The Senate on Tuesday set up an ad-hoc committee to investigate alleged annexation of maritime territories, mangrove islands villages of Effiat clan in Mbo Local Government...
The Nigerian Navy has arrested nine suspected oil thieves at a wellhead in Akwa Ibom State. The wellhead is located about 26 nautical miles offshore in...
An Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo has sentenced Professor Ignatius Uduk, a former Collation/Returning Officer for the Essien Udim State Constituency during the 2019...
The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has dissolved the State Executive Council. The Secretary to the State Government, Enobong Uwah, who disclosed this in a...
The Nigerian Navy has intercepted a boat carrying 100,000 litres of crude oil in the Ikot Abasi local government area of Akwa Ibom State. The Commander...
Akwa Ibom State workers will today embark on strike following the non-implementation of the national minimum wage in the state. This was contained in a communique...
The Nigerian Navy has arrested three suspected drug dealers and impounded illicit drugs worth N500 million in Akwa Ibom State. The Commanding Officer of the Nigerian...
The Akwa Ibom State government has ordered the immediate suspension of the Principal of Presbyterian Senior Science College, Ididep, in Uyo, the state capital, over poor...
The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, said on Friday he would soon issue an executive order against indiscriminate waste disposal in the state. Eno stated...
A man, reportedly from Anambra State, was rescued by the police on Wednesday after being nearly lynched by a mob in Itu Local Government Area of...
Men of the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka, have arrested three suspected oil thieves with a boat carrying crude oil worth N32 million in...
The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno on Wednesday announced a new minimum wage of N80,000 for civil servants in the state. The State Commissioner...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 28 suspected internet fraudsters in Akwa Ibom and Edo States. The EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity,...
Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State addressed the newly inaugurated local government chairmen on Monday, emphasizing that the recent autonomy granted to local governments does...
Hoodlums set ablaze the office complex of the Akwa Ibom State Independent Electoral Commission (AKISIEC) in the Ibiono Ibom local government area of the state on...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested five suspects for vandalising power installations in Akwa Ibom State. The NSCDC Commandant in the state,...
Senator Ita Enang has declared that Akwa Ibom State is predominantly an All Progressives Congress (APC) stronghold, despite being governed by a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
Akwa Ibom State has recorded five cases of Mpox, formerly known as Monkeypox, in the last few days. The Disease Surveillance and Notification Officer, Akwa Ibom...
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a village head, Chief Okon Asuquo Eteokpo, and other suspects in connection with the murder of vigilantes from...
Akwa Ibom State Police Command has killed one Ubong Effiong Archibong, also known as ‘Condiment,’ a notorious kidnapping kingpin and leader of the Bling Bling Marine...
The Akwa Ibom Commissioner of Police, Waheed Ayilara is dead. According to reports, Ayilara died in the early hours of Thursday at the Lagos State University...
The Federal Government on Friday alerted Nigerians on the rising water levels of the River Niger. The Director-General of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), Umar...
Police operatives in Akwa Ibom have arrested a man for alleged possession of firearms and substances suspected to be cannabis sativa. The spokesperson for the state...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested nine suspects for illegal dealings in petroleum products and other offences in Akwa Ibom State. The...
Gunmen on Monday abducted a naval rating and seven others in the Ibaka local government area of Akwa Ibom State. The spokesman for the state police...
Abductors have demanded N20 million ransom for Ezekiel Paul, the retired school principal they abducted on Sunday from his residence in Ikot Abasi Akpan, Mkpat Enin...
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...
