Iniobong Ekponta

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Akwa Ibom State branch has disclosed that 5,000 employees out of a total of 30,000 workforce may not be rewarded with yearly promotions in different cadres due to being computer illiterates.

Angry residents of Unyenge, a riverine oil-producing community in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, have taken to the streets to protest the alleged neglect of the fishing hub by oil and gas extraction firms.

The Center for Human Rights and Accountability Network (CHRAN) has lauded the Akwa Ibom government for the N31 billion grant for Small and Micro Enterprises (SMEs).

The CSO warned that the programme must not, under any guise, be used as an instrument for rewarding party loyalists, settling political scores, or consolidating political patronage networks.

She urged beneficiaries to heed Governor Umo Eno's call to return to farming, stressing that agriculture remains the surest path to food security and economic stability.

Akwa Ibom State has intensified efforts to combat human trafficking and child exploitation following growing concerns by authorities over the rising activities of trafficking syndicates, with the National Orientation Agency (NOA) and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) launching a statewide sensitisation campaign as officials warned that children and other vulnerable persons are being trafficked across state borders and through the state's waterways to neighbouring countries.

Residents of Ikot Obong Akan in Mkpat Enin Local Government Area and the neighbouring Ikot Akpabong community in Oruk Anam Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State have appealed to the state government for urgent intervention following the collapse of the only bridge linking the two communities.

The umbrella socio-cultural organisation of the Ibibio ethnic nationality, Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio (MMI), has commended the Akwa Ibom State Government for approving a ₦31 billion Economic Empowerment Programme (EEP) designed to support small business owners, farmers, traders, transport operators, youths and women across the state's 31 local government areas.

Ibibio ethnic nationality leaders under the aegis of their umbrella socio-cultural association – Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio (MMI), has applauded the Akwa

Determined to realize his age – long vision to reposition the state as the major technology hub in Nigeria and Africa, former Governor of Akwa Ibom