Akwa Ibom
Supreme Court affirms Umo Eno as Akwa Ibom Governor
The Supreme Court has affirmed Governor Umo Eno of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as the duly elected governor of Akwa-Ibom State. The...
Nigerian Chef, Hilda Baci, breaks Guinness World Record, rubbishes Indian Lata Tondon’s record
The governor’s appearance generated spontaneous excitement among the crowd of youths who gathered in the garden. Hilda’s mother, Mrs. Lynda Brown, and some...
Ahead of March 18 election, Akwa-Ibom Govt waives daily taxes, levies for transporters
In a bid to sway potential voters in the state’s transportation sector ahead of Saturday’s governorship and state assembly polls, Akwa-Ibom Governor Udom...
Demon-possessed Akwa-Ibom prophet bags 21 years in jail for deflowering stepdaughter, 10
A “man of God and prophet”, who blamed the devil for raping his 10-year-old stepdaughter in Akwa-Ibom State, has been sent to prison...
Tinubu’s abuses, insults in Uyo: l will not dignify him with a reply yet — Akwa-Ibom Gov. Emmanuel
"l would prefer to allow peace to reign by ignoring him and focusing on helping install good governance to rescue Nigerians from their...
Serving Senator and Governorship Candidate To Spend 42 Years Behind Bars For Money Laundering
The senator representing Akwa Ibom North East in the National Assembly, Albert Bassey has been sentenced to 42 years in jail for money...
Murder by lethal injection: Guilt-racked 82-year-old monarch with 12 wives, 60 children keeps a date with hangman
The aphorism that “the law is no respecter of persons and will bring good or evil to any, according to his use or...
Fatal raping of Philosophy grad, Umoren: Daredevil Uyo man, Uduak Akpan, gets hangman’s knot
After 16 months of trial for violently raping and killing a graduate job-seeker, a dare-devil Uyo boy, Uduak Akpan, is to get the...
Outrage as Akwa Ibom Judge, Obot, sends human rights lawyer, Effiong, to prison for defending journalist
A human rights lawyer, Mr Inibehe Effiong, was on Wednesday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital, sent to prison by the State Chief...
Hard times: Father, mother sell two daughters for N700,000 to settle debts
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A 40-year-old man has been apprehended by operatives of the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Nigeria Security and...
Woman, husband poison 10-year-old step-son fatally over alleged witchcraft
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A woman, Rita Umoh, and her husband Akan Umoh, have been arrested by the Akwa Ibom State Police...
Mobil to pay out N81.9bn to settle Ibeno oil spill claims in 14 days
A Federal High Court in Abuja, has ordered Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited to pay N81.9 billion as cumulative damages to the oil communities...
Ibom Air Is the Most On-time Airline in Nigeria
If you need to get to your destination on time, you shouldn’t treat every airline in Nigeria equally. Ibom Air has the highest...
14-year-old sex abuse victim in coma after second child birth
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A 14-year-old girl, Grace Ufot, is currently in coma after giving birth to her second child...
10-year-old boy tied, tortured for 18 months by father, stepmother for being ‘possessed’
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A 10-year-old old boy in Ikot Udota, Eket, Akwa Ibom State, has been rescued by the...
Sen. Ndoma-Egba to Gov. Ayade: Save Cross-River Judiciary from quagmire, needless crisis of succession
…extols late legal icon, Mr Oriri Ekom Oriri A former Senate Leader, Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN) has taken a critical look at...
