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'Happy Hour Governor'! PDP’s Umo Eno Declared Winner of Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election

The Governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party PDP in Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno has been declared winner of the state governorship election.According to results collated by INEC, Eno polled a total of 356,348 votes to defeat Bassey Albert of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), who came second with 136,262 votes. Akan Udofia of

PDP Gubernatorial Candidate In Akwa-Ibom Wants To Introduce "Happy Hour" on Fridays (VIDEO)

“Every Friday I’ll have what I call happy hour… alcohol will be subsidized “- PDP Gubernatorial Candidate in Akwa Ibom State said during his recent campaign in hope of gaining more voters from the region. [size=14pt] Click Here To Watch Video [/size]
Akwa Ibom Govt Suspends All Levies And Daily Tickets To Tricycle And Minibus Operators

Ahead of Saturday's election, the Akwa Ibom State Government has suspended all levies and daily tickets to tricycle and minibus operators in the Uyo metropolis. A statement by the state Commissioner for Transport, Uno Etim Uno, on Monday, said the gesture was to cushion the ongoing cash crunch and other challenges suffered by transporters as

Akwa Ibom Gubernatorial: Supreme Court Affirms Udofia as APC Candidate as Enang Loses

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, upheld Akan Udofia’s nomination as the Akwa Ibom state governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC).The unanimous judgement was delivered on Tuesday by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun.The court struck out Ita Enang’s appeal and upheld the January 19th judgement of the Court of Appeal which confirmed th
Court Orders Akwa Ibom State Govt To Pay N2mmillion to Trader Wrongfully Jailed For 8yrs

The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Ikot Ekpene has ordered the State Government to pay N2million for the wrongful incarceration of a trader, Idaraobong Sunday Dickson.Justice Ntong Ntong ordered that 28-year-old Dickson be paid the sum for his rehabilitation after suffering in prison for eight years over allegations of armed robbery and rap

37Yr Old Prophet, Peter Essien Sentence To 21Yrs In Jail For [email protected] Stepdaughter In Akwa Ibom

The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Okoita, Ibiono Ibom local government, has sentenced a Prophet, Anwana Peter Essien, to 21 years in prison for raping his 10-year-old stepdaughter. The 37-year-old prophet was convicted of raping the JSS One student on August 9, 2019. The incident happened when the victim and her younger sister were brough
2023: 2 Persons Dead, 2 Injured In Election Violence In Akwa Ibom

Two persons have died after being shot in Etim Ekpo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State during the Saturday presidential elections.Speaking on the security situation in the area, the returning officer, Prof. Felicia Ebuh, said two persons were shot dead while two others sustained injuries.The injured were hospitalised.Ebuh stated that there w

Obi Win One LGA As Atiku Leads With Wide Margin In Akwa Ibom, Sweeps 14 LGAs

As the collation of the 2023 presidential election result is ongoing at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, at Udoudoma Avenue, Uyo Akwa Ibom State, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alh Atiku Abubakar is leading with wide margin ahead of his opponents.The PDP presidential candidate has won
Photos of Children Stolen From Abia, Akwa Ibom And Rivers State

The Anambra State Police Command has called on the public especially residents of Abia, Akwa-Ibom, and Rivers State to help identify these children, for a possible reunion with their parents. A statement released by the spokesperson of the command, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, gave the names of the minors as David Frang, Male, Age: 8yrs, Sarah Frang, fema

Army Arrests Yahoo Boys For Snatching Man’s Manhood In Akwa Ibom

Some suspected internet fraudsters aka yahoo boys have been arrested around the Ibom Plaza area of Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital on Monday after a man claimed that his manhood had been snatched. Leadership Newspaper reported that the victim, who identified himself as Patrick Peters, a member of the youths volunteers in the MOD Department of Chr
648 ATM Cards Recovered From Man Arrested For Selling New Naira Notes in Akwa Ibom

The EFCC yesterday at Akwa Ibom, arrested one Mr. Innocent Ukpe Imoh for allegedly selling the new redesigned banknotes.It was gathered that 220 ATMs were also found in Imoh’s house, while 428 ATMs were found in his car.Details Later...In the same vein, the anti-graft agency has since arrested one of the ladies in the viral video where some pers

Tinubu Insulted Over 7.9m Akwa Ibom People Instead Of Selling His Manifesto – Gov Emmanuel

Udom Emmanuel, the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, has slammed Bola Tinubu. He has said Tinubu, the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, was incapable of selling his manifesto despite the conducive atmosphere the state government provided for him to flag off his campaigns rally in the state. Udom claimed Tinubu has proven to the p
Akwa Ibom Residents Raise Alarm Over Banks’ Rejection Of Old Notes

Residents of Akwa Ibom State, have raised the alarm over rejection of the old Naira notes by some commercials banks, almost one week before the January 31, 2023 deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to phase out the notes.Some Banks’ customers raised the alarm on Thursday when officials of the CBN led by the Branch Controller Uyo, Mr

Akpabio Restored By Supreme Court As A’Ibom APC Senatorial Candidate

The Supreme Court on Friday restored former Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, as the senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress for Akwa Ibom North Senatorial District.In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, the apex court upheld the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja which in September last year
Drama As Four Are Arrested For Extorting Fisherman In Akwa Ibom

As many as four men who are suspected to be officials of the Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Transportation or their agents have been arrested in Akwa Ibom.They were arrested by the youths in Ibaka Mbo local government area, for “illegally extorting” cash from unsuspecting fishermen under fictitious name.The suspects were arrested last week and ha

Tension In Akwa Ibom Communities Over Killings, Destruction Of Properties

There have been some uneasiness and tensions which have enveloped the sleepy Ekoli community in Afikpo South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State following violent clash between youths of the area and operatives of Ebubeagu security outfit.The clash, which took place on Monday, 26th December, 2022, led to the death of three persons, including a p

Mysterious Fire Burns Two Children Of Same Parents To Death In Akwa Ibom

A mysterious fire has burnt two children of same parents aged 6 and 3 to death in Udo Imuk Street, in Eket local government area of Akwa Ibom state, causing grief among residents of the area.It was gathered that the children were locked inside the one room apartment by their parents who went out to get something expecting to return home shortly.Th

Mammoth Crowd Welcomes Senator Akpan Back From Prison In Akwa Ibom

Thousands of supporters of the Young Democratic Party, YPP, governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom, Senator Albert Bassey Akpan, have stormed the streets of Uyo to welcome the politician back from prison.Recall that on December 1, 2022, an Uyo Federal High Court, led by Justice Agatha Okeke sentenced the Senator to 42 years imprisonment for corruptio
Akwa Ibom State Police Arrest Man Who Beat Daughter To Death For Using His Phone To Call BF

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command on Friday paraded one Akaninyene Sunday Okokon who allegedly beat his 16-year-old daughter to death for using his phone to call her boyfriend.Commissioner of Police Olatoye Durosinmi in a press conference at the command’s headquarters in Ikot Akpanabia, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital, said: “On 11th December 20

SAD: Akwa Ibom Gov. Umahi’s Aide, Sunday Agwu Dies In Boxing Day Auto Crash

The Coordinator of Ishielu Development Centre, Ishielu Local Government Area, Ebonyi State, Sunday Agwu has died in an automobile accident. Agwu, one of the strong men in Umahi’s administration, died in the morning of Boxing Day.There were two accounts of how he died. One account has it that he died while on transit, while the other accoun
Okada Rider, Anietie Bassey Etim Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Defiling 13 Year Old Girl In Akwa-Ibom

Anietie Bassey Etim, a 36-year-old commercial motorcycle operator locally known as “okada” has been jailed in Akwa Ibom.The man was sentenced to 20 years in prison by an Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo for raping a 13-year-old girl.The convict, Anietie Bassey Etim, a native of Ikot Itie Udung in Nsit Atai Local Government Area, was said to h

Shock As Youth Leader Is Beheaded By Suspected Cultists In Akwa Ibom

Mr Hezekiah Adaiden, the Youth President of Inen community in OrukAnam Local Government Area of Akwa- Ibom state has been gruesomely murdered by suspected cultists who beheaded him and escaped with his head. The unfortunate incident happened last Sunday, December 18, 2022, when he was hosting a group of young men in his compound, An eyewitness sai
Man, Kingsley Etim Eyo Who Abducted Cousin Bags 10 Years Jail Term In Akwa Ibom

Akwa Ibom State High Court in Okoita, Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area, on Monday sentenced one Kingsley Etim Eyo, 34, to 10 years in prison for abducting his six-year-old cousin, Goodnews Essien.It was established that Eyo, a native of Ikot Otoinyie village in Uruan Local Government Area connived with his friend and abducted the boy in 2018 and

5 Persons Reportedly Killed, Others Seriously Injured As Rival Cult Group Clash In Akwa Ibom

five persons have been reportedly killed and others seriously injured as rival cult groups clashed Tuesday night around the popular Ibom plaza along Ikot Ekpene Road in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital.Some eyewitnesses who were around the Ibom Plaza axis yesterday said the fracas which started about 6:30pm on Tuesday caused residents within the a
Over 6 Years After Commissioning, Akwa Ibom's N25bn Hotel Opened For Business Today

A multi-billion naira hotel, Four Points by Sheraton, in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, is now ready to receive guests, over six years after it was “commissioned” by the administration of then Governor Godswill Akpabio.“The doors of Four Points by Sheraton, Ikot Ekpene, will be opened for commencement of business at 5 p.m. today (12 December)

Three Suspects Land In Police Net Over NYSC Lodge Robbery In Akwa Ibom

Three persons have been arrested by the Operatives of Nigeria Police Force, Akwa Ibom State command, in connection with the robbery at the National Youth Service Corps lodge in the State.It could be recalled that the suspects had in July invaded the lodge located along Udo Ekong Ekwere street, off Information Drive and made away with corps members

Akwa Ibom Police Arrest Man, Sunday Sampson Over 13Yr Old Pregnant Girl’s Death

Akwa Ibom State Police command on Thursday said it has arrested one Sunday Sampson over the demise of a 13-year-old girl whom he allegedly impregnated and secretly procured an abortion which led to her deathThe Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Odiko MacDon who disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Uyo, said the Commissioner
Former CAN Chairman In Akwa Ibom, Apostle Tom Etim Is Dead

The immediate past Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Oron Chapter, Akwa Ibom State, Senior Apostle Tom Etim is dead.The Apostle, who was the founder and General Overseer of Power Tower Mission International, was said to have died after a brief illness.This was contained in a statement signed by the Secretary of the Church Mana
Akwa Ibom AAC Dep. Governorship Candidate, Carolyna Hutchings Shows Off Her Banging Body

Nollywood actress, now business woman and the running mate to Iboro Otu, the governorship candidate of the African Action Congress in Akwa Ibom, Carolyna Hutchings has shown off her banging body.Caro who intends to rule Akwa Ibom under AAC as a Deputy Governor, shared the picture today on her Instagram page.She captured it; ‘’Life is for the
Akwa Ibom YPP Governorship Candidate Sentenced To 42-Year Imprisonment

The governorship candidate of the Young Progressives party in the state, Bassey Akpan, has been jailed. He was sentenced to 42 years imprisonment for corruption by the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, on Thursday. The presiding judge, Justice Agatha Okeke, convicted the YPP candidate on six charges bordering on money

Akwa Ibom News, Photos and Videos

'Happy Hour Governor'! PDP’s Umo Eno Declared Winner of Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election

PDP Gubernatorial Candidate In Akwa-Ibom Wants To Introduce "Happy Hour" on Fridays (VIDEO)

Akwa Ibom Govt Suspends All Levies And Daily Tickets To Tricycle And Minibus Operators

Akwa Ibom Gubernatorial: Supreme Court Affirms Udofia as APC Candidate as Enang Loses

Court Orders Akwa Ibom State Govt To Pay N2mmillion to Trader Wrongfully Jailed For 8yrs

37Yr Old Prophet, Peter Essien Sentence To 21Yrs In Jail For [email protected] Stepdaughter In Akwa Ibom

2023: 2 Persons Dead, 2 Injured In Election Violence In Akwa Ibom

Obi Win One LGA As Atiku Leads With Wide Margin In Akwa Ibom, Sweeps 14 LGAs

Photos of Children Stolen From Abia, Akwa Ibom And Rivers State

Army Arrests Yahoo Boys For Snatching Man’s Manhood In Akwa Ibom

648 ATM Cards Recovered From Man Arrested For Selling New Naira Notes in Akwa Ibom

Tinubu Insulted Over 7.9m Akwa Ibom People Instead Of Selling His Manifesto – Gov Emmanuel

Akwa Ibom Residents Raise Alarm Over Banks’ Rejection Of Old Notes

Akpabio Restored By Supreme Court As A’Ibom APC Senatorial Candidate

Drama As Four Are Arrested For Extorting Fisherman In Akwa Ibom

Tension In Akwa Ibom Communities Over Killings, Destruction Of Properties

Mysterious Fire Burns Two Children Of Same Parents To Death In Akwa Ibom

Mammoth Crowd Welcomes Senator Akpan Back From Prison In Akwa Ibom

Akwa Ibom State Police Arrest Man Who Beat Daughter To Death For Using His Phone To Call BF

SAD: Akwa Ibom Gov. Umahi’s Aide, Sunday Agwu Dies In Boxing Day Auto Crash

Okada Rider, Anietie Bassey Etim Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Defiling 13 Year Old Girl In Akwa-Ibom

Shock As Youth Leader Is Beheaded By Suspected Cultists In Akwa Ibom

Man, Kingsley Etim Eyo Who Abducted Cousin Bags 10 Years Jail Term In Akwa Ibom

5 Persons Reportedly Killed, Others Seriously Injured As Rival Cult Group Clash In Akwa Ibom

Over 6 Years After Commissioning, Akwa Ibom's N25bn Hotel Opened For Business Today

Three Suspects Land In Police Net Over NYSC Lodge Robbery In Akwa Ibom

Akwa Ibom Police Arrest Man, Sunday Sampson Over 13Yr Old Pregnant Girl’s Death

Former CAN Chairman In Akwa Ibom, Apostle Tom Etim Is Dead

Akwa Ibom AAC Dep. Governorship Candidate, Carolyna Hutchings Shows Off Her Banging Body

Akwa Ibom YPP Governorship Candidate Sentenced To 42-Year Imprisonment

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