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Back to homepageNSCDC Operatives Smash Oil Thieves Syndicate, Arrest 69 Suspects In A’Ibom
BY INIOBONG SUNDAY, UYODetermined to stem the tides of stolen crude, operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp, (NSCDC, said they have smashed a syndicate specializing in vandalizing oil pipelines and arrested no fewer than 69 suspects in
Read MoreAnxiety As Gunmen Abduct Fiery A\Ibom Preacher, Demand N100m Ransom
BY INIOBONG SUNDAY, UYO Widespread anxiety has enveloped a church following late Tuesday evening abduction of a fiery radio and television evangelist, Apsotle John Okoriko, founder of Solid Rock Kingdom Church, SRKC, in Akwa Ibom state. The armed hoodlums numbering
Read MoreEaster Tragedy: Angry Youths Set Cable Thief Ablaze In A’Ibom
Iniobong Sunday, Uyo Angry youths of Obot Idim community in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state yesterday defiled the holy Easter Monday and administered jungle justice by setting a suspected cable thief ablaze. The incident, it was gathered,
Read MoreAt Easter, Emmanuel Seeks Peace To Transform A\Ibom To Africa’s Dubai
BY INIOBONG SUNDAY, UYO Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom state has appealed to residents to abhor violence and embrace identified peace as essential prerequisite for developments to thrive, assuring that he was determined to transform the state into the
Read MoreTaskforce Helpless As Traders Defy Govt Ban On Streets Trading In Akwa Ibom
BY INIOBONG SUNDAY, UYO As the prevailing socio-econpmic crisis continue to take its toll on families, Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital has been besieged by local traders and others from the neighbouring states of Abia and Cross River state,
Read MoreAttack On Emmanuel’s Successor: Group Commends A’Ibom Elders On Ceasefire
BY INIOBONG SUNDAY, UYO Ahead of the 2023 general elections, a socio-political organization, Good Governance Advocates Group, GGAG, has commended some political leaders and elders in Akwa Ibom state for finally seeing reasons to drop their ethnic campaigns and hate
Read More2023 Guber: Detractors Plot Blackmail, Forge My Letterhead, Logo -Senator Akpan
BY INIOBONG SUNDAY, UYO Ahead of the forthcoming governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Akwa Ibom state, Senator Bassey Albert Akpan, one of the leading contenders for the governorship ticket, has warned of orchestrated blackmail deliberately concocted
Read MoreQuality Education Key To National Development – Akwa Ibom Rep
BY INIOBONG SUNDAY, UYO Worried by the alarming rate of unemployment in Nigeria, the lawmaker representing Etinan federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr Onofiok Luke, has underscored the importance of mass investement in education system in line with
Read MoreA/Ibom Guber: Rep Consults PDP, Monarch, Seeks Hitch-Free Primary
BY INIOBONG SUNDAY, UYO Ahead of of forthcoming governorship election in Akwa Ibom state, the House of Representatives member for Etinan Local Area of Akwa Ibom state, Mr Onofiok Luke, yesterday officially has consulted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), declaring
Read More2023: A’Ibom Youths Reject Imposition, Back Younger Aspirant For Governor
BY INIOBONG SUNDAY, UYO Angry youths have expressed their displeasure over Governor Udom Emmanuel’s decision to unilaterally pick the Commissioner for Lands and Water Resources, Pastor Umo Eno, as his choice of successor in 2023. Consequently, the over 3,000 youths drawn
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