Akwa Ibom govt announces burial date for late first lady, Patience Umo Eno
The family of the late First Lady of Akwa Ibom State, Patience Umo Eno, has formally announced her burial arrangements.…
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Human trafficking: NAPTIP rescues 4 girls in Akwa Ibom
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, says it has rescued four girls trafficked from Akwa…
Environmental violations: Akwa Ibom agency to mount surveillance on strategic places in Uyo
Worried by the indiscriminate dumping of refuse and other environmental violations in Akwa Ibom State, especially in Uyo metropolis, the…
Six M-pox cases traced to one household in Akwa Ibom
The National Orientation Agency, NOA, in Akwa Ibom State has said the government traced six Mpox cases to one household…
NOA begins Mpox sensitization in Akwa Ibom as cases hit 8
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) in Akwa Ibom State has begun a sensitization exercise to educate the public on the…
Akwa Ibom lawmaker raises alarm over deplorable state of Calabar/Itu highway
The member representing Ibiono Ibom State constituency at the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Mr Moses Essien has raised…
Police confirm murder, beheading of two suspected cultists in Akwa Ibom
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has confirmed the murder of one Paul Eyo, suspected to be a member of…
PIA: NUPRC asked to account for 3% OPEX revenue from oil companies in Akwa Ibom
Oil producing communities in Akwa Ibom State, civil society organisations as well as the media have called on the Nigerian…
Akwa Ibom Correctional Service gets new controller Okonkwo
The Akwa Ibom State Correctional Service said it has received a new controller, Frank Okonkwo. A statement by the Public…
Gov Eno appoints daughter Akwa Ibom First Lady after wife’s death
Following the death of his wife, Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has named his daughter, Helen Eno-Obareki, as…
Northern Govs mourn Akwa Ibom First Lay, Patience
The Chairman of the Northern States Governors’ Forum and Governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has commiserated with the…
PDP Chieftain in Ebonyi condoles Akwa Ibom governor over wife’s death
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 election in Ebonyi State, Chief Chukwuma Ifeanyi Odii…
HIV anti-stigma law: AkSACA, UNFPA set up rights response team in Akwa Ibom
The Akwa Ibom State Agency for the Control of AIDS (AKSACA) with the United Nations Population Fund(UNFPA) have set up…
BREAKING: Akwa Ibom first lady, Patience Umo Eno is dead
The first lady of Akwa Ibom state, Patience Umo Eno is died. The state Commissioner for Information, Ini Ememobong, made…
My closeness to Akpabio not move to defect – Akwa-Ibom Gov, Eno
Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has dispelled the news making the rounds that his alliance with the Senate…
Akwa Ibom: Gov Eno announces imminent dissolution of State EXCO, boards
Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State said he would soon dissolve the State Executive Council as well as statutory…
EFCC arrests five Chinese for alleged illegal mining in Akwa Ibom
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, said its operatives in Uyo Zonal Command have arrested five Chinese for suspected…
NSCDC rescues 12-year-old girl locked up, tortured for 2 years in Akwa Ibom
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Akwa Ibom Command said it has rescued a 12-year-old girl,…
Lagos, Abia, Akwa Ibom get new police commissioners
The Police Service Commission, PSC, has okayed the appointment of four commissioners of police for Lagos, Abia, Ebonyi, and Akwa…
Workers block Akwa Ibom Poly gates to demand 65 years retirement age
The ongoing strike by the Non-Academic Staff Union of the Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osura, took another dimension on…
NEMA doles out relief materials to Akwa Ibom govt
The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has handed over 24,180 bags of 50kg maize and 5,828 bags of 25kg Garri…
IYC gives Exxonmobil 7 days to clean up oil spill, pay compensation in Akwa Ibom
Following the recent oil spill in Ibeno community, Akwa Ibom State, the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has issued a seven…
Stop labeling young tech talents as criminals – Expert urges security agencies
A tech expert, Hanson Johnson, has appealed to security agencies to stop labelling young tech talents as criminals. Speaking in…
PDP elects chapter executives, national delegates in Akwa Ibom
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State on Saturday, August 10, elected members of the state executive committee…
Akwa Ibom: Monarch begs govt to staff, equip 43-year-old health centre
The paramount ruler of Ibiono Ibom local government area of Akwa Ibom State, Okuku Ime Inyang, has appealed to the…
Akwa Ibom LG poll: PDP conducts primaries, nominates 31 chairmanship candidates
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Akwa Ibom State chapter, has elected its 31 chairmanship and 368 councillorship candidates ahead of…
Akwa Ibom govt urged to increase allocation, ensure fund release for family planning
Following the rising incidents of maternal mortality globally, the Akwa Ibom State government has been urged to increase the budgetary…
Rains, armed security operatives, police restrictions ruin protests in Akwa Ibom
Early morning rains of Thursday and Police restrictions have botched the nationwide planned hunger protest in Akwa Ibom State. The…
We reject faceless protests in Akwa Ibom – Ex-militants warn
Ahead of the planned nationwide protest on August 1, ex-militants under the aegis of “Akwa Ibom Ex-Agitators Forum” have warned…
Akwa Ibom: Police urge protest organisers to submit details of activities
The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, Waheed Ayilara, has urged the organisers of the planned nationwide protest to provide…
Akwa Ibom promises inclusion of TB care in 2025 budget
The Head of Budget, Budget Office of Akwa Ibom State Government, Mr Otu Asuquo, has promised to ensure the inclusion…
NSCDC arrests couple for alleged job scam in Akwa Ibom
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, says it has arrested a couple in Akwa Ibom for scamming thousands…
LG polls: PDP seeks more women in elective offices in Akwa Ibom
Ahead of the October 2024 local government elections in Akwa Ibom State, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has expressed the…
10 pregnant women rescued from baby factory in Akwa Ibom
The Police Command in Akwa Ibom has said it rescued 10 pregnant women from a baby factory operated by a…
Akwa Ibom: Police uncover armoury in private mortuary, arrest kidnapping syndicate
Akwa Ibom State Police Command says it has uncovered an armoury in a private mortuary at Ekeya, Okobo local government…
Akwa Ibom: Community pharmacists seek government intervention to ensure medicine security
Community pharmacists in Akwa Ibom State have raised the alarm over the spike in the cost of medications in Nigeria…
NSCDC parades 8 for allegedly dealing in illegal petroleum products in Akwa Ibom
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, on Saturday, paraded a total of nine suspects over illegal dealings in…
16-floor tower: ‘Shameless politicians think Akwa Ibom people are stupid – lawyer reacts
A human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has dismissed the clarification provided by the Akwa Ibom State government about the proposed…
Agency deploys sanitation marshals for regulation of environmental standards in Akwa Ibom
Akwa Ibom State Environmental Protection and Waste Management Agency (AKSEPWMA) said it has deployed about 100 sanitation marshals to enforce…
18-floor Towers: I wonder if Akwa Ibom is cursed with bad, irresponsible leadership – Effiong knocks Gov Eno
A human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has attacked Governor Umo Eno over his government proposal to start building an “18-floor…
Gunmen abduct naval officer, 7 others in Akwa Ibom
Gunmen on Monday night abducted a naval rating and seven other persons in Ibaka, Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa…
Akwa Ibom lawmaker calls attention to overflowing corked oil wells in his community
The member representing Ibiono Ibom State Constituency, Akwa Ibom State, Moses Essien has alerted on the need to tap some…
Coastal Highway: Construction of Akwa Ibom, Cross River sections kickstarts August – Umahi
The Minister of Works, Sen David Umahi, said the construction of Sections 3b and 4 of the Akwa Ibom-Cross River…
Police kill suspected kidnapper in Akwa Ibom
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has neutralized a suspected kidnapper and rescued a 63-year-old retired Shell Petroleum Company worker.…
Akwa Ibom: Gov Eno appoints ex-NAWOJ chairperson, Ekong wife’s CPS
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has appointed Comrade Uduak Ekong, the immediate past Chairperson of the Nigeria Association…
Cholera outbreak: Akwa Ibom Govt sets precautionary measures
The Akwa Ibom Government has said it has initiated precautionary measures to prevent the outbreak of cholera in the state.…
Uyo: Traders lament as Akwa Ibom Govt demolishes shop extensions
Petty traders in Uyo metropolis are groaning over the demolition of their shops by the Akwa Ibom State Government. Authorities…
Court sentences native doctor to death for kidnapping in Akwa Ibom
Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo, on Friday, sentenced one Sunday George Andrew, also known as Sunday Akpan…
Akpabio, Eno reiterates commitment to development of Akwa Ibom State
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday, has reiterated his resolve to use his good offices, in collaboration with…
Akwa Ibom Govt moves to demote school head over extortion
Akwa Ibom State Government said it has concluded plans to demote a head teacher in one of the public schools…