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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News
Tuesday, July 19th, 2016
Etim Ekpimah, Uyo A police inspector attached to Mkpat Enin Police Division in Akwa Ibom State has allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl at gunpoint. The victim, a senior secondary pupil of Community Secondary School in the area, on Tuesday said she was returning from church on Thursday, last week, when a police team accosted her. […]
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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016
Give-Back: U.S Group Donates To Students In Eket Communities Students of Eket Modern High School, Ekpene Obo and its Primary School counterpart, Qua Iboe Church Primary School, Ekpene Obo, all in Esit Eket and that of Government Secondary School, Afaha Eket and pupils of St. Gregory Primary School, Ikot Ebok all in Eket Local Government […]
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Akwa Ibom, Education, Headlines, State News
Saturday, February 20th, 2016
-Vanguard Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom says the state will soon implement the one teacher one subject policy in public primary schools in Akwa Ibom. Emmanuel stated this in Eket at the inauguration of five renovated classrooms block at St. Paul’s Lutheran School in Ikot Ibiok, Eket, on Saturday. Mr Andrew Okon renovated […]
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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News
Friday, February 5th, 2016
A’ Ibom: Woman, 41, dies during stampede for N1m gov’s gift Etim Ekpimah, Uyo A 41-year-old food seller, Mrs. Lizzy Offiong, has died while struggling for a share of the N1m the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, gave to Mbiaobong market women. It was learnt that the woman, who sold food around the […]
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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News
Thursday, February 4th, 2016
By Tom Moses Just like Macbeth, in Shakespeare’s play of same name, murdered sleep and could no longer sleep, 22-year-old Ndifreke Joseph Clement, disturbed by sleepless nights and traumatic experiences after murdering his 23-year-old cousin, Ubong Edet, surrendered himself to police six months after the crime. culpritClement… I don’t have peace of mind anymore. Clement, […]
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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, January 19th, 2016
By TOM MOSES IKOT AKPAN UDO—WHY is the Akwa-Ibom State Government observably indifferent in bringing to book the armed youths, who in August 2008, invaded the peaceful Ikot-Akpan Udo community, Ukpum Ette clan, Ikot –Abasi Local Government Area of the state, killing 13 persons and razing over 500 houses despite the cries of the people […]
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Akwa Ibom, Anthony A. Kila, Ebonyi, Headlines, Kogi, State News, Yobe, Zamfara
Monday, November 9th, 2015
CGPI October Report: Kogi, Yobe, Ebonyi, Zamfara and Akwa Ibom are worst performing states. ….CGPI October panel focuses on salary payment The Governors of Kogi, Yobe, Ebonyi, Zamfara and Akwa Ibom have been judged to be Nigerian worst performing States Governors of the month based on a comparative analysis of Governors performance in Nigeria. […]
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Akwa Ibom, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85), Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, State News
Friday, October 23rd, 2015
By Henry Umoru & Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA—The Presidency and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday engaged in war of words over President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption crusade following the grilling of former Akwa Ibom State Governor and Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The opposition party while describing […]
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Akwa Ibom, Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, INEC Politics, State News
Thursday, October 22nd, 2015
The Akwa Ibom State governorship tribunal has ordered for a rerun of the governorship election in the state. The Tribunal ordered Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct re-run election in 18 local government areas of the state. There are 31 LGs in Akwa Ibom. Giving its verdict on Wednesday, the Tribunal said it was […]
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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, October 20th, 2015
As petitioner fires new petition to Buhari By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor After two days of grilling over a corruption petition concerning the eight years of his stewardship as Governor of Akwa Ibom State, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is now weighing options on whether it had gathered enough evidence to charge […]
