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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 swipe at the northern food suppliers, saying they would not beg the traders to end their blockade, wh...

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 the challenge on Saturday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, while fielding questions from newsmen at the Corr...

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 ammunition were recovered by the police from the suspects. Sources close to the communities had told our cor...

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 statement had told the police that she went to the school and lured the pupils following her agreement w...