The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base, FOB, Ibaka, Akwa Ibom, has impounded some illicit drugs and arrested three suspected drug dealers in the state. The Commanding Officer, Capt. Uche Aneke, made this disclosure in Ibaka on Thursday while handing over the suspects to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. According to him, the suspects […]
Gov Eno meets feuding IPMAN, NOGASA over fuel scarcity in Akwa Ibom
Following the fuel scarcity in Akwa Ibom State with its attendant hardship, the State Governor, Umo Eno has convened a meeting with different groups within the petroleum marketing sector with a view to finding solutions to the immediate and remote causes of the problem. The groups include the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association, IPMAN, Natural Oil […]
Economic woes worsen in Akwa Ibom as fuel scarcity begins
Aside from the general economic crises Nigerians are currently facing, residents of Akwa Ibom, an oil producing state in the country are in worse condition following the fuel scarcity in the state. Filling stations in Uyo metropolis apart from NNPC mega stations and Trans Sossa have shut down operations in compliance with the directives of […]
Football scouts comb Kaduna, Plateau, Akwa Ibom States for top talents
NSCDC impounds seized petrol, warns smugglers in Akwa-Ibom
The Akwa-Ibom State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has impounded 8,400 litres of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, being smuggled out of the country en route to Cameroon. The state Commandant, Mr Eluyemi Eluwade, made this disclosure at a press briefing in Uyo on Thursday, saying that the PMS was concealed […]
More revelations emerge on controversial death of Akwa Ibom lawyer
An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has heard more revealing testimonies surrounding the death of a practicing lawyer with the State Ministry of Justice, Barrister Godwin Ikoiwak, for which six persons are standing trial. The court, presided over by Justice Bassey Nkanang, heard the testimony of the first defendant and wife of […]
Junior Pope: Remains of make-up artist interred in Akwa Ibom
Man kills 70-year-old mother in Akwa Ibom
Police in Akwa-Ibom State have arrested one Inyangake James Peter for killing his 70-year-old mother, Mma-Offiong James Peter, in Etim Ekpo Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Odiko Macdon, on Monday. According to the statement, the suspect, who was arrested by the […]
Junior Pope: Late Nollywood makeup artist Abigail buried in Akwa Ibom
The remains of the late 24-year-old Nollywood makeup artist, Abigail Fredrick, were laid to rest on Monday in her hometown in Ikot Udoma, Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Frederick was among the five film crew members, including actor Junior Pope, who died when their boat capsized on the River Niger last Wednesday. […]
Four first-class graduands get automatic varsity employment in Akwa Ibom
Four graduates who bagged first-class degrees in Ritman University, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State have received automatic employment at the institution. The Visitor at the University, Senator Emmanuel Ibok-Essien who announced this during the 4th &5th combined convocation ceremony of the institution over the weekend said one of the first class graduands Francis Etoroabasi graduated […]