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Punch Newspapers Sections Patrick Odey, Uyo Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have arrested two suspected fraudsters, Emeka Akuma and Moses Asuquo, over fake bank alerts. A statement by the command’s Public Relations officer, Odiko Macdon, on Wednesday, said Akuma was arrested with a Lexus 330 car in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on January 18, after buying the car with a fake bank alert. The second suspect, Asuquo, was reportedly apprehended on January 17, while attempting to use a fa...

Punch Newspapers Sections Patrick Odey, Uyo A group, Enwang Professionals, has called on the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, to set up a panel of inquiry to probe killings of innocent people during the communal crisis between Uko Akpan Enwang and Ukonteghe Uda in Mbo Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that more than ten people were killed, women raped and property estimated at several million of naira destroyed in fresh hostilities which started on Monday, January 1...

Patrick Odey Uyo Two senior lecturers of the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Dr John Enoidem and Dr Itemobong Ekaidem, on Monday confirmed vot...

Punch Newspapers Sections Patrick Odey, Uyo THE death toll in the ongoing communal conflict between Uko-nteghe Uda and Uko Akpan Enwang communities in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has continued to rise following escalation of crisis, our correspondent reports. Sources closed to the communities said one person was beheaded and two feared killed in fresh attacks which occurred in the early hours of Thursday. However, the police have confirmed only two casualties and have called fo...

23-year-old student jailed five years for cultism in Akwa Ibom Patrick Odey Uyo An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo, the state capital, has sentenced a 23-year-old student, Emmanuel Thomas, to five years’ imprisonment. Thomas, a native of Uruk Uso in Obot Akara Local Government Area of the state, was convicted for belonging to an unlawful society known as Red Skin Secret Cult Confraternity, one of the cults outlawed by the state government The presiding judge, Justice Okon Okon, on T...

Punch Newspapers Sections Patrick Odey, Uyo The Magistrate Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has commenced proceeding into juvenile case in the ongoing Deeper Life School crisis. The proceedings were held behind closed doors. The Secretary of the court, who did not mention her name, said since the matter was a juvenile case, nobody would be accepted to participate in the proceedings except the parties involved in the matter. Recall that the police command in the state had arraigned seven p...

Man jailed for life over rape of Akwa Ibom three-year-old stepdaughter Patrick Odey, Uyo THE Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has sentenced a 23-years-old man, Iniobong Moses, to life imprisonment for raping his three-year-old stepdaughter at Ikot Akpe village in Uyo Local Government Area of the state. The court presided over by Justice Okon Okon, held on Wednesday that Moses is guilty of rape, contrary to Section 367 of the Criminal Code Cap 38, Vol. 2 Laws of Akwa Ibom State of Niger...

Punch Newspapers Sections Patrick Odey, Uyo The Chairman of the Akwa Ibom State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Udo Ekpenyong, died early hours of Tuesday. A family source said he died after a protracted illness. The late PDP chairman, who was a former commissioner of local government and chieftaincy affairs in the state, hailed from Ukanafun Local Government Area of the state He was elected as the PDP State chairman less than one year ago. Copyright PUNCH. All rights reserved. This...

Patrick Odey, UyoAkwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, has sentenced a 23-years old man, Iniobong Moses, to l...

Punch Newspapers Sections Patrick Odey, Uyo SUSPECTED militants have attacked facilities at the new Norfin Offshore Shipyard located in the boundary shoreline of Ikot Ukpong in the Oruk Anam Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The inauguration of the shipyard initially billed for January 23, 2021 has been shifted to January 30 by Governor Udom Emmanuel following the attacks. Our correspondent reports that the armed men reportedly arrived the yard at about 5am on Monday and shot indiscrimi...