Tag: Akwa Ibom
5 must-dos if you’re visiting Uyo for the first time
Uyo, the capital city of Akwa Ibom State, is one of the most vibrant and prominent states in southern Nigeria. It beckons travellers from...
EFCC arrests former Akwa Ibom governor over Diezani’s $115million racket
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former Military Administrator of Akwa Ibom State, Commodore Idongesit Nkanga, over allegation of receiving...
Abductors of Akwa Ibom monarch’s wife, children demand N100m ransom
Abductors of the wife and four children of the paramount ruler of Esit Eket in Akwa Ibom State, Edidem Ubong Assam, on Wednesday asked...
Woman drags Akpabio’s aide, Ekong, to court over sexual harassment
A 30-year-old woman, Paula Lawrence, has dragged Special Assistant on Media to Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, Anietie Ekong, before a Federal High Court,...
Akwa Ibom ‘child witch’ undergoes miraculous transformation eight weeks after rescue...
The two-year-old boy who was found emaciated and riddled with worms in Akwa Ibom after his family left him for dead has made an...
I do not own Lekki Gardens, Akpabio cries out
Senate Minority Leader, Godwill Akpabio, has denied ownership of Lekki Gardens, Lagos, where a building collapsed and killed 35 people on Tuesday last week.
A...
Foreign aid worker rescues starving two-year-old boy accused of witchcraft in...
Shocking images have emerged showing an emaciated two-year-old Nigerian boy, riddled with worms and reportedly abandoned by his family because they thought he was...
Ini Edo gets Akwa Ibom political appointment
Nollywood actress, Ini Edo, has been appointed Special Adviser on Tourism, Culture and Development in her home state of Akwa Ibom, Nigeria.
The 33-year-old confirmed...
Supreme Court upholds Akwa Ibom, Abia governors’ elections
The Supreme Court Wednesday upheld the outcome of the April 11, 2015, governorship elections that brought Governors Udom Emmanuel and Okezie Ikpeazu of Akwa...
FG should seize any foreign account traced to me –Akpabio
Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Friday in Abuja denied reports in the social media alleging he made an attempt to...