The Young Progressives Party (YPP), has expressed displeasure towards the manner in which the name of the party has been put to disrepute and ridicule by members of the public owing to the recent conviction and jailing of a Senator, Bassey Albert Akpan. They have also insisted that the offenses for which Bassey Albert has ...

A Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, on Thursday, 1st December, 2022, sentenced Senator Bassey Albert to 42 years in prison for money laundering and graft. Senator Albert, the governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in the 2023 election, was found guilty in all the six-count charges preferred against him by the Economic ...

Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, has presented a budget estimate of N697.005 billion for the 2023 fiscal year. The budget proposal, tagged Budget of Completion, has a Capital Expenditure of N535 billion and N344.005 billion for recurrent expenditure totalling N697.005 billion as against the previous year’s revised provision of N631.881 billion. Making the presentation, ...

Stakeholders from Oniong West, Ikot Ebiere in Onna Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, have distanced themselves from the political voyage of their kinsman, Mr Ephraim Inyangeyen, describing it as a disregard to morality and good conscience. At a well attended meeting over the weekend at Ikot Ebiere, Onna local government area, they resolved ...

Men of the Nigeria Police Force in Akwa Ibom State have arrested a man for allegedly killing his 20-year old daughter. The suspect, Ime Sunday Etukudo, reportedly killed his 20 year-old daughter, Ofonmbuk Ime Sunday, and buried her in a shallow grave. The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Odiko Macdon, in a statement on ...

The United States Consul General in Nigeria, Mr. Will Stevens, has applauded the outstanding fiscal transparency of the Udom Emmanuel-led government of Akwa Ibom State. Mr. Will Stevens gave the commendation while speaking at Government House, Uyo, on Thursday, during a courtesy visit to the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel. The US envoy ...

By Mfonobong Ukpong The people of Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District also known as Ikot-Ekpene Senatorial District, Tuesday renewed their PDP vows, with a pledge to vote resoundingly for all candidates of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP from the Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Governorship candidate, Pastor Umo Eno, Senatorial candidate, Barr. Emmanuel Enoidem, as ...

The Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has ordered the closure of the vehicles spare part market popularly called Mechanic Village in Afaha Offot community, over a clash between the Igbos and the local dealers. This was disclosed by the Council Secretary, Ubong Udofia, in a statement titled ‘Uyo Local Government Shuts Mechanic ...

A federal high court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital, on Tuesday adjourned till October 24th 2022, for adoption of final addresses in the case by a defeated aspirant, Mr Akan Okon, challenging Pastor Umo Eno’s candidacy as the Governorship candidate of the PDP in Akwa Ibom State. This follows the testimony from the ...

  The defeated Governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Akan Okon, has changed his lawyer in the certificate forgery suit against the Governorship candidate, Pastor Umo Eno. Akan brought a new lawyer, Okey Amaechi SAN to lead in the case ahead of Uche Awa SAN who had been in the saddle before ...