Tag: Akwa Ibom
COAS lauds Gov. Emmanuel on security, others
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, has commended Governor Udom Emmanuel for the level of security and…
Rainy Season: Akwa Ibom Dep. Gov Moses Ekpo tasks residents on safety
The Akwa Ibom Deputy Governor, Moses Ekpo, has urged residents, especially those living in riverbank communities to ensure the safety…
Akwa Ibom takes delivery of 69, 030 vaccine doses
The Akwa Ibom Government said it has taken delivery of 69,030 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the Federal Government.
Hoodlums attack, kill two police officers in Akwa Ibom
Unidentified hoodlums on Monday attacked and killed two police officers at Ikpe Annang junction in Essien Udim local government area…
Akwa Ibom announces death of ex-Chief of Air Staff, Eduok
The Akwa Ibom Government has announced the death of a former Chief of Air Staff, rtd Air Marshall Nsikak Eduok.
Akwa-Ibom declares 7-day mourning for Nkanga
Akwa-Ibom Government has declared a seven-day mourning over the death of Otuekong Idongesit Nkanga, a former military administrator of the…
COVID-19: Akwa Ibom cancels state events
The Akwa Ibom Government has cancelled all state events requiring large gathering, as it confirmed 48 new cases of COVID-19…
Akwa-Ibom cancels annual Christmas carol
Akwa Ibom Government has cancelled the hosting of this year’s annual Christmas Carol festival to curtail the spread of Coronavirus…
3 children of police inspectors drown in Akwa-Ibom
Akwa Ibom Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the drowning of three children of police officers in a pool of water…
Akwa Ibom to shut down unapproved testing centres
The Akwa Ibom Government has threatened to shut down COVID-19 testing centres using or procuring the use of any other…
Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross River inaugurate anti-human trafficking task force
Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River States this week inaugurated a task force team in order to check and curb…
Gov. Emmanuel opens new PDP secretariat in Akwa Ibom
Governor Udom Emmanuel has commissioned a new headquarters for the Peoples Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom state.
Rapists to get life imprisonment in Akwa Ibom
Governor Emmanuel Udom has signed the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Law (2020) which empowers judges to hand down life imprisonment…
Akwa Ibom discharges 3 Coronavirus patients
The Akwa Ibom Government said that three out of the six confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state have…
Coronavirus: Akwa Ibom in total lockdown
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom on Thursday announced total lockdown of the state for a period of 14 days…
Coronavirus spreads to Akwa Ibom as Nigeria reveals 23 new cases
The coronavirus pandemic has spread to Akwa Ibom state in what appears to be its inexorable rampage across Nigeria. Nigeria…
5 corps members died in Akwa Ibom – NYSC Coordinator
The Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Akwa Ibom, Mr Julius Amusan, said on Thursday that five corps members serving…
COVID-19: A’Ibom Govt sends message to residents
With the confirmation of the deadly Coronavirus case in Nigeria, the Akwa Ibom Government has urged residents of the state…
Akwa Ibom govt cautions against illegal mining
The Akwa Ibom Government has warned against illegal mining in the state to avoid an environmental hazard.
New Akwa Ibom NSCDC boss resumes, sends warning to miscreants
Mr Samuel Fadeyi, the new commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), in Akwa Ibom, has sent…
Akpabio inaugurates N1. 69 billion project
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, on Sunday inaugurated erosion control project at Ibiaku and Nduetong Oku…
2020: Akwa Ibom targets N100bn IGR
The Government of Akwa Ibom, on Monday, said that with the industrialisation drive of the state, the internally-generated revenue (IGR)…
Sex before school fees: Lady narrates ordeal in her father’s hands
A twenty-year-old lady identified as Fortune has narrated how her father molested her for years.
13 illegal petrol stations sealed in Akwa Ibom
About 13 filling stations have been sealed off by the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, Eket Field Office, in Akwa…
Maritime academy cautions journalists against fake news
The management of Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN), Oron, in Akwa-Ibom, on Sunday cautioned newsmen against the spread of fake…
Gov. Emmanuel approves recruitment of 25 doctors, 100 nurses
Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom, on Wednesday, approved the recruitment of 25 additional doctors, consultants and 100 nurses into…
Akwa Ibom to spend N100m to accredit polytechnic courses
Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom, says the state government has earmarked N100 million as grant for the state-owned polytechnic…
Akwa Ibom: DPR decries artificial fuel scarcity
Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Akwa Ibom has decried artificial scarcity of fuel caused by the Petroleum Tanker Driver’s…
Akwa Ibom has highest unemployment rate in third quarters of 2018 – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Akwa Ibom reported the highest unemployment rate of 37.7 per cent in third…
HIV/AIDS: A’Ibom people are not promiscuous — Commissioner
Dr Dominic Ukpong, Akwa Ibom Commissioner for Health, had dismissed insinuations that promiscuity could be responsible for the high prevalence…