Spanish La Liga side, Atletico Madrid on Tuesday defeated the Super Eagles of Nigeria 3-2 in a friendly played at the ‘Nest of Champions’ in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Former Golden Eaglets star, Kelechi Nwakali put Nigeria ahead but Andrea Correa levelled the score for Atletico Madrid. However, the La Liga outfit drew level in […]
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Goalkeeper Jan Oblak, Juanfran, Gabriel Arena and Fernando Torres are part of a 20-man Atletico Madrid squad that will face the Super Eagles B side in a friendly on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Atletico Madrid Football Club announced the 20-man squad for the friendly match on their official Twitter handle […]
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Rear Adm. Victor Adedipe, the outgone Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Eastern Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy, Calabar, says the command destroyed no fewer than 150 illegal refineries between June 2017 and January 2018. Adedipe said that the illegal refineries destroyed within the Command’s area of operation included those within the maritime domain of Rivers, […]
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The Nigerian Prison Service has released the statement below to announce a jailbreak in one of its facilities in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, in which four inmates were on Wednesday shot dead while thirty-six prisoners escaped. Read full statement below. At about 1147hrs on Wednesday, 27 December 2017, there was an attack on kitchen […]
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The Calabar Free Trade Zone and Akwa Ibom Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized 200 bags of smuggled foreign rice at Oron in Akwa Ibom State. Mrs Burromvyat Patience, the Customs Area Controller in charge of Calabar Free Trade Zone and Akwa Ibom Area Command, made this known to newsmen in […]
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Speaking while inaugurating an Electric Metering Factory in Onna local government area of Akwa Ibom, on Saturday, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said that the problem of irregular power supply in Nigeria is caused by inaccurate billing system resulting from insufficient metering machines. The vice president said that Nigeria’s economic development hinged on effective power supply, […]
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The police in Akwa Ibom say two Turkish construction workers were expatriates abducted by gunmen in their hotel rooms at Eket, Eket local government of Akwa Ibom on Sunday. Chukwu Okechukwu, spokesperson of the command, told NAN in Uyo on Monday that the Turkish nationals worked for BKS Construction Company in Onna local government area […]
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Akwa Ibom Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Charles Udoh, says plans have been concluded for the state visit of the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday. Udoh said in a statement on Wednesday that acting President Osinbajo would inspect the ongoing construction of the second runway at the Akwa Ibom International Airport shortly […]
Continue ReadingFollowing the collapse of market stalls at Urua Edet-Obo, a market at Ikot Akpatek in Akwa Ibom state, it has been reported that two women were killed while 17 persons sustained various degrees of injuries following the incident. Murtala Mani, state police commissioner, confirmed the tragic incident in a telephone conversation with reporters. “Two women […]
Continue ReadingGovernor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom on Saturday escaped unhurt as the Reigners Bible Church International building in Uyo collapsed during a worship session. The governor was the special guest of honour at the consecration service of the Founder of the church, Apostle Akan Weeks, as bishop. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that […]
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