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An Akwa Ibom State High Court, Ibiono Ibom division, has sentenced one Utibe Ita, an indigene of Nkim village in Ibiono Ibom local government area, to life imprisonment for killing his father. The presiding judge, Justice Bassey Nkanang, said Ita is … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News...

Angry youths drawn from the nine Niger Delta states have concluded plans to embark on streets protests across the region, over allegation that some powerful politicians were.... Read more via Leadership Newspaper – http://bit.ly/2WVj74A Get More Nigeria Political News

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have been engaged in heated arguments since Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the.... Read more via TheCable – http://bit.ly/2wVboUV Get More Nigeria Political News

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested one Dignity Lazarus, a pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, for allegedly defrauding over 300 persons in the state in the guise of securing job for them in the newly established Ibom Air. Pastor Lazarus was … Read more via...

A private security officer working in the Niger Delta part of the country has been swept away by torrential rains.... Read more via Tori News – http://bit.ly/2IJAMCl Get More Nigeria Metro News

AS President Muhammadu Buhari compiles the list of his ministerial nominees, the Ibom Integrity and Servant Leadership Culture Initiative, IISLCI, a group of elders.... Read more via Vanguard News – http://bit.ly/2wVfEnq Get More Nigeria Political News

Akwa Ibom-owned carrier, Ibom Air, on Friday began commercial flight operations with an inaugural flight from Uyo to Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the..... Read more via Leadership Newspaper – http://bit.ly/2I0wI1m Get more: Nigeria Business News

Nigerian lawmaker Senator Godswill Akpabio Thursday apologised to members of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the manner he left the party months before the.... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – http://bit.ly/2ImiQgZ Get More Nigeria Political News

Akwa Ibom State governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel has restated his resolve to promote excellence and merit in appointments, warning stakeholders and political leaders to refrain from.... Read more via Vanguard News – http://bit.ly/2MrWU9x Get More Nigeria Political News

Obong Victor Attah was the civilian governor of Akwa Ibom state from 1999-2007. He is also referred to by many as the father of Resource Control. In this interview with journalists in Uyo ahead of the 20years anniversary of Nigeria democracy, he bares his … Read more via Vanguard News –...

Elders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Akwa Ibom State, have alleged that former governor of the state, Senator Godswill Akpabio is unfit to become a minister under the next administration of President … Read more via www.nairaland.com – http://bit.ly/2YRnwSQ Get More Nigeria...

University of Uyo has announced the ban of the use of wristwatches by students in the examination hall. In a statement dated, May 20, the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics) Prof. Enoidem Usoro of the University of Uyo signed document says that students are now prohibited… Read more via...

A student of Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU), Ikot Akpaden, has been suspended “indefinitely” from the school for allegedly calling the university vice chancellor ‘foolish’ on Facebook. The student, Joy Nkanang, was in her second year in the department of performing arts before her...

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, yesterday sacked the Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Sufficiency, Dr. Uduak Udo-Inyang with immediate effect. However, no reason was given by the.... Read more via Newtelegraph – http://bit.ly/2EbzVc9 Get More Nigeria Political News

Akwa Ibom State Government says it is ready to implement the new N30,000 minimum wage, as it had been included in the 2019 budget, christened Budget of Industrialisation for Poverty Alleviation. ... Read more via Vanguard News – http://bit.ly/30gitNe Get More Nigeria Political News

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Akwa Ibom reported the highest unemployment rate of 37.7 per cent in third quarter 2018. NBS said this in its “Labour Force Statistics.... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2XTfAQz Get More Nigeria Metro News

COMMISSIONER for Information and Strategy Akwa Ibom State, Charles Udoh yesterday said the Ibom Air would commence commercial flight operations across Nigeria ahead of the swearing-in of Governor Udom Emmanuel into office for the second term on May 29, 2019... Read more via Vanguard News –...

The seven-man Legal team of the senator representing Ikot Ekpene Senatorial district, Senator Godswill Akpabio yesterday resumed the process of inspection of election materials at the.... Read more via Vanguard News – http://bit.ly/2XG96V0 Get More Nigeria Metro News

One Ukeme Asuquo and her fiancé, Emma Udosen, have both lost their lives in a fatal accident. The couple were meant to tie the nuptial knot on Saturday, May 4, 2019, in … Read more via Instablog9ja✅(instablog9ja)’s feed | WEBSTAGRAM – http://bit.ly/2DgldAj Get More Nigeria Metro News

Three policemen and four others were, yesterday, sentenced to death by an Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo for kidnapping one Deaconess Ime Anietie Ekanem Those sentenced included Cpl Emmanuel Charlie, Cpl Bassey Sunday, PC Mfon Bassey, Ekaette Edet Moses, Fidelis Emmanson … Read...