“The three were children of serving police inspectors in Eket division, we commiserate with the families, it is indeed painful.” The police in Akwa Ibom have confirmed the drowning of three children of police officers in a pool of water at Eket barracks. Odiko Macdon, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, described the
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RESIDENTS of Inen community in OrukAnam local government area of Akwa Ibom State have urged Governor Udom Emmanuel to wade into the frequent killings in the community by rampaging cult groups. It was reported that over 60 lives have been lost so far in Inen village since the supremacy war between Iceland and Dbam confraternities
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Gunmen in Inen Ikot Esse village, Oruk Anam local government area, Akwa Ibom state have invaded a Church and fatally shot one member. The victim, Elder Friday Ufenang, said to be the secretary of his church (name withheld) was shot during the attack and is in critical state in hospital. It was gathered that on
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said it had concluded arrangements to arraign in court, some University lecturers involved in electoral malpractices in Akwa Ibom State, during the 2019 general election. This was disclosed by the Akwa Ibom State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mike Igini, while speaking with reporters in Uyo, the state capital.
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A candidate of the West Africa Examination Council examination has reportedly contracted Coronavirus in Akwa Ibom state as confirmed by Governor Emmanuel Udom. Speaking on Monday August 24 during a media chat in Uyo, the Governor who did not reveal the name of the school said the affected student is asymptomatic. Udom further disclosed that
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The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen.Tukur Buratai, has been ordered by a High Court sitting in Itu, Akwa Ibom State, Friday, to apologise to the Clan Head of Oku Iboku, Ubong Okokon, within 20 days over infringement of his fundamental rights by officers of the Nigerian Army. Justice Ntong Ntong, who presided over the
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Obong Udo Ekpenyong Obong Udo Ekpenyong has been elected as the new state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Akwa Ibom State Chapter with 3,840 votes at the just concluded PDP state congress. Obong Ekpenyong, who is the immediate past Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, will be succeeding Obong Paul Ekpo. A
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Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom has reaffirmed his government’s determination to complete all the ongoing road constructions and other projects in the state. Emmanuel stated this while inspecting some of the ongoing road constructions and other projects in Uyo on Monday. “In line with my second term slogan: ‘Completion Agenda’, I am restating my
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Akwa Ibom State has recorded its first five cases of deadly coronavirus, becoming the 13th state to have the infection in Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known on Wednesday via its Twitter handle. According to the NCDC, Nigeria now has a total of 174 confirmed cases. It tweeted, “Twenty three new
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Officers of the Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base, Ibaka, in the Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, said they have arrested 10 suspected smugglers with 956 bags of rice. The suspects were arrested in three different operations carried out by naval patrol gunboats on February 15, 23 and 25, 2020. The Commanding Officer,
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