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(FILES) An Exxon sign is seen at a station in this September 20, 2008 file photo in Manassas, Virginia. US oil giant ExxonMobil on July 31, 2014 reported higher second-quarter profits despite pumping less oil and gas than it did a year ago. Exxon, the biggest US oil company and the second-largest US company in terms of market capitalization after Apple, said earnings came in at $8.8 billion, up 28 percent from the year-ago level. "ExxonMobil's financial results were achieved through strong operational performance and portfolio management," said chief executive Rex Tillerson. "We continue to enhance shareholder value by funding capital projects and delivering robust shareholder returns through dividends and share purchases." Results translated into earnings per share of $2.05, 19 cents above analyst forecasts.AFP PHOTO/Karen BLEIER/FILESKAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD **

Akwa Ibom orders ExxonMobil to clean up oil spill

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Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, has ordered ExxonMobil to clean up the oil spill that occurred at Ndito Eka-Iba in Ibeno, Akwa Ibom on May 8. Ibeno Communities’s youth president, Mr Godwin Ikot, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, in Ibeno Local Government Area of the state on Thursday. […]

PDP: ‘Godswill will be done again in 2019,’ Says Akpabio

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GODSWILL Akpabio, the Senate Minority Leader and former governor of Akwa Ibom State has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will produce the governor in 2019. He spoke at the recent rally held in his honour and his successor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, by the people of Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District. Akpabio said: “When I […]

Education Is Free And Compulsory In Akwa Ibom State, Gov.Udom Insists

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Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has affirmed that his administration is re-positioning Akwa Ibom to achieve sustainable development through industrialisation. Emmanuel made the statement, yesterday, in Uyo at a `Solemn Assembly’ to usher the state into the New Year and re-dedicate Ibom Hall Grounds to God. The governor said that the solemn assembly […]

Power: FG, A’Ibom To Train 200 Youths

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Two hundred youths from Akwa Ibom State have been selected to undergo a one-year training on power sector development at the National Power Training Institute, Abuja, a statement by the state government has said. Addressing the youths before their departure at the Government House in Uyo, the capital, Governor Udom Emmanuel charged them to justify […]