President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Adviser on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Ita Enang, has resigned. Enang made known his resignation in a statement he personally signed on Monday. According to him, he is resigning his position to contest the Akwa Ibom State governorship election, Tribune reports. Enang In his resignation letter addressed to Buhari on […]
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The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has assured the frontline People’s Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial aspirant, Pastor Umo Eno, of God’s guidance and protection in his quest to emerge as the next governor of Akwa Ibom state in 2023. Speaking during a consultation visit to the body, the State Chairman CAN, Rev Ndueso Ekwere, commended […]
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Some suspected hoodlums have killed two police officers in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The criminals also set ablaze a Hilux van the policemen were riding in. The incident happened in the early hours of on Monday, The Nation was told. One of the policemen was according to reports burnt beyond recognition. […]
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Governor Emmanuel Udom of the state of Akwa ibom , has signed the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Law 2020, which gives powers to judges to hand down life imprisonment to anyone convicted of rape in in the state. Mrs Glory Edet, the state’s commissioner for agriculture and women affairs, said the bill is aimed at […]
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The court of appeal sitting in Calabar, Cross River state, has ordered a rerun election in Akwa Ibom north-west senatorial district where Godswill Akpabio contested against Chris Ekpeyong, a former deputy governor of the state, in February. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Ekpeyong, who contested under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), winner […]
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Ibom Air, the first commercial airline to be owned and operated by a state government in Nigeria and Africa, will begin full commercial operations on June 7, an official said. Ekerete Udoh, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Udom Emmanuel, made this known in a statement on Thursday. Mr Udoh said that the airline, having […]
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Godswill Akpabio, former governor of Akwa Ibom state, says under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the state did not benefit a kilometer of road from the federal government in 16 years. Akpabio served his two terms as governor under the PDP and had been a key member of the opposition party since 1999 until he […]
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Pa Moses Ekpo, deputy governor of Akwa Ibom State has reportedly resigned, according to a tweet by @APCNewspaper and ibom.com.ng The resignation has not been confirmed officially by the PDP controlled Akwa Ibom State Government, but the APC organ said Ekpo, the oldest deputy governor in Nigeria, is heading to join Senator Godswill Akpabio into […]
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The Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, is defecting from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), a presidential aide has said. President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on Prosecution, Okoi Obono-Obla, posted a message on Facebook, Saturday night, saying that Mr Akpabio will be received into APC on Thursday by […]
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The Akwa Ibom Police Command on Sunday confirmed the arrest of a village head and four suspects for allegedly abducting 19 ExxonMobil staff members. MacDon Achebe, the State Police Public Relations Officer, disclosed in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom. A police source, who claimed anonymity, had said that the suspects were arrested for […]
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