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					Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News
					Tuesday, December 24th, 2013
					
						
											
				
			
				
			Her Excellency, Unoma Akpabio was recently reported in one of the local tabloids to have attended the Child Dedication Ceremony of one of her husband’s aides. At the event which held at Insight Bible Church, Uyo, she is claimed to have made certain statements which are as undemocratic as they are inane. Apparently taking a […]
			
				
							 
						
			
				
				
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					Akwa Ibom, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, State News
					Tuesday, December 24th, 2013
					
						
											
				
			
By Thomas Thomas / NNP / Dec. 24, 2013 – Her Excellency, Unoma Akpabio was recently reported in one of the local tabloids to have attended the Child Dedication Ceremony of one of her husband’s aides. At the event which held at Insight Bible Church, Uyo, she is claimed to have made certain statements which […]
			
				
							 
						
			
				
				
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					Akwa Ibom, Headlines, Rivers, State News
					Sunday, October 20th, 2013
					
						
											
				
			
				
			  Goodness A police sergeant from Ibiaku community, Mkpat Enin Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Ita Ayamba, has allegedly brutalised and abandoned his eight-year-old daughter, Goodness Ayamba over her refusal to confess to witchcraft. Ita was said to have paraded the little girl along the village streets naked, declaring that Goodness was […]
			
				
							 
						
			
				
				
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					Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News
					Saturday, October 5th, 2013
					
						
											
				
			
				
			  Governor Godswill Akpabio | credits: File copy Governor Godswill Akpabio of AkwaIbom State, on Friday, attributed the many  problems in the country to false prophecies by some clergymen. A statement sent to Sunday Punch by the Special Assistant to the governor on  Media, Mr. Jackson Udom said the governor made the observation at a […]
			
				
							 
						
			
				
				
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					Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News
					Sunday, September 1st, 2013
					
						
											
				
			
				
			Press Release: National Summit Group We HAVE No HANDS IN THE PROPOSED NATIONAL SUMMIT AT UYO The Nigerian National Summit group (NNSG) wishes to bring to the notice of all Nigerians that the proposed NationalPolitical Summit scheduled to take place at Uyo, Akwa Ibom State is being organized by a distinct body, Project Nigeria which […]
			
				
							 
						
			
				
				
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					Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News
					Friday, August 9th, 2013
					
						
											
				
			
				
			The South-South Youth Assembly has condemned what it described as media attacks on the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Godswill  Akpabio, by a group in Kaduna  under the aegies of Northern Emancipation Network. In a statement  by the group’s president, Mr. Ben Jaja, and Secretary, Mr. Joseph Tenelaibe, on Thursday, the group condemned the northern […]
			
				
							 
						
			
				
				
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					Akwa Ibom, Articles, Columnists, David Emma, NNP Columnists, State News
					Sunday, August 4th, 2013
					
						
											
				
			
By David Emma | Uyo, Nigeria | August 5, 2013 – In what appears to be their personal estates, the brothers of the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio have remained unruffled in their continued milking of the treasury of the 31 local government in the state. A source close to the Local Government […]
			
				
							 
						
			
				
				
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					Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News
					Tuesday, July 30th, 2013
					
						
											
				
			
				
			From JOE EFFIONG, Uyo Uncertainty reigned yesterday in Akwa Ibom State as Governor Godswill Akpabio visited the home of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr. Umana Okon Umana’s office. As at the time of filing this report, Akpabio was in Umana’s private residence in Ewet Housing Estate, thus heightening the speculation that Umana […]
			
				
							 
						
			
				
				
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					Akwa Ibom, Headlines, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, State News
					Friday, July 19th, 2013
					
						
											
				
			
				
			Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, met behind closed doors in Abuja on Thursday to deliberate on the polarisation of the Peoples Democratic Party governors. It was gathered that at the meeting, Akpabio also solicited Obasanjo’s support for President Goodluck Jonathan’s second term bid in 2015. Akpabio, who chairs the […]
			
				
							 
						
			
				
				
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					Akwa Ibom, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Legislature, Presidency, Rivers, Senate, State News
					Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
					
						
											
				
			
				
			The Peoples Democratic Party caucus in the Senate has resolved to wade into the prolonged confrontation between President Goodluck Jonathan and Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi. It will also mediate in the conflict between Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, and Senator Aloysius Etok. Leader of the Senate, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, said the PDP caucus […]