AKWA IBOM

Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has the state’s budget of N700 billion for the 2023 fiscal year into law. The Nigerian News reports that the signed budget is N2.999 billion higher than the N697.005 earlier presented by the…

A renewed clash between rival cult groups in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital, has left no fewer than five people dead. TheNigerianNews gathered that the incident, which happened on Tuesday at around 6:30 pm, lasted for over two hours…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has decried the slow collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in Akwa Ibom State. This was made known on Tuesday in Uyo during the INEC-Akwa Ibom Stakeholders Forum in preparation…

A Federal High Court in Uyo, on Thursday, convicted and sentenced the governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in Akwa Ibom State, Bassey Albert, to 42 years in prison for corruption. Mr Albert, a former Akwa Ibom…

The Federal High Court sitting in Uyo has disqualified Akan Udofia as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the 2023 governorship election, stressing that he has never been a member of the party. While…

A Federal High Court sitting in Uyo has dismissed the case of forgery filed against the 2023 governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom State, Umo Eno, for lack of merit. The Nigerian News reports that a former…

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has distributed relief items estimated at several millions of naira to flood victims in Akwa Ibom State. The items were handed over to Governor Udom Emanuel in Uyo on Friday by the Director…

Gun-welding men suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a former Permanent Secretary of Akwa Ibom State, Ignatius Brown, in Abak Local Government Area of the state. TNN gathered that Brown was kidnapped a few metres away from his home…

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has set up a committee of officers to assemble all allegations of accidental air strikes on civilians as well and to also review the circumstances leading to such strikes. The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS),…

When the bigwigs of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, converged on Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, on Monday, 10th October, 2022, for the official flag-off of the party’s campaign ahead of the 2023 poll, the actions and…