunicated her from the family. Speaking in a viral video on social media recently, Mrs Pat Akpabio said she does not have any ties with any family called Greater Akpabio’s family claiming that her only loyalty remains to her husband Mr Ibanga Akpabio. According to her, Greater Akpabio Family, you are saying that they have excommunicating me, do I know them? I am married to Sir Ibanga Akpabio, don’t know you people. Don’t you…
…says gov’s elite-centered fiscal behaviour undermines social equity By Our Correspondent The Akwa Ibom Leadership and Development Network (AILDN) has reviewed Governor Umo Eno’s governance journey in the last two years of his administration in Akwa Ibom State expressing deep concern over what it described as concern that the current lack of a coherent and implementable framework for inclusive and sustainable development in the State. The group which made its position known through a communique issued at the end of a roundtable meeting held in Uyo on Novembe1, 2025. Speaking in it’s communique, AILDN while x-raying Governor Umo…
A frontline group in the South-South region, Niger Delta Network (NDN), has warned the governors of South-South on security and political endorsement ahead of 2027 elections. In a press statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary, John Douglass Ph.D, the group called on the governors of Rivers, Bayalsa, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Delta and Edo States to host a security summit with the commissioners of Police and directors of State Security Service in order to have a good security outline for the region. “Moreso, the movement and influx of both goods and animals into the region must be checked, to…
•Exposés records of their betrayal of public trust A socio political group in Akwa Ibom State, Akwa Ibom Liberation Movement, AILM has alerted Akwa Ibom people against the political antics of Conference of Former Speakers of Akwa Ibom State Legislatures in Nigeria, Akwa Ibom State Wing, describing members of the group as political profiteers in Akwa Ibom State who failed to speak for the interest of the common people in Akwa Ibom State. AILM made this known in their press release signed by its National Coordinator, Akparawa Prince Emmanuel Sam. Part of the release read: “We have observed with shock…
October 31, 2025 Press Statement PDP Planned National Convention Not Vitiated by Court The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is appalled by the judgement of the Federal High Court Abuja, presided over by Honorable Justice Kolawole Omotosho today, describing it as an assault on Nigeria’s democratic process. However, the PDP states that the judgment of the court does not vitiate its ability to proceed with the processes and activities towards the National Convention to elect new National Officers to pilot the affairs of the Party for the next four years. Our Party notes the recent judgement of the Supreme Court which…
…NARRATES HOW FORMER OKU IBOM IBIBIO WAS ASSASINATED …DEMANDS SECURITY AGENCIES TO REOPEN MURDER FILES FROM 2007-2015 By the Guide Newspaper The altercation between Senator Godswill Akpabio and his sister in-law Mrs Patience Akpabio took a new dimension during the week with Patience Akpabio indicting the Senate President of leading the most bloody government in Akwa Ibom State during his tenure as the governor of the state between 2007 and 2015. Speaking in a viral video, Mrs Patience Akpabio accused Senator Godswill Akpabio of being responsible for the killing of the late Paramount Ruler of Nsit Ubium in 2011 and…