February 2019

Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has told the people of the state not to panic over who will succeed him as the next governor. “I will never go for a third term through surrogacy,” he said. “The choice of who will take over from Governor Udom Emmanuel is not mine but God’s.” Mr Emmanuel spoke […]

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has commended the judiciary for convicting a Returning Officer, who connived with the All Progressives Congress, APC, to rewrite election during the 2019 general elections. PDP said the “three years jailed term handed to Prof. Peter Ogban, a professor of University of Calabar, for manipulating the result of Akwa-Ibom Northwest senatorial election in favour of […]

Indications emerged on Sunday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will adopt the report of its commit­tee set up to review why the party lost in the 2019 presidential election and recommend solutions on how the party would return to power in 2023. The 14-member committee, head­ed by Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, had recommended that the presidential […]

Suleiman Muhammad, the younger brother of Abubakar Muhammad, a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) officer who was killed in an ambush on February 15, 2021, has spoken on his decision to marry the deceased’s fiancée, Hajara Ahmad. The late NAF officer died along the Birnin Gwari road in Kaduna State, three weeks to his wedding. The […]

A 20-year-old woman has narrated to a Nairobi court how her boyfriend, whom she met on Facebook, allegedly threw her from the 12th floor of a building while they were drinking together on their first date.   Eunice Wangari Wakimbi, who is still aided to walk, told Nairobi Principal Magistrate Esther Kimilu that Moses Gatama […]

A man identified as Gbenro has strangled his wife -Wayesola (pictured), to death while she was sleeping.   Their daughter, Fayoke who witnessed the sad incidence, narrated how her father killed her mother. The incident was said to have happened at Salvation Army Street, Odojọmu, Ondo city at about 6am. Fayoke said she saw her […]

A 200-level student of the department of History and Diplomacy at the Federal University Otuoke (FUO) Bayelsa State, Arikekpar Lucky, has committed suicide to reportedly escape being tagged as a failure in academics by members of his family. It was gathered that the deceased, a one-time aspirant of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Student Representative, […]

•Caretakers say rushing into congresses will fuel litigations•May seek tenure extension The national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) may not hold as planned in June, the National Secretary of National Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Committee, Senator John Akpanudoedehe, indicated yesterday. He told the PRESS that the party is not in a hurry to hold the […]

Friday, March 19, 2021, would remain a red letter day for Mrs Mfõn (Grace) Sampson Edem Akpan, a native of Ikõt Usen Ibiõnõ, formerly known as Mfõn Enefiõk Bassey, who is married to Mr Sampson Edem Akpan of Mbiabam Ibiõnõ, as she escaped death from the hands of her attempted alleged killers; who robbed her […]

PRESS RELEASE: REVIEW OF THE OPERATING HOURS OF MOTORCYCLES AND TRICYCLES IN IKOT EKPENE FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY The Government of Akwa Ibom State has observed in recent times, an increase in the frequency of criminal activities in Ikot Ekpene Federal Constituency. These criminal activities have led to the loss of lives of innocent citizens and security […]