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“The pair, who worked with construction firm VKS Nigeria Construction, were abducted from their hotel on 9 April in the town of Eket in Akwa Ibom state. Five suspects have been arrested, said the state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Don Awunah, confirming the expatriates’ rescue, which took place on 19 April. “The two kidnapped Turkish nationals were kidnapped and taken ...

“Two Turkish construction workers were abducted from their hotel rooms in Nigeria’s oil-rich Akwa Ibom state on Sunday, according to a police spokesman Tuesday. Police officer Chukwu Okechukwu told the country’s official news agency, NAN, the workers were abducted from Eket, an oil-rich town that is dozens of kilometers (miles) away from the Akwa Ibom capital city, Uyo. “The state ...

Reports show that the Federal Government will partner the Akwa Ibom State Government to establish an Oil and Gas Free Zone in the state. The Nation reports that the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority (OGFZA), Mr Umana Umana, broke the news yesterday when he and management workers visited Governor Udom Emmanuel at the Government House ...

Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, has performed the official foundation laying ceremony for the establishment of a 5000 barrel refinery located in Ikwe community, in Onna Local Government Area in the State. Vanguard reports that Emmanuel, who was represented  by Chairman, Foreign Direct Investment Committee, Mr. Gabriel Ukpeh, appreciated the management of Ikwe-Onna Refinery Limited for keying into his ...