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  • Witchcraft is Seriously Hindering The Fight Against Cancer In Akwa Ibom - Ella Obott

    . Witchcraft is Seriously Hindering The Fight Against Cancer In Akwa Ibom - Ella Obott

     Ella Obott The widespread belief in witchcraft is hindering the fight against cancer in Akwa Ibom State, a campaigner against the dreaded disease, Ella Obott, has said. Ms. Obott said there was a growing tendency for people in the state to attribute cancer to some witchcraft powers. “That is actually one impression I am trying to correct in th
  • PHOTOS: Two Notorious Female Thieves Arrested In Akwa Ibom

    . PHOTOS: Two Notorious Female Thieves Arrested In Akwa Ibom

     Nemesis finally caught up with two alleged female thieves, who specialized in robbing shops, supermarket, boutiques and restaurants in Akwa Ibom State under the pretence of wanting to buy goods. The suspects identified as Grace Ekpo and Mfon Daniel from Itiam Ikot Ebia, Uyo Local Government, were nabbed by some members of the public and handed ove
  • Thief Disguised As A Passenger Used Machete to Brutally Slash Okadaman in Akwa Ibom

    . Thief Disguised As A Passenger Used Machete to Brutally Slash Okadaman in Akwa Ibom

     An Okada man is fighting for his life after a thief who disguised as a customer attacked him and stole his motorcycle. A heartless thief who disguised as a passenger has left a 19-years-old Okada rider unconscious after he repeatedly slashed him with machete. It was gathered that the thief tricked the young Okada rider to a bush before unleashing
  • Policeman and ";Keke Napep"; Driver in Fist Fight Over Accident in Akwa Ibom (PHOTOS)

    . Policeman and ";Keke Napep"; Driver in Fist Fight Over Accident in Akwa Ibom (PHOTOS)

     A Keke driver and a police officer, yesterday, engaged in a scuffle along Oron road, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State following an accident blamed on the cop.According to eyewitness report, the policeman jumped into the Keke,while dragging the steering with driver, the vehicle somersaulted leaving the passengers seriously injured and bleeding.
  • SMH! Father Of Five Caught Red Handed Stealing Plantain In Akwa Ibom State - Photos

    . SMH! Father Of Five Caught Red Handed Stealing Plantain In Akwa Ibom State - Photos

     The Police in Akwa Ibom state on thursday, arrested a married man with five children for stealing plantain. The man who identified as Mr Victor Ekpo Okon of Afaha Atai village in Akwa Ibom state was caught red handed after stealing the bunch of plantain. Could it be recession, devil or laziness?
  • Jungle Justice: Man Set Ablaze for Trying to Steal "Okada" in Akwa Ibom (PHOTOS)

    . Jungle Justice: Man Set Ablaze for Trying to Steal "Okada" in Akwa Ibom (PHOTOS)

     A man was burnt to death this morning by an aggrieved crowd for allegedly attempting to snatch a motorcycle from a victima in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom state. According to report, his alleged partner in crime zoomed off and left him behind for the angry crowd -after seeing that their plan had failed. The unlucky one was caught and immediately set abl
  • ";Ogogoro"; Seller Kills Himself Leaving Suicide Note Blaming Buhari in Akwa Ibom

    . ";Ogogoro"; Seller Kills Himself Leaving Suicide Note Blaming Buhari in Akwa Ibom

     A 50-year-old Akwa Ibom State indigene, identified as Chief Ekanem Edet, has reportedly committed suicide.Edet, a former Secretary of the Mbiabong Village Council, popularly called Jolly Boy, was said to have hung himself to death and was seen dangling from a rope tied to the roof of his room at Mbiabong Itam in Itu Local Government Area of the st
  • Akwa Ibom Women: Why We'll Protest N*ked to Summon Wrath of the gods Against FG

    . Akwa Ibom Women: Why We'll Protest N*ked to Summon Wrath of the gods Against FG

    According to a shocking report, the angry women of Obotim Nsit community in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa-Ibom State, have vowed to protest nude to summon the wrath of the gods against the federal government and a gas company whose pipeline was blown up in the community by the Niger Delta Avengers in July 24, for allegedly abandoning the
  • Chaos In Akwa Ibom State House As Ex-Militants Storm Premises Over Unpaid Entitlements - Photos

    . Chaos In Akwa Ibom State House As Ex-Militants Storm Premises Over Unpaid Entitlements - Photos

     A fierce gun battle has allegedly taken place between the police and some armed ex-militants who tried to take over the government house. Ex-militants in Akwa-Ibom state have invaded the State government house and engaged the police in a fierce shoot-out after the government of Ben Ayade allegedly refused to pay them their allowances and entitleme
  • Akwa Ibom State Teachers Start Serious Fasting & Prayers Over Unpaid Salaries - Photos

    . Akwa Ibom State Teachers Start Serious Fasting & Prayers Over Unpaid Salaries - Photos

     Akwa Ibom workers have taken the bull by the horns by fasting and praying over their long standing predicament. The teachers who got their appointment letter from State Secondary education board (SUBEB) but are yet to posted or their salaries paid since April 2015 gathered at Ibom Plaza, Uyo in Akwa Ibom today to seek the face of God, so as to cha
  • Danish Aid Worker Who Rescued Witch Child In Akwa Ibom Builds Children Center In Nigeria -Photos

    . Danish Aid Worker Who Rescued Witch Child In Akwa Ibom Builds Children Center In Nigeria -Photos

     Danish aid worker, Anja Ringgren Lovén, who rescued and rehabilitated a little boy that was accused of witchcraft and abandoned by his family in Akwa Ibom, shared these photos of a Children's center she's currently building in Nigeria. According to Anja, her charitable organization DINNødhjælp bought a very big piece of land here in N
  • PHOTO: Four Teenagers Arrested In Akwa Ibom For Alleged Trading In Human Parts

    . PHOTO: Four Teenagers Arrested In Akwa Ibom For Alleged Trading In Human Parts

     4 teenagers were recently nabbed in Mbo State Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State when they went looking for a buyer of a human skull in their possession.The Akwa Ibom State Police Public Relations Officer, Delia Nwawe, said the suspects were arrested by officers of the Criminal Investigation Department(CID) on receiving an alert from vigilan
  • Gas Pipeline Explodes Causing Panic in Akwa Ibom State. (PHOTOS)

    . Gas Pipeline Explodes Causing Panic in Akwa Ibom State. (PHOTOS)

     A gas pipeline last night exploded and caught fire in Akwa Ibom State in Nsit Ibom near Obotim Nsit. The flame of the burning gas pipeline has turned the sky in many parts of the state red due to its magnitude. The real cause of the explosion is not yet known. Fire fighters are really battling to calm the situation. Its not clear if the action is
  • Four Young Men Caught Trying to Sell a Human Skull in Akwa Ibom – Photo

    . Four Young Men Caught Trying to Sell a Human Skull in Akwa Ibom – Photo

     The Akwa Ibom State Police Command on Thursday arrested four teenage boys who allegedly trade in human parts.The teenagers were arrested by operatives of the Criminal Investigation Department, CID, when they were reportedly looking for a buyer of a human skull in their possession.Confirming the arrest to newsmen while parading the suspects – Emm
  • SMH! Police Inspector Molests 15 Year Old Girl at Gunpoint in Akwa Ibom

    . SMH! Police Inspector Molests 15 Year Old Girl at Gunpoint in Akwa Ibom

     A police inspector attached to Mkpat Enin Police Division in Akwa Ibom State has allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl at gunpoint. The victim, a senior secondary pupil of Community Secondary School in the area, on Tuesday said she was returning from church on Thursday, last week, when a police team accosted her.She explained that the inspector point
  • PHOTOS: Female Corps Member Burnt To Death Beyond Recognition In Akwa Ibom Buried Amid Tears

    . PHOTOS: Female Corps Member Burnt To Death Beyond Recognition In Akwa Ibom Buried Amid Tears

     The remains of the female NYSC corps member who was burnt to death in an accident some weeks ago has been laid to rest in her home town in Imo state as friends and well wishers shivered down to their spines. We reported it here a few weeks ago that a female National Youth Servive Corps (NYSC) member was burnt to death alongside a young boy who w
  • Konji Tinz! Church Elder Stuck With Friend';s Wife During Lovemaking in Akwa Ibom

    . Konji Tinz! Church Elder Stuck With Friend';s Wife During Lovemaking in Akwa Ibom

     [size=9pt] file photo only used for illustrative purpose [/size]Residents of a remote community in the Ibiono Ibom Local Government of Akwa Ibom State were recently greeted with a odious occurrence in which a man named Elder Ndarake who was s*xually involved with the wife of his best friend got stuck inside of her during a heat s*x romp. According
  • Photo Of The Female Corps Member Who Got Burnt Beyond Recognition In Fatal Crash In Akwa Ibom

    .. Photo Of The Female Corps Member Who Got Burnt Beyond Recognition In Fatal Crash In Akwa Ibom

     Pictured below is the Corp member who allegedly burnt beyond recognition in fatal accident which occurred in Mbiokporo Nsit in Nsit Ibom LGA, Akwa Ibom about 3pm on Wednesday June 22. The driver of the vehicle allegedly escaped. Story here Graphic photo here [hr] For more scintillating and juicy stories, follow the official Naijapa
  • Breaking News!!! The Niger Delta Avengers Blows Up NNPC Pipeline in Akwa Ibom

    . Breaking News!!! The Niger Delta Avengers Blows Up NNPC Pipeline in Akwa Ibom

     In a tweet posted on Thursday morning, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), who is responsible for most attacks on oil installations in the Niger Delta region, has revealed that it has a blown up a pipeline of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Akwa Ibom state. “ At 4:00am @NDAvengers blow up NNPC Pipeline in Oruk Anam local governm
  • Photos: Man Electrocuted to Death While Stealing Electric Cables in Akwa Ibom

    .Photos: Man Electrocuted to Death While Stealing Electric Cables in Akwa Ibom

     A vandal who specializes in the theft of power cables has met his waterloo in the line of a failed criminal operation.  According to a Facebook user by the name Iniofon Okon, a young man who sneaked into a transformer unit located along Grace Road in Eket Local Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, was electrocuted as he was trying to ste
  • Man Arrested With Human Skulls and Three Locally Made Guns in Akwa Ibom (PHOTOS)

    . Man Arrested With Human Skulls and Three Locally Made Guns in Akwa Ibom (PHOTOS)

     The Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command, has arrested one Godwin Okon, 35, from Effiat community in Mbo Local Government Area for allegedly possessing two skulls and three locally-made guns. The police also linked the murder of Addax Petroleum staff to Okon and his group, Daybam Confraternity, adding that they had been
  • PHOTOS: Akwa Ibom Gov. Distributes 4 Litres Of Kerosine To Mark His 365 Days In Office

    . PHOTOS: Akwa Ibom Gov. Distributes 4 Litres Of Kerosine To Mark His 365 Days In Office

     According to reports, the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel yesterday distributed 4 litres of kerosene to the people of the State to mark his 365 days in office. See how people turned out for the distribution below....... [hr] For more scintillating and juicy stories, follow the official Naijapals accounts On Twitter -
  • See the Pathetic Way School Students Write Exams on the Floor in Akwa Ibom State (PHOTO)

    . See the Pathetic Way School Students Write Exams on the Floor in Akwa Ibom State (PHOTO)

     A photo making waves on the internet has revealed the really pathetic state of some schools in Akwa Ibom state. The photo above is sparking outrage on social media after its release.Pictured are some students of Community Secondary School, Ikot Ewang, Nsit Ubim L.G.A, Akwa Ibom State, writing their examinations, not on their seats, but on their cl
  • Traffickers Impregnate and Abandons A 13 Years Old Girl In Uyo, Akwa Ibom (Photos)

    . Traffickers Impregnate and Abandons A 13 Years Old Girl In Uyo, Akwa Ibom (Photos)

     Ekemini is a pregnant 13-year-old girl who was rescued in Uyo on Thursday May 5. According to DINNødhjælp/ACAEDF Childrens home, a non-profit foundation who shared the story, the man who abused, impregnated and abandoned the teenager has been arrested and dragged to court. DINNødhjælp/ACAEDF Childrens Home is owned Anja Ringgren Loven, the Dani
  • Actor /Comedian 'Okon In Lagos' Is Now A Special Assistant To Akwa Ibom State Governor

    . Actor /Comedian 'Okon In Lagos' Is Now A Special Assistant To Akwa Ibom State Governor

     Congrats!..I noticed that the new governor of Akwa Ibom state does not joke with the state's celebrities ...First it was Ini and now Ime Umo..who is next?
  • Ex-Akwa Ibom Governor, Godswill Akpabio Mobbed By Crowd Outside Bank In Akwa Ibom

    . Ex-Akwa Ibom Governor, Godswill Akpabio Mobbed By Crowd Outside Bank In Akwa Ibom

     According to the former governor of Akwa Ibom State/Nigerian Senate Minority Leader, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, while in Akwa Ibom State yesterday, he stopped to do his Bank Verification Number at his bank and was mobbed by indigenes of the State and others who were happy to see him.
  • Cameroon Goes Beyond Bakassi Boarders; Forcefully Takes Over Part Of Akwa-Ibom

    . Cameroon Goes Beyond Bakassi Boarders; Forcefully Takes Over Part Of Akwa-Ibom

     The Cameroonian government has allegedly forcefully taken over parts of Akwa Ibom State not covered by the original judgment to cede part of the Bakasi Peninsular to the Central African country following a decision of the International Court of Justice (ICC) in The Hague in 2002.More than 350 oil wells and fishing pots have consequently been seize
  • Alcohol Consumers In Akwa Ibom Will Now Pay Taxes - State Commissioner

    . Alcohol Consumers In Akwa Ibom Will Now Pay Taxes - State Commissioner

     People who consume alcohol in Akwa Ibom will now be made to pay tax. The State’s Commissioner for Finance, Akan Okon, made the announcement yesterday while speaking with Journalists in Uyo.“Some people who lodge in hotels and consume alcohol will henceforth pay taxes to the state government. The focus is to look inward to see how the various o
  • All About The Nigerian Husband Of The Akwa Ibom 'Witch' Baby Rescuer, Anja Ringgren Loven(Photos)

    . All About The Nigerian Husband Of The Akwa Ibom 'Witch' Baby Rescuer, Anja Ringgren Loven(Photos)

     Meet the Nigerian man, David Emmanuel Uwem, who is married to the wonderful Danish woman with a heart of gold. David and Anja are parents to their very adorable son, David Junior Lovén Umem. Anja Ringgren Loven, a Philanthropist and founder of African Children's Aid Education and Development Foundation ( ACAEDF) drew the admiration of millio
  • Baby Hope, the Akwa Ibom boy branded a witch has been discharged from the hospital

    . Baby Hope, the Akwa Ibom boy branded a witch has been discharged from the hospital

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