It has been hectic for security agencies in Akwa Ibom State in the last 24 hours. Security cases have taken an upward spiral in what seems like an aftermath of the Presidential visit to thank and stir up the supporters of APC in Akwa Ibom State on Monday, the 4th of March 2019.

During the event, a disturbing pattern of rhetoric was noticed when Comrade Adams Oshiomole and others who spoke at the event stated that the mandate of APC, who he equated to a Lion, was stolen in AKwa Ibom State and that came what may it will be recovered during the 2019 Governorship election. He also declared Senator Godswill Akpabio as the winner of the just concluded 2019 Senatorial election. At the event, President Buhari was represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) and also spoke along a similar line... (click the link below to READ further and WATCH the videos==> https://www.aksu360.com/2019/03/election2019-harvest-of-imported-thugs.html

A cross-section of Akwa Ibom State University staff on Thursday the 28th of February 2019, converged at Ikot Ekpe village in Mkpat Enin Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State to witness the traditional marriage of Miss Emem Otu and Mr. Bassey Ephraim.

The traditional marriage was graced by eminent personalities as well as friends and relations of the couple, among whom were the Paramount Ruler Of Mkpat Enin Local Government Area, the Vice-Chancellor of Akwa Ibom State University and his dear wife, the Executive Chairman of Mkpat Enin Local Government Area, and a host of others too numerous to mention. (….click the link below CONTINUE reading==> https://www.aksu360.com/2019/03/miss-otu-and-mr-bassey-celebrate-their.html)

The newly admitted students of Akwa Ibom State University are right now undergoing an orientation exercise in both campuses of the University. The event which was declared open by the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Eno Ibanga, is being attended by Principal staff of the University, together with Deans, Directors and Heads of Department.

The event is billed to last for 2 days and will be rounded off with an Inter-denominational service on Sunday, the 3rd of March 2019. An array of very interesting topics have been lined up for presentation.... (click the link below to read MORE==> https://www.aksu360.com/2019/02/happening-now-2019-akwa-ibom-state.html)

The federal, state and local governments councils in February shared about N610.4billion federal revenue generated in January 2019. The Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, disclosed this in Abuja at the end of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting at the finance ministry headquarters.

Mr Idris said approval was being awaited from the finance minister for the payment of additional N50 billion from the Foreign Exchange Equalisation Account. A communique issued by the FAAC Committee distributed to reporters at the end of the meeting showed the gross revenue received for January 2019 stood at about N505.246 billion.... (click the link below to CONTINUE reading==> https://www.aksu360.com/2019/02/february-2019-faac-meeting-fg-states.html)

The federal, state and local governments councils in February shared about N610.4billion federal revenue generated in January 2019. The Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, disclosed this in Abuja at the end of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting at the finance ministry headquarters.

Mr Idris said approval was being awaited from the finance minister for the payment of additional N50 billion from the Foreign Exchange Equalisation Account. A communique issued by the FAAC Committee distributed to reporters at the end of the meeting showed the gross revenue received for January 2019 stood at about N505.246 billion.... (click the link below to CONTINUE reading==> https://www.aksu360.com/2019/02/february-2019-faac-meeting-fg-states.html)

The 2019 Orientation exercise for newly admitted students of Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU) will hold according to the schedule below for students in the main campus of the University. The event was earlier scheduled to commence from Thursday, the 21st of February 2019, but had to be postponed due to the rescheduled 2019 General election.

According to a statement from the the University Student Affairs Division, the annual exercise will hold simultaneously in both campuses of the University and will start on Thursday, the 28th of February 2019.

Day 1: Thursday, 28/02/2019 (Obioakpa Campus)
11.30am ------ All students are seated at the venue
11.45am ------ Deans, Directors, Guest speakers, Heads of Departments and other Staff of the University are seated.
12noon ------- Arrival of the Vice-Chancellor and other Principal Officers of the University.
12.05pm ------ Introduction of the Vice-Chancellor and other Functionaries .....(click the link below to read FURTHER==> https://www.aksu360.com/2019/02/akwa-ibom-state-university-2019-new_26.html)

The 2019 Orientation exercise for newly admitted students of Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU) will hold according to the schedule below for students in the main campus of the University. The event was earlier scheduled to commence from Thursday, the 21st of February 2019, but had to be postponed due to the rescheduled 2019 General election.

According to a statement from the the University Student Affairs Division, the annual exercise will hold simultaneously in both campuses of the University and will start on Thursday, the 28th of February 2019.

Day 1: Thursday, 28/02/2019 (Main Campus)
09.30am ------ All students are seated at the venue
09.40am ------ Deans, Directors, Guest speakers, Heads of Departments and other Staff of the University are seated..... (click the link below to read FURTHER==>https://www.aksu360.com/2019/02/akwa-ibom-state-university-2019-new.html)

We will like to get our minds off the 2019 Nigerian elections for a moment and celebrate a woman, whose value is far more than rubies …a vitreous woman. May your days and years ahead be filled with Joy and Happiness.... (click the link below to read MORE==> https://www.aksu360.com/2019/02/happy-birthday-and-many-more-returns.html)

Nigerians from all over the country trooped our in their millions on Saturday, the 23rd of February 2019 to cast their ballot in the rescheduled Presidential and National Assembly elections. A total of 73 presidential candidates took part in today’s election, where the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari of the APC and ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the PDP are seen as "major contenders".
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All of Nigeria’s 109 Senate seats and 360 House of Representative seats are up for grabs across the 36 states and Abuja. A total of 1,904 candidates are taking part in the senatorial elections while 4,680 are seeking seats in the House of Representatives. The election was however marred by incidences of violence and thuggery that led to the disenfranchisement of voters in several parts of the country. This happened despite assurance from security agencies that none of such will be witnessed in the course of the election, assuring the voters to come out and vote.... Click the link below to READ and WATCH some of these ugly incidences==> https://www.aksu360.com/2019/02/nysc-inec-adhoc-staff-take-cover-in.html

resident Buhari will today Friday broadcast to the nation at 7am with a repeat at 9pm, his office said Thursday night. The broadcast will come a day before presidential elections earlier billed for last Saturday. Mr Buhari made a similar broadcast last Friday in anticipation of the postponed elections, but was criticised after he used the speech to solicit votes. Many had expected the final presidential speech before the polls would solely focus on encouraging Nigerians to go out and vote, and be peaceful, while assuring voters and observers of their safety. While the president assured of peaceful elections, he quickly delved into a lengthy enumeration of his administration’s achievements and argued why he should be voted back to office.
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Nigerians have however flooded the internet space with various reactions to the planned speech. Click the link below to READ some of their comments==> https://www.aksu360.com/2019/02/pmb-pre-election-broadcast-nigerians.html)

2 persons were reportedly killed in the early hours of Saturday, the 16th of February 2019, while 13 vehicles destroyed in a pre-election crisis in the Nto Edino in Obot-Akara Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The buses were said to have been hired by the INEC to help covey the 2019 election materials to various Polling units within the LGA. It was learnt that the affected persons died during a gun duel between some hoodlums and security personnel on election duties at Nto Edino, the headquarters of Obot-Akara, during the distribution of sensitive materials for the shifted presidential and National Assembly elections. Security has already been beefed up in the area as fear and confusion has enveloped the community..... (click the link below to GET the whole gist and to WATCH the video==> https://www.aksu360.com/2019/02/nigeriadecides2019-live-lost-as-several.html)

The Independent National Electoral Commission has postponed Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections till 23, February 2019. The governorship and house of assembly, FCT area council elections have also been shifted from 2nd March to 9th March. INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu attributing the postponement of the scheduled elections to logistics and operational problems. He said the postponement will afford the commission the opportunity to address the identified challenges in order to maintain the quality of Nigeria’s elections... (click the link below to read the DETAILS==> https://www.aksu360.com/2019/02/nigerias-general-elections-suspended-to.html)

The Management of Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU) has released the 2018/2019 Revised First Semester Academic calendar of the institution. The calendar was considered and approved by the Senate of the University at her 22nd Emergency meeting on Wednesday, the 13th of February 2019. By this notice, all students are expected to resume on Monday, the 18th of February 2019 for the commencement of the first semester of their studies.... (click the link below to GET the full calendar breakdown==> https://www.aksu360.com/2019/02/20182019-revised-first-semester.html)

A CNN Editor Stephanie Busari, recently published an article where she posited that the leading political contenders in the forth-coming Nigeria’s Presidential election are 2 old men in the person of Muhammadu Buhari and Atiku Abubakar. Well, Nigerians have taken to social media and expressed their strong opinions on the subject dragging the heck out of Stephanie Busari, as well as CNN.... (Click the link below to read their reactions==> https://www.aksu360.com/2019/02/cnn-thinks-leading-political-contenders.html)

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released a video demo on how voters should make use of their Ballot paper during the forth-coming 2019 Presidential election. This demonstration was done recently by the INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu..... (click the link below to WATCH==> https://www.aksu360.com/2019/02/how-to-cast-your-vote-video-aks-rec.html)

The tips identified below will go a long way in making the election-day experience of Nigerian citizens a pleasant and rewarding one. Share it with your friends and loved ones:
(1) Please do not take your children that are not up to 18 years old or not eligible to vote to the polling units, let them stay at home. Safety first!
(2) Try and identify your polling centre before the election day proper. You will not have the luxury to roam the whole place searching for you polling unit.
(3) Don’t carry too much load. Just your phone, handkerchief and maybe your wallet.
(4) Don't use your THUMB to vote when casting your vote. The space for the finger print has reduced because of many parties (over 50 of them). Use your INDEX finger, so your finger print doesn't spread over Party logos, thereby invalidating your vote.
(5) Follow instructions from people that’ll be in charge in your various polling centres. Don't start forming "I have been voting before they give birth to you", so many things have changed.... (clcik the link below to read FURTHER==> https://www.aksu360.com/2019/02/election-tips.html)

Chelsea suffered their heaviest defeat in 28 years when they were beaten 6-0 by Manchester City on Sunday. It was the worst result for the Blues in any competition since their 7-0 Premier League loss to Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest in April 1991 at the City Ground. This effectively makes the 4th away loss in a row for the Blues. Sergio Aguero grabbed a hat-trick as Manchester City scored four times inside 25 minutes and based on goal difference, Man U has on Sunday, leapfrogged Liverpool to top spot in the EPL.... (click the link below to read FURTHER==> https://www.aksu360.com/2019/02/whitewash-chelsea-suffer-heaviest.html)

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended the 3 month old strike after signing all agreements with the Federal Government. The agreement was reached at the end of the conciliatory meeting held at the instance of the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige and his Education counterpart, Malam Adamu Adamu. According to reports, lecturers have also been asked to resume on Friday, the 8th of February 2019.... (clcik the link below to get the FULL gist==>https://www.aksu360.com/2019/02/ASUU-suspends-strike-nigerians-react.html)

Twitter has created a special emoji to encourage conversation among Nigerian voters, as they go to the poll on February 16, 2019.

For everyone that wants to discuss the election on Twitter, the platform is introducing a special emoji. The emoji appears when using the hashtags #NigeriaDecides2019 and #NigeriaDecides. The special emoji pictures a fingerprint in a square, reflecting the Nigerian fingerprint voting system, and it’s colour represents the green of the Nigerian national flag. This design encourages conversation while also serving as a piece of voter education....... (click the link below to get the FULL gist ==>https://www.aksu360.com/2019/02/twitter-launches-nigerias-election-emoji.html)

In line with her core mandate of regulating and controlling the Teaching Profession at all levels of the Nigerian Education system, the Headquarters of the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) recently was in Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU) to administer the annual Teacher’s Qualifying Examination (TQE). The 200 candidates that wrote the exams, were made up of graduating students from the Faculty of Education in AKSU as well as fellow graduating students from other tertiary institutions in Akwa Ibom State.

The Professional exams is part of the requirements that is used to select those are adjudged qualified to be called “professional teachers”. The examination, which took the form of a Computer Based Test (CBT) lasted for 2 hours and was invigilated by the Dean of the Education Faculty (AKSU), AKSU staff and officials from the State and National Head office of TRCN.... (click the link below to get the FULL story==> https://www.aksu360.com/2019/02/aksu-plays-host-to-trcn-professional.html)

In a conscious bid to improve ICT infrastructure and learning, the Management of Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU) has taken delivery of 100 Apple iMac corei5 systems, with more numbers still on the way.... (click the link below to read MORE: https://www.aksu360.com/2019/01/100-apple-imac-corei5-pcs-just-landed.html)

The 3 tiers of the Nigerian government, consisting of Federal, States and Local Councils, on Friday the 25th of January 2019 shared about N649.198 billion as statutory allocations from Federation Account. The allocation includes distributable statutory allocation revenue of N547.5 billion; value-added tax (VAT) earning of N100.8 billion, and over N900 million exchange gain for the month. The statutory allocation revenue consists earnings from..... (click the link below to get the DETAILS==> https://www.aksu360.com/2019/01/january-2019-faac-meeting-fg-states-lgs.html)

The much awaited and eagerly expected First Distinguished Registry Lecture of Akwa Ibom State University took place On Tuesday, the 22nd of January 2019. The well attended event was hosted by the Mr. John E. Udo, the Registrar of Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU), while Prof Eno Ibanga was the Chief Host.... (click the link below to get the FULL story==> https://www.aksu360.com/2019/01/first-distinguished-registry-lecture-of.html)

The Akwa Ibom State INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) has submitted a request to the Vice-Chancellor of Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU) seeking for the University’s manpower support in the forth-coming 2019 Elections.

In a statement signed un-behalf of the INEC REC, Mrs. Arit Eschor spelt some of the criteria for the recruitment to include:
- Students, other than those in their first and final years are preferred.
- Each interested student should apply by collecting and completing the recruitment form from the VC’s office.
- Their respective Heads of Department or a Senior Lecturer is to serve as a Referee in attestation of good character.

All completed forms should be submitted to the office of the Vice-Chancellor on/before Tuesday 22/01/2019 and the offer is limited to the first 500 applicants... (click the link below to read MORE==> https://www.aksu360.com/2019/01/inec-calls-on-interested-aksu-students.html)

4 Days more...
#AksuRegistryLecture
#anticipate

The Nigerian internet space went lit when news dropped that the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar had on Thursday, the 17th of January 2019 arrived Washington DC to meet with the Nigerian business community in the U.S. We present the torrent of reactions that the trip has elicited among various Nigerians..... (Click the link below to read FURTHER==>https://www.aksu360.com/2019/01/atiku-abubakar-arrives-america.html)

On Tuesday, the 22nd of January 2019, members of the Public are invited to attend the 1st Registry Distinguished Lecture of Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU). The theme is "the Role of Nigerian Universities in the 21st Century Nigeria" The former Registrar of Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife (Mr. Ayo Ogunruku) will serve as the Keynote Speaker at the event. The Host of the event is Mr. John E. Udo, while the the Chief Host is Prof. Eno J. Ibanga - the Vice Chancellor of Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU).... (click the link below to read MORE==>https://www.aksu360.com/2019/01/all-set-for-registry-distinguished.html)

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Anticipate....
Plan to be there...
Don't miss it for anything

The 15 tips below are intended to remind you, your family and loved ones on how to stay relatively safe in the draw up to the Nigerian General election. As share by Ubong-Abasi Esitikot, they include:

[b]Do Not Argue About Politics in Public:
[/b]The keyword here is ARGUE. If you belong to a particular political party and there is an argument about another political party, then it is important that you do not join in. This is so that you don't dabble into the augment that may warrant a fight to ensue.... (click the link below to CONTINUE reading: https://www.aksu360.com/2019/01/safety-tips-during-election-period-must.html)

The Nigerian social media space has been awash with various reactions stemming from news on Monday, January the 7th 2019, that the Nigerian government has reached an agreement with striking university lecturers, raising the possibility of ending the teachers’ prolonged industrial action.

The national president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU), Biodun Ogunyemi, said the National Executive Committee of the union will review its decisions based on the new commitment by the federal government. He said the strike could only be called off after the NEC meeting. He did not say when the meeting will hold. (Clcik the link below to read and watch some of the reaction by a cross section of Nigerian students==> https://www.aksu360.com/2019/01/fg-has-reached-agreement-with-ASUU.html)

The Nigerian social media space has been awash with various reactions stemming from news on Monday, January the 7th 2019, that the Nigerian government has reached an agreement with striking university lecturers, raising the possibility of ending the teachers’ prolonged industrial action.

The national president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU), Biodun Ogunyemi, said the National Executive Committee of the union will review its decisions based on the new commitment by the federal government. He said the strike could only be called off after the NEC meeting. He did not say when the meeting will hold. (Clcik the link below to read and watch some of the reaction by a cross section of Nigerian students==> https://www.aksu360.com/2019/01/fg-has-reached-agreement-with-ASUU.html)