For nine months, the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly Complex has remained mostly idle after lawmakers and staff vacated the premises for a rehabilitation project that has had little progress despite billions of naira allocated. But a few metres away, construction workers are busy on three hospitality projects that the state government is funding…
Several communities in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, were submerged by floods on Thursday after hours of heavy rainfall destroyed homes, household property and livestock and prompting residents to block a major interstate highway in protest. The flooding affected communities including Nkemba and adjoining streets, Abak Road, Ukana Offot, Port Harcourt Street, Tabernacle Road…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Onna Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has officially adopted Governor Umo Eno as its sole governorship candidate for the 2026 general elections, ahead of the party primaries. At a key meeting on Wednesday, party members also selected Nelson Ntia, Senator Ekong Sampson, and Dr. Eunice Thomas as…
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, has assured Akwa Ibom State of more national security investment, describing the establishment of the 309 Composite Group in Eket as a strategic step toward strengthening security in the Niger Delta and safeguarding critical national assets. Air Marshal Aneke stated this on Thursday during a…
A part of Old Stadium Road in the heart of Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, has been swallowed by a gully erosion. The adjoining road is about 100 metres from Wellington Bassey Way, the road leading to the Akwa Ibom Government House. For decades, this expanding gully has plagued the community, swallowing farmland and…
…Hosts Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka during the 2026 World Heritage Day Celebration The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno, PhD has expressed the readiness of Akwa Ibom State to play big in the global tourism market, inviting people all over the world to come, live, invest, and thrive in the State. The…
The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Debo Ologunagba, has explained why the party dissolved its executives in Akwa Ibom State. Featuring on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television on Thursday, Ologunagba said the PDP executives were being controlled by the governor who has exited the party. “In Akwa Ibom State,…
Misplaced priorities are unfolding in Akwa Ibom State as it celebrates 38 years, with the N41 billion Ibom Specialist Hospital remaining non-functional for nearly a decade. At the same time, Governor Pastor Umo Eno’s administration spends lavishly on luxury perks for the political class. Amid a worsening healthcare crisis marked by broken equipment and stagnant…
Queen Purple, 25, keenly looked forward to the arrival of her first child. Pregnancy had caused her nausea and fatigue, and she struggled with the increasing weight of the growing baby. She attended the primary healthcare centre (PHC) in her community of Emere Oke kingdom in the Eastern Obolo LGA of Akwa Ibom State for…
The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has been accused of lying about the salaries of his Personal Assistants (PAs), with evidence showing they earn less than half a million naira monthly and are made to let go a compulsory 15 per cent as “tithe.” Governor Eno had on August 22, during a Town Square…
