Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have neutralized two robbery gang members and arrested another in Uyo, the state capital. Spokesperson of the command, SP Odiko Macdom, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday, September 21, 2023, said the robbers have been terrorizing residents at Udoette by School Road, Ikot…
On January 30, 2016, Danish aid worker Anja Ringgren Lovén was photographed giving water to a severely emaciated 2-year-old boy, whom she rescued after he was branded a witch by his family and left to starve to death in Akwa Ibom. The boy had wandered the streets for months when Anja got a…
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a fake engineer, Felix Anietie Udoh, who constructed a four-storey building that collapsed last year, killing one person and leaving five others severely injured. The state Commissioner of Police, CP Olatoye Durosinmi, disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the police headquarters, Ikot Akpsn Abia, Uyo,…
The Akwa Ibom State Police has arrested a suspected child trafficker, Peace Patrick Paul, who stole two children and attempted to kill their mother. The State Police Commissioner, CP Olatoye Durosinmi, paraded Peace at the police headquarters, Ikot Akpanabia, Uyo on Wednesday, August 30, 2023. alongside three other women, Mary Eunice, Bella Uko,…
The Akwa Ibom State Police has arrested one Sunday Michael Ben, who was accused of raping his six-year-old daughter. The State Police Commissioner, CP Olatoye Durosinmi, paraded the suspect alongside others at the police headquarters, Ikot Akpanabia, Uyo on Wednesday, August 29, 2023. The suspect, during interrogation, denied the allegation. …
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom State, Chief Eyo Asuquo Edet. Edet, popularly called Eyosuang, was reportedly kidnapped in his Filling Station, Eyotech Nigeria Limited, in the Oron Local Government area of the state on Tuesday evening, June 13, 2023. A source told…
Justice Gabriel Ette of the Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo on Friday, June 2, sentenced three women to death for specialising in the kidnapping and selling of children in the state. The women identified as Enobong Nsikak Sunday (38), Gertrude Thompson Akpan (48), and Mary Okon James (49) were found guilty of…
Danish aid worker, Anja Ringgren Loven has shared new photos of a young girl, Mary, who was rescued by her team 9 years ago after being branded a witch, tortured and abandoned in Akwa Ibom state. “Can we all agree that children are not witches ?! David Emmanuel Umem and I rescued Mary more than…
Several persons have been reportedly killed in a bloody supremacy clash between two rival cult groups – Klaans and Black Axe confraternities, over the control of a minibus park in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. It was gathered that the incident started on Sunday, May 7, 2023, in the Nwaniba Area of the state when…
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested three suspected vandals who disguised as engineers to steal masts’ backup batteries belonging to telecommunication companies in the state. Parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters, Uyo, over the weekend, the state Commissioner of Police, Olatoye Durosinmi, said six mast backup batteries and a Toyota Camry…
A Nigerian couple has been arrested for the murder of a Nigerian woman identified as Happiness Monday, in Libya. The Libya Observer, in a report on Wednesday, April 13, 2023, said police forces arrested the couple in Tripoli. According to the report, the suspects allegedly killed the woman and dumped her body in…
Akwa Ibom-based Danish aid worker, Anja Ringgren Loven, has celebrated the accomplishments of a young girl rescued by her team ten years ago after she was branded a witch. Taking to Facebook on Thursday, April 6, 2023, the founder of Land of Hope, shared before and after photos of Charity, who was rescued…
Danish aid worker, Anja Ringgren Loven, has shared photos of a young girl, Philomena, six months since she was rescued in Akwa Ibom State after being accused of being a witch. “It’s been 6 months now since we rescued Philomena. Philomena was beaten and abandoned because she was accused of being a witch. Today I…
Prince Ukpong Akpabio has been declared the winner for the Essien Udim state constituency seat by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prince who contested on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, polled a total of 15, 073 votes to defeat the candidates of APC and YPP, who scored a total of 11,…
The Governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party PDP in Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno has been declared the winner of the state governorship election. According to results collated by INEC, Eno polled a total of 356,348 votes to defeat Bassey Albert of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), who came second with 136,262…
An Akwa Ibom State high court sitting in Uyo has jailed a 45-year-old civil servant, Uduakabasi Oku Edet, for raping his 14-year-old daughter. Edet, an indigene of Ikot Ekpene village in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area of the state, was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. The convict…
The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Okoita, Ibiono Ibom local government, has sentenced a Prophet, Anwana Peter Essien, to 21 years in prison for raping his 10-year-old stepdaughter. The 37-year-old prophet was convicted of raping the JSS One student on August 9, 2019. The incident happened when the victim and her younger…
Senator Godswill Akpabio has been declared the winner of the Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial election by INEC. According to the results announced, the former governor of the state polled a total of 115,401 votes to defeat his main rival, PDP’s Barr. Emmanuel Enoidem who gathered 69,838 votes
The Anambra State Police Command has called on the public especially residents of Abia, Akwa-Ibom, and Rivers State to help identify these children, for a possible reunion with their parents. A statement released by the spokesperson of the command, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, gave the names of the minors as David Frang, Male, Age: 8yrs,…
Some staff of a hotel in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state's capital got confronted by a lady who accused them of doing nothing after their customer was arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. According to the lady, the arrested customer had been lodging at the hotel for 3 days. The hotel staff were…
No fewer than five persons have been reportedly killed and others critically injured in a rival cult clash in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital. The clash said to be between two rival cult groups, Vickings and Mafians, occurred on Tuesday evening, December 13, 2022. According to witnesses at the Ibom Plaza, the fracas…