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Punch Newspapers Sections Our Reporters Some southern state governments and farmers have dismissed the blockade by northern food suppliers, saying it is an opportunity for the South to  boost its food production capacity. Officials of the states including Lagos, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Enugu and Ondo in separate interviews with The PUNCH, on Monday explained their actions to ensure self-sufficiency in food and animal production. But Ondo and Cross Rivers states went further to take a s...

Punch Newspapers Sections Patrick Odey,Uyo THE Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Ita Enang, has slammed the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel and the three senators each from Cross River and Akwa Ibom states for not joining efforts to attract funding for the Calabar-Itu road. Enang also challenged all the 18 House of Representatives members; 10 from Akwa Ibom and eight from Cross River, to point to what they had contributed on the road. He threw ...

Patrick Odey, UyoGunmen suspected to be cultists on Monday attacked and burnt down a divisional police station in the Essien Udim Local Governm...

Punch Newspapers Sections Patrick Odey, Uyo The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested five suspects in connection with the renewed communal clashes between Ukonteghe Uda and Enwang communities in the Mbo Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Odiko Macdon, disclosed this on Friday while speaking to our correspondent in Uyo, the state capital. He said 18 expended cartridges, a piece of live 7.62mm ammunition and five pieces of expended 7.62mm ammuniti...

Punch Newspapers Sections Patrick Odey, Uyo The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has sentenced one Mary Effiong, a mother of three, to 28 years’ imprisonment for stealing two pupils of St. Philip’s Primary School, Use Offot, for sale in Osisioma Ngwa, Abia State. It was gathered that the incident occurred on November 12, 2018, when the convict lured the then five- and six-year-old pupils with biscuits after claiming to be a friend of their mothers. Effiong in her extrajudicial stat...

Patrick Odey, UyoSuspected cultists in the early hours of Monday attacked a checkpoint manned by officers attached to the Quick Response Squad ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Patrick Odey, Uyo The Nigeria Immigration Service has thrown its weight behind the calls for the regulation of social media in the country. The Comptroller General of the NIS, Mohammad Babandede said social media is good, but criminals are now manipulating it for the wrong reasons. Babandede who spoke against the backdrop of fake recruitment in the Service warned the public to be wary of recruitment fraudsters who are manipulating social media to deceive people, warnin...

Buhari’s COVID-19 jail threat: States list enforcement obstacles as Nigerians shun compliance Kindly share this story: File copy: State governors, President Muhammadu Buhari at the inauguration of NEC at the Presidential Villa in June... Published 9 February 2021 State governments on Monday explained obstacles to the enforcement of COVID-19 Health Protection Regulation 2021, which was signed by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) on January 27. Our correspondents, who monito...

ICYMI: We’ll oppose cultists becoming gov, Senator in Akwa Ibom – Ex-Prelate Patrick Odey, Uyo Prelate emeritus of the Methodist Church Nigeria, Sunday Mbang, has said the Christian community in Akwa Ibom State will not allow cultists to become the state governor or senators in the 2023 elections. Mbang, a former President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, said this while fielding questions from journalists shortly after a COVID-19 prayer summit for Akwa Ibom National Assembly member...

Punch Newspapers Sections Patrick Odey, Uyo The enforcement team of the Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Environment and Petroleum Resources has arrested three suspected illegal miners in the state, the Commissioner of Environment, Mr Charles Udoh, has said. Udoh who spoke with our correspondent on Tuesday said the suspects were arrested last week and found without any licence, documentation or environmental impact assessment plan. He warned illegal miners to desist from further pollution of the lan...