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PDP Wins Big in Akwa Ibom LG Polls

The People's Democratic Party has won the December 2, 2017 local government elections in all the 31 local government areas of Akwa Ibom State. The results showed that the PDP won the 31 seats for council chairmanship and 329 slots for councillorship. A statement

Akwa Ibom Churches As Parastatals By Reuben Abati

Religion was not quite a major divisive issue in the community in which we lived in the Old Cross River State in my days as a student there. On Sundays, students felt free to attend church service either within the campus or outside. I do not recall any major

Akwa Ibom: Balancing State Resources and Religious Investments

In the heart of Nigeria, Akwa Ibom stands at a crossroads, grappling with the critical question of whether state resources should be channeled into building religious centers. This debate has intensified following activist, Aisha Yesufu's poignant tweet, "

Monkeypox spreads to Akwa Ibom, Rivers state

A few days after the monkeypox disease was recorded in Bayelsa, it has spread to Akwa Ibom and Rivers states, causing panic in neighbouring states in the south-south and south-east regions. Charles Udoh, Akwa Ibom state commissioner for information and strategy

Fake NYSC Member arrested in Akwa Ibom Camp

The Police Command in Akwa Ibom has arrested a fake corps member at the NYSC orientation camp, Ikot Itie Udung, in Nsit Atai Local Government Area. A statement issued in Uyo by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Chukwu Ikechukwu, on Wednesday

PDP's Umo Eno wins Akwa Ibom governorship election

Candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno, has won the governorship election conducted on Saturday, March 18. Eno won in 29 out of the 31 local government areas in the state with a total of 350,348 votes. His closest

Music: Umu Obiligbo - Uto Uwa

Highlife duo Umu Obiligbo signs off the year with brand new single titled Uto Uwa. The new song comes just in time as a Christmas gift to fans. Produced by Solshyne Beatz. Listen up.

EFCC bursts Yahoo-Yahoo Academy in Akwa Ibom (Photos)

Operatives of the EFCC, Uyo Zonal Office in a joint operation with some of the Commission's operatives from Abuja, in the early hours of Thursday, November 28th, stormed a building described as 'YAHOO ACADEMY', allegedly used solely for the training of youngsters

Gunmen Kill Commissioner's Brother, Two others in Akwa Ibom

Gunmen suspected to be assassins have killed three persons in Ikot Oku Usung village in Ukanafun local government area of Akwa Ibom state this morning. A reliable source from the area told Vanguard that the incident occurred about 6:am today (Sunday). According

Cultists Kill 4, Raze Market, Homes in Akwa Ibom

Armed youths suspected to be cultists yesterday attacked Udianga Enem community in Etim Ekpo Local Government Area, killing four persons and destroying properties worth millions of Naira. According to some local residents, the gunmen arrived in several motorcycles

Video: Kcee Performing Limpopo at Akwa Ibom Stadium

The ‘Ogadinma’ star headlined the opening ceremony for the newly built Akwa Ibom stadium on the 7th of November 2014. The stadium described as a truly amazing sporting edifice is an Olympic-sized stadium with a 30,000 capacity and ultra modern complex that

Akwa Ibom And Calabar Is Not a Language

A Facebook user, Inemesit Solomon Uwak has explained where Efik and Ibibio belongs while writing on "Akwa Ibom State and Calabar is not a language." AKWA IBOM AND CALABAR IS NOT A LANGUAGE A MUST READ; It is our dire responsibility as Ibibio sons and daughters

Father Kills Son Over Cassava In Akwa Ibom

Boniface Innocent Uko, father of a 26-year-old has allegedly hacked his son to death for harvesting cassava from his farm. It was gathered that the father of the deceased, Mr Innocent Uko, an indigene of Ebe Ikpe village in Essein Udim Local Government Area
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