•Abigail Frederick The remains of late Nollywood make-up artist, Ms Abigail Frederick, who died alongside popular actor, Junior Pope, and three others in a boat mishap last week were, yesterday, buried in her home state, Akwa Ibom. The Frontier reports that Governor Umo Eno had earlier demanded that Abigail’s corpse be brought home for proper ...
•Victor Antai At a time that Christians in Nigeria and indeed the whole world were celebrating the Easter Season with sobber reflection, a breakout Masquerade chose to dance naked in Eket, Akwa Ibom State. The most unfortunate thing is that this very Masquerade was involved in an unusual dance. The Masquerade danced naked even when […]...
Many have asked, what is this Bulk Purchase Agency by Akwa Ibom State bringing to the table? With the signing of the Bulk Purchase Agency Bill into law by the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno, expectedly that would be the question, like a refrain on the lips of many Akwa Ibom people? […]
•Policemen The Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State, Waheed Ayilara, has deployed 3,200 police officers across the State after a meeting with the State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress ( NLC ), affiliate bodies and other stakeholders given the planned protest by the labour Union. Police Public Relations Officer for the State SP Odiki ...
•Mkpisong Ememobong Essien (L) and PS Akparawa James Edet (R) As Akwa Ibom Government is concluding plans for the construction of Elderly People’s Home in the state, oldies have applauded Governor Eno for placing issues concerning them on his priority list. This was made known over the weekend when the elderly in the state, under [&hell...
•INEC staff with ballot boxes Voting has yet to commence in most polling units in today’s rerun election for Ikono/Ini Federal Constituency of Akwa Ibom, due to late arrival of officials from the Independent National Election Commission (INEC). Although there was massive turnout of voters, the late arrival of officials and election materials h...
•Akpabio The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to perish the thought of taking over control of Akwa Ibom State in 2027. It stated that the ploy to use false claims and inciting comments to destabilise the state has failed. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, [&helli...
•Mr Ebong The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Ohanenye has ordered the arrest of an Uyo-based lawyer known as Mr Ebong for assaulting his wife in a viral video. Mr Ebong was seen in the video standing over his bloodied wife who was in her underwear, while several people intervened stopping him from beating her. […]
The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Uyo, has nullified the election of Hon. Emmanuel Ukpongudo, member representing Ikono/Ini Federal Constituency of Akwa Ibom State in the House of Representatives. The tribunal declared the declaration and return of Hon. Emmanuel Ukpongudo by INEC was done in violation of clear provisions of the Electo...
