Tag Archives: Akwa Ibom

  Following the death of his wife, Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has named his daughter, Helen Eno-Obareki, as the Acting First Lady of the state. Eno disclosed this when Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, paid him a condolence visit in Uyo. The governor said his daughter would …

THE first lady of Akwa Ibom state, Patience Umo Eno is died. The state Commissioner for Information, Ini Ememobong, made the announcement of the first lady’s death in a statement issued in the early hours of Friday. Ememobong said the first lady died on Thursday in a hospital in the …

UYO – AHEAD of forthcoming People Democratic Party (PDP) congresses and Local Government (LG) elections in Akwa Ibom state, Governor Umo Eno has directed party stakeholders to embrace affirmative action to ensure fair representation of women in the race for available elective seats. Governor Eno expressed the concern yesterday at …

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), …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …