The Akwa Ibom police command has confirmed the killing of one person and arrest of two in a suspected clash between the Black Axe confraternity and...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has commenced an investigation of eight persons over alleged illegal oil bunkering activities in Akwa Ibom State. The EFCC’s...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested one Simon Bassey Idio over alleged currency racketeering in Akwa Ibom State. The EFCC’s Head of Media...
Police operatives in Akwa Ibom have arrested 22 suspected cultists in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Odiko Macdon, confirmed the arrest in...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the rerun elections in 20 polling units across Enugu, Akwa-Ibom, and Kano States. The INEC National Commissioner and...
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested six suspects for alleged criminal conspiracy, illegal dealing in petroleum products, and impersonation in Akwa Ibom. The...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 24 suspected internet fraudsters in Akwa Ibom. The EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, said...
The Young Progressives Party (YPP) has dismissed claims on the collapse of its structures into the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa-Ibom State. The YPP National...
The Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed the election of Umo Eno of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the duly elected governor of Akwa Ibom State....
Gunmen on Sunday abducted some passengers in Ikom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The spokesperson for the state police command, Irene Ugbo, who confirmed...
Fire has gutted the house of the late Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Akwa Ibom State, Obong Udo Ekpenyong, in Ukanafun Local Government...
The abducted judge of the Akwa Ibom State High Court, Justice Joy Unwana, has regained her freedom. The judge was kidnapped alongside her driver while returning...
The Akwa Ibom State chapter of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has demanded the prompt release of the Administrative judge of Oron Judicial Division, Justice Joy...
The Nigerian Navy has arrested 14 suspects for illegal fishing and impounded their vessel at Ibaka in the Mbo local government area of Akwa Ibom State....
Parents and relatives of prospective corps members from Akwa Ibom State who were abducted on August 17, 2023, while traveling to their orientation camp in Sokoto...
An abducted businessman, Mr. Akpan Essien, has regained his freedom in the Eket local government area of Akwa Ibom State. Essien was abducted by armed men...
The Akwa Ibom State Internal Revenue Service has sealed the two branches of Keystone Bank and another one belonging to Heritage Bank for their alleged failure...
Gunmen on Tuesday abducted a businessman in Eket local government area of Akwa Ibom State. The victim identified as Mr. Akpan Essien was abducted at his...
The Akwa Ibom governorship election petitions tribunal on Friday upheld the election of Governor Umo Eno in the state. The tribunal had in a two-hour judgment...
The Akwa Ibom governorship election petitions tribunal sitting in Uyo on Thursday dismissed the petition filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Akanimo Udofia, against...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 12 illegal miners and impounded six trucks in Akwa Ibom. The NSCDC Commandant in the state,...
The Akwa Ibom State government has ordered the closure of a Chinese mining firm, Ruitai Mining Company, for failing to produce an operation licence in the...
The governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in Akwa Ibom State in the March 18 governorship election in the state, Senator Bassey Albert, has...
Nigerian celebrity chef, Hilda Effiong Bassey, popularly called Hilda Baci, has broken the current Guinness World Record for the “longest cooking marathon by an individual.” The...
A Joint Task Force comprising personnel of the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Navy on Thursday destroyed illegally refined petroleum products in Akwa Ibom State. The...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly abducted a management staff of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Stanley Okwekwe, at Eket Local Government Area...
Teachers in Public primary and secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State have suspended their ongoing strike action. The teachers had embarked on the strike action last...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has blacklisted 100 ad hoc staff over alleged involvement in election malpractices in Akwa Ibom State. The Resident Electoral Commissioner...
Six state governments controlled by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have withdrawn the suit challenging the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Bola Ahmed...
Former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio has won his bid to return to the Senate after he was declared winner of the Akwa Ibom...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Tuesday, restored the former Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Land, Umo Eno, as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate...
Police operatives in Akwa Ibom have arrested 15 persons for the alleged vandalisation of banks in Oron local government area of the state. The spokesman for...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has rejected the purported expulsion of a former Senior Special Assistant...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) chapter in Akwa Ibom State has confirmed the expulsion of Senator Ita Enang, a former adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on...
Mr. Emmanuel Inyama of the Wuse Chief Magistrate Court, Abuja, has ordered the arrest of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom State,...
The Akwa Ibom Governor, Udom Emmanuel, on Friday signed the state’s 2023 Appropriation Bill of N700 billion. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Ini Ememobong,...
Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal High Court, Uyo, on Thursday, sentenced the Young Progressives Party (YPP) governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom State, Bassey Albert, to...
The Akwa Ibom State government has explained how it spent the 13 per cent oil derivation refunds it got from the Federal Government as an oil...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, Monday evening nullified the nomination of former Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio, as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in...
Police operatives in Akwa Ibom have arrested one Ime Sunday Etukudo for allegedly killing his 20-year-old daughter, Ofonmbuk, in the state. The spokesman for the state...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom has dismissed a report on the closure of an Apostolic Church of Nigeria in the state by the...
A three-storey building collapsed in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Saturday evening. An eyewitness told journalists that the building which is located along the Aka road...
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has smashed a child trafficking syndicate that murdered a woman and sold her children. The State Police Commissioner, Olatoye Durosinmi,...
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has apprehended a fake police officer, one Vicent Enuneku, for impersonating an Assistant Superintendent of Police. This is according to...
Two persons were confirmed dead in an auto crash along the Abak-Ibot road in Akwa Ibom on Sunday. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety...
Police operatives in Akwa Ibom have rescued 28 fishermen kidnapped in the state. The fishermen were abducted by a five-man gang in Akwakpa,Uruan Local Government Area...
Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, dismissed a suit filed by some aggrieved members of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa...
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has given the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), 48 hours to dismiss the Akwa Ibom state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC),...
Gunmen on Wednesday reportedly attacked the National Youth Service Scheme (NYSC) corps members’ lodge in Akwa Ibom State and carted away valuables. The corps members told...
The Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi and former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, will not take part in the 2023 general elections after the...