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Punch Newspapers Sections Patrick Odey, Uyo Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Command have reportedly killed four suspected sea pirates at Iwukpom/Opolum water channel in the Ibeno Local Government Area of the state. A statement on Sunday by the Police Public Relations Officer, Odiko Macdon, said the pirates were killed in a gun battle with the police, adding that three members of the gang escaped with bullet wounds. The statement said, “On March 4, 2021, at about 2.30pm, a team of 29 PMF personnel, who were on a special duty at Ibeno, led by ASP Abubakar Yakubu, acting on credible intellig...

Patrick Odey, Uyo A spokesperson for the Akwa Ibom Elders Vanguard, Senator Anietie Okon, has said the shoot-at-sight order by the President, Major General Mohammadu Buhari (retd), to security agencies is not enough. Okon, a former Publicity and Organising Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party said what was needed was expressed instruction to wipe out banditry from the country. Okon, a Third Republic Senator, stated these while speaking to journalists on Sunday in Uyo the Akwa-Ibom State capital. He berated the way the Buhari-led administration was handling bandits and insurgents in some ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Patrick Odey,Uyo The Nigerian Export Promotion Council has vowed to make Nigerian cuisine an international brand to make it compete compete favorably with other conutries’ brands. The Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr Olusegun Awolowo, said this during a one-day sensitisation programme for exporters of Nigerian cuisine organised by NEPC on Thursday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital. Awolowo, represented by the Deputy Director, International Export Office of NEPC, Mr Iliya Yaro, expressed hope that the country would compete with branded restaurants li...

Punch Newspapers Sections Patrick Odey, Uyo The European Union through its ECOWAS commission partners and the leadership Initiative for Trañsformation and Empowerment has organised capacity training for Nigeria military, police and paramilitary agencies. The training programme is aimed at equipping the operatives with modern methods and strategies of border management (air, land and sea) as well as strategies for collaborative policing and information sharing. Speaking at the event held at Emjim hostels, Uyo Akwa Ibom State, the executive director of the programme Hon. Joel Bisina, in his op...

Punch Newspapers Sections Patrick Odey and Edward Nnachi Gunmen suspected to be cultists on Monday attacked and burnt a divisional police station in the Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State The incident occurred barely one week after some hoodlums in the same local government attacked members of the Quick Response Squad at the Ikpe Annang Junction and burnt an inspector of police inside a police van. Sources told our correspondent in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, that the hoodlums stormed the police station in the early hours of Monday and set it ablaze, as well as unserviceable vehic...