Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Emo has reiterated that he will continue to collaborate with President Bola Tinubu despite their political affiliation. Newsextra24 reports that Eno made this known while receiving hundreds of decampees from various opposition parties, including the APC, Young Progressives Party (YPP), New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), …
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Abducted Akwa Ibom Judge, Driver Regain Freedom
JUSTICE Joy I Unwana, a Judge at Oron High Court, Akwa Ibom State, who was kidnapped by unknown gunmen has been released. Trojan News recalls that Justice Unwana was abducted alongside her driver. Her police orderly was killed in the incident that occurred around 8:00 pm on Monday along the …
Read More »Akwa Ibom @36: Governor Umo Eno Counts Akwa Ibom ‘Many Blessings’
THIRTY six years after her creation, Governor Umo Eno says Akwa Ibom state has transformed from a dusty provincial headquarters of thatched houses into Nigeria’s destination of choice for businesses, conferences, and other national events with thriving social and creative life. Eno who was counting Akwa Iboms’ blessings weekend at …
Read More »Teachers Suspend Four Days Strike In Akwa Ibom
AKWA Ibom State primary and secondary public school teachers have called off their four days industrial action. This is sequel to resolutions reached by the state government with the leadership of the Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT, at the end of a closed-door meeting held late Sunday evening and presided …
Read More »Akwa Ibom Speaker Tasks Members-elect On True Representation
AHEAD of the inauguration of the eighth Assembly, the Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Aniekan Bassey, has tasked all members-elect to strive towards achieving excellent productivity and true representation. He urged them to see their emergence as a God-given opportunity to be of service to their …
Read More »Man Sentences To Death For Killing Father Over Landed Property In Akwa Ibom
Akwa Ibom State High court sitting in Etinan Local Government Area of the State has sentenced one Moses Abdon Edo, aged 37, to death by hanging for killing his father, Abdon Peter Edo. The Court presided over by Justice Ezekiel Enang held that the convict, an indigene of Ikot Ukobo …
Read More »Currency Racketeering Soars In Akwa Ibom
Currency racketeering in Akwa Ibom State continued within the week even with the Supreme Court order restraining the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, from implementing the February 10 deadline on the phasing out of N200, N500 and N1000 old notes. Newsextra24 correspondent, who went round the State, observed that traders, …
Read More »Akwa Ibom :13 Filling Stations Seal For Selling Fuel Above N300
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) said it has sealed a total of 13 filling stations in Akwa Ibom State for selling fuel above the government-approved pump price of N300 per litre. Most filling stations in Akwa Ibom State sell fuel between N305-N320. The Team Lead, Distribution …
Read More »Pastor E.A Adeboye Lead Akwa Ibom In Solemn Assembly Into 2023
Governor Udom Emmanuel and General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Enoch Adeboye, yesterday, led Akwa Ibom people in another session of the yearly state Solemn Assembly and Thanksgiving Service to usher Akwa Ibom into 2023 and rededicate the state to God. Emmanuel, speaking at the interdenominational Christian service, …
Read More »Five Killed In Cult Clash, Akwa-Ibom Police Fume
No fewer than five persons have been reportedly killed in a cult war involving two rival confraternities, Vickings and the Mafians, in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Sources close to Ibom Plaza, where the incident happened, said the fight started around 6.30pm on Tuesday and lasted for about two hours. …
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