Akwa Ibom

End of road: Police kill 3, arrest 1 over armed robbery in Akwa Ibom   Three armed robbery suspects have been gunned down by men of the Akwa-Ibom State Police Command, as they were operating at the Niger Delta…

Six states of the federation including Adamawa, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo and Sokoto have dragged the Federal Government before the Supreme Court over the conduct, collation and announcement of the February 25, 2023, Presidential and…

A pro-Biafra group, the Biafra Nations League (BNL), has ordered the closure of borders between Nigeria and Southern Cameroon, in solidarity with the embattled leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.…

The police in Akwa lbom State have arrested a traditional ruler and two other persons for allegedly selling two 500KVA transformers meant for community electrification. The police spokesperson in Akwa Ibom State, Odiko MacDon, who…

The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has passed the bill on the prohibition of open grazing in the state into law. The bill entitled, ‘A Bill for a Law to Prohibit Open Rearing and Grazing of Livestock and Provide for the Establishment…

The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Itu Judicial Division of the state has upheld the ward congress held by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 329 wards of the state on 31 July 2021. Justice Ntong Ntong upheld the election…

Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has called on the Federal Government to adequately compensate the state for the loss of 76 oil wells to Akwa Ibom and ceding of the oil rich Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon in 2002. Ayade made the…

Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, President, Women Arise for Change Initiative, on Monday called for an urgent review of the roles of security agencies, particularly the military, in the nation’s electoral process. Okei-Odumakin made the call in…

A farmer, Mr. Sunday Ido, says periwinkle business can be very lucrative with improved value chain, urging youths to show interest in its harvest and processing. Ido, an agripreneur and owner of Real Farms Ltd., Lagos, made the assertion…

The gubernatorial candidate of the Young Democratic Party (YDP) in Akwa Ibom State, Arch. Otuekong Nya-Etok, has rejected alleged move by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to redeploy the state’s Resident Electoral…