By Guide Newspaper Akwa Ibom State is missing among the ten top ranking states in Nigeria with ease of doing business. The Guide Newspaper reports that the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) has recently released the 2025 Subnational Ease of Doing Business Report, with Lagos emerging as the best-performing state, scoring 85.6 per cent. According to the report, As reported released by the Director-General of PEBEC, Mrs Zahrah Mustapha-Audu, Kaduna State came second position with 65.1 per cent. Oyo, the FCT and Ogun rounded off the top five with scores of 62.7 per cent, 61.0 per cent and 59.9…
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…travelling to Appeal Court in Calabar is punishment than fun–Lawyer By the Guide Newspaper A lawyer practicing in Akwa Ibom State has raised concern over the failure of Akwa Ibom State government to construct an Appeal Court Complex in Uyo as was captured in the 2025 Budget of Akwa Ibom State Government. Barr Ekemini Udim raised the concern in a social media post during the week. A copy of the Akwa Ibom State government 2025 Budget obtained by the Guide Newspaper reveals that Akwa Ibom State government voted N9billion for the construction of an Appeal Court Complex in the State…
…As Enoidem Refutes Defection Rumours The Guide Newspaper has received reliable information on how prominent members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State nearly ruined the wedding ceremony of Prince Monday EbongUko, first son of Sir Monday Uko, the immediate-past Honourable Commissioner for Youths and Sports last weekend, with dirty politics. According to a witness, the series of incidents began when the former legal adviser of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Barr. Emmanuel Enoidem, as one of the event planners, went to welcome Governor Umo Eno and Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to the event upon their…
-Say Level 9 Teachers Who Went For Promotion Interview In Early 2024 Not Given Promotion Letters Yet -Accuse Gov Eno of Using State Funds For Charity While Forcing Workers to Forfeit Their Entitlements Workers in Akwa Ibom State Civil Service have described the recent ban on masquerades by the state governor, Pastor Umo Eno, while condoning the delay of workers’ promotion letters and entitlements, as an act of hypocrisy. The workers, who spoke to the Guide Newspaper, on anonymity, disclosed that over 3,000 teachers on level 9 that went for their promotion interviews in early 2024 are yet to receive…
…say Akpabio the only one making decision for A’Ibom in Presidency The recent press release made by Senator Ita Enang appreciating the senate president, Senator Godswill Akpabio for nominating him for ambassadorial appointment to the presidency has sparked reactions within the social media community with some people describing Governor Umo Eno as a mere figurehead holding the position of a political leader of All Progressive Congress in Akwa Ibom State, while Senator Godswill Akpabio takes all decisions concerning the State and determines who get what in Akwa Ibom State from the presidency. The development follows a note of appreciation where…
The recent security challenges experienced in Nigeria today has become a cause of concern for every citizen especially as these criminal elements have made public schools and religious gatherings their prime spots of target. We have watched with horror how these men of the under world revel in kidnapping innocent school children, making them victims of psychological trauma. Sadly, in some situations, security personnel escape for their life living school children as preys in the hands of the bandits. Here in Akwa Ibom State, we have recorded instances of missing school children though not rampant as what is obtained in…
A non governmental organisation, Ubong King Foundation is holding a mind-transformative event known as Thinkation 2026 (Thinking Education) in Akwa Ibom State in January 2026 The event which has as its theme “Reinvent the Future” according to the organisers will hold on Saturday 31st January, 2026, at Flairmore Event Centre, 98 General Edet Akpan Avenue, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State by 9am. According to the organisers, Ubong King Foundation started in 2018 with the vision of advancing youth empowerment by building creative mindsets in the youths. The organisers stressed that though the event is not meant to share money to the…
Following four months down time at the state-owned power station, Ibom Power Company, which prompted media outcry in Akwa Ibom State, resulting in putting on of the power plant, the plant has been put off again. The Guide can authoritatively state. The Guide was informed that last week Tuesday, following the media backlashes on why the plant was put off, the state Governor, Pastor Umo Eno directed the MD of Savannah Energy, to immediately supply gas to the plant. It was gathered that on Saturday, Savannah Energy supplied gas to Ibom Power Plant which prompted Ibom Power Company to supply…
– assures sustained government partnership ahead of 2027 In a gathering that radiated purpose, unity, and renewed political consciousness, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Christian Youth Matters, Apostle Barr. S. B. Inyang, delivered a stirring commendation to the Christian Youth, describing them as “the backbone of moral leadership and the heartbeat of transformational engagement” within the youth community of Akwa Ibom State. He made this powerful declaration while addressing an assembly of Church Youth Leaders during a strategic youth engagement meeting held at The Apostolic Church, 90 Obio Imo Street, Uyo, a venue that has become a…
The Guide Newspaper has reliably gathered that the sacked state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State, Elder Aniekan Akpan, is planning to announce the suspension of the former PDP national legal adviser, Barr Emmanuel Enoidem, and the PDP national publicity secretary, Comrd Ini Ememobong. According to a source close to Elder Akpan, the embattled former state chairman of the PDP is planning to use few ward officers from Barr Enoidem and Comrd Emembong’s wards to announce the suspension, revealing that the plan is to backdate the letter of suspension to a date before the just…