Uduak Udo Umoren, a 48-year-old pastor, and his 34-year-old brother, Emmanuel Udo Umoren, a commercial motorcyclist are the convicted criminals. They were found guilty of the murder of Iboro Akpan…
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Young Girl Gains Admission into University 10 Years After She was Branded a Witch, Tortured and Abandoned in Akwa Ibom
Mary, a young girl who saw hell at her tender age. Called a witch, tortured and abandoned in Akwa Ibom State has been admitted to the university. Recall that a…
Breaking: State chairman of APC in Akwa Ibom, Ini Okopido is dead
The state chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom, Ini Okopido is dead. The Nation reports that a top member of the party in the state confirmed…
Akwa Ibom has spent N3billion to fight Covid-19, says Gov Udom Emmanuel
Akwa Ibom state governor, Udom Emmanuel has stated that his government has spent N3billion so far in the fight against coronavirus pandemic in the state. Governor Emmanuel revealed this on…
Monarch killed in Akwa Ibom as youth leadership crisis deepens
Henry Esimeme, the village head of Nsie community in Okobo Local government Area of Akwa Ibom State has lost his life following the protracted youth leadership crisis rocking the community.…
Ibom Air makes historic landing in Calabar in maiden flight
Ibom Air, an airline owned by the Akwa Ibom State Government, made a historic touchdown at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport, in the paradise city of Calabar on Monday, July…
Actress Ini Edo Re-appointed Special Adviser To Gov Udom Emmanuel
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has reappointed Nollywood actress, Ini Edo, as special adviser on culture and tourism. The 38-year-old screen diva announced the reappointment via an Instagram…
Gov Emmanuel Udom lifts ban on weddings and burials, laments lack of FG’s support
The Akwa Ibom State government has lifted the ban on weddings and burials which was imposed in March following the outbreak of Coronavirus. Residents of the state who wish to…
Pastor arrested for allegedly raping 16-year-old girl inside his church during deliverance
A 35-year-old pastor identified as Nnamso Friday Jacob a.k.a ‘Major Prophet Honesty Jesus,’ has been arrested by the police command in Akwa Ibom state for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl inside his church. The 16-year-old…
Rapists to get life imprisonment in Akwa Ibom
Governor Emmanuel Udom has signed the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Law , VAPPL, 2020, which empowers judges to hand down life imprisonment to anyone convicted of rape in Akwa Ibom state. …
DSS finally frees journalist detained for allegedly defaming commissioner in Akwa Ibom
Akwa Ibom based Journalist, Kufre Carter has finally regained freedom. Carter who works with XL 106.9 FM Uyo in Akwa Ibom state was arrested for allegedly defaming Dominic Ukpong, the…
How Akwa Ibom’s governor, DSS allegedly connive to keep Journalist in detention despite meeting his bail
The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, and the Department of State Services have been accused of conniving to keep Kufre Carter, a sports journalist working with XL 106.9 FM…
‘Please let me see my son” Mother of journalist, Kufre Carter detained by DSS in Akwa Ibom, cries out (video)
The mother of a Nigerian journalist, Kufre Carter, has made a passionate appeal for the Department of State Security DSS to allow her to see her son who is in their…
COVID-19 Lockdown: Akwa Ibom intercepts and buries corpse smuggled from Lagos
Akwa Ibom state government has said it has intercepted and buried a corpse smuggled into the state from Lagos State in an ambulance. The Commissioner for health, Dr. Dominic Ukpong…
Doctor dies in Akwa Ibom of suspected coronavirus
The owner of San Dominique Hospital Uyo, Doctor Dominic Essien, has died after displaying symptoms of COVID-19. Essien was said to have fallen sick with a week long fever, cough…
Policeman demoted for assaulting a medical doctor over Coronavirus lockdown in Akwa Ibom
A police officer deployed to the Akwa Ibom State command has been demoted for assaulting a medical doctor while enforcing the stay-at-home order of the Akwa Ibom government. The Akwa Ibom State government…
Corps Member Dies in NYSC Orientation Camp in Akwa Ibom
Mrs Queen Eziuche, a member of the National Youths Service Corps deployed to Akwa Ibom State, died on Sunday morning at the Orientation Camp in Ikot Itie Udung in the…
Mother starves, tortures, locks up daughter in toilet for years, after pastor said she’s possessed by demon
A mother has been accused of locking up and torturing her 13-year-old daughter over alleged witchcraft and demonic possession in Oron, Akwa Ibom State. According to Child’s Rights and Rehabilitation…
