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Following a tip-off, Rivers State Police Command has arrested a 17-year-old boy for impregnating 10 ladies in a baby factory sting. Apart from teenager Noble Uzuchi, the police also arrested his accomplice, Chigozie Ogbonna, 29,  as well as two other ladies, Favour Bright, 30; and Peace Alikoi, 40. According to the Rivers Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Grace Iringe-Koko, who announced the arrests, the four suspects operated in Obio/Akpor and Ikwerre Local Government Areas of the state. Also read: Child trafficking: Police rescue10 pregnant, teenagers in Rivers While noting that the suspects were arrested following a tip-off, Iringe-Koko said the 10…

Israel Umoh Alarmed by the re-introduction of National Water Resources Bill to National Assembly, Akwa Ibom people in the Nigeria’s South South region have vehemently rejected its deliberation and passage into law. The state which boasts of Atlantic Ocean, rivers and streams sits on huge deposits of natural resources derivable majorly from water resources hence payment of the 13 per cent crude oil derivation on-shore/off-shore-oil dichotomy to the state. The decision was part of the communiqué issued at the end of a one-day meeting by Open Forum held at the NUJ Press Centre, Information Drive, Uyo, on Tuesday, December 13,…

Israel Umoh The Federal High Court, Abuja, Wednesday, granted stay of proceedings on a case brought before it by Mr. Akan Udofia, All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant in Akwa Ibom State. The Court presided over by Justice Emeka Nwite deferred the judgement in the case brought before it by Udofia, asking both parties to maintain the status quo until January 23, pending an Appeal Court decision in a similar matter. Senator Ita Enang, who contested in the May 26 APC’s governorship primary in Akwa Ibom, is also praying de-recognise Udofia as a winner because the primary that him up as…

A Chief Magistrate Court in Abuja has struck out the case and nullified the warrant of arrest issued against Pastor Umo Eno, PDP Governorship Candidate in Akwa Ibom State. The Chief Magistrate Court, Wuse zone 6, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), presided by chief magistrate Emmanuel Iyanna, had, on December 23, 2022, issued a warrant of arrest based on allegation of cheating brought before it by Edet Godwin Etim. Already, Eno is facing certificates forgery in the Appeal Court, Port Harcourt in a case instituted by Akan Okon, a PDP governorship aspirant. Also read: Judgement loading: Pastor Umo Eno leads the…

The Rivers State Police have smashed a child trafficking ring and rescued 10 pregnant women and teenagers in Igwuruta and Omagwa, Obio/Akpor and Ikwerre Local Government Areas of the state. Spokesperson of the command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, who stated this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, January 10, said police arrested four suspects in the state during the sting operation. According to Iringe-Koko, the 41 intelligence unit operatives of the command, acting on a tip off, raided two houses in the communities where the victims were being kept. Also read: 4 Pregnant Girls Rescued, As Anambra Police Uncover…

Against the rising infidelity among married couples, Music executive, Michael Collins Ajereh aka Don Jazzy, said that married women are in his DM asking him for things. Don Jazzy said this while appearing as a guest on a Podcast recently. One of the hosts of the podcast, Nedu, while lamenting about the spate of infidelity among married men and women, especially in Lagos, said; ”I just feel a lot of people are just deceiving themselves, especially in this Lagos…Married women and men…they are all just lying to themselves. You know how many places that I have seen married women?” Responding,…

Family members of two robbers from Akwa Ibom wept as High Court, Okoita in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area of the state slammed a 56-year imprisonment on the duo. The convicts, 28-year-old Nsikan Friday Tom, aka Nokia and Augustine Gregory, 27, were sentenced by Presiding Judge, Justice Okon Okon on Tuesday, January 10, 2023, for robbing a passenger who boarded a tricycle at Okokon Etuk Street in Uyo. The court, however, discharged and acquitted the third accused person, Daniel Okon, of all three counts of conspiracy, robbery and membership of an unlawful society. Also read: Nigerian bags 235 years imprisonment…

*Predicts Buhari’s successor *A’Ibom will witness toughest gov election *Fate of Peter Obi foretold *Impending religious riot Ahead of February 2023 general election in Nigeria, the spiritual leader of Christ Deliverance Ministries (CDM), Lagos, Prophet Ekong Ituen, said God has revealed to him Nigeria’s next president. Prophet Ekong, one of the leading Prophets in Nigeria, is reputed for accurate prophecies. Also read: 2019: Clerygyman Predicts Nigeria’s Next President, A’Ibom Governor Ituen, who accurately predicted the result of the recent Kenya’s Presidential election, announced these at the end of a 21-day fasting and prayer where he sought the face of God…

Christian faithful in the country have been admonished to shun practices capable of endangering their lives and bringing eternal doom upon themselves. Rather, they have been encouraged to embrace the Christ-like life style if they must become beneficiaries of grace, eternal life and prosperity. Also read: Use Police Trust Fund To Address Insecurity In Nigeria- LCN Clergyman The Archbishop and President of the Lutheran Church of Nigeria, Most Rev. Dr. Christian Ekong handed down the advice in his homily at a special thanks giving service to round off a four-day Synodical Convention of the church held at its headquarters at…

Akwa Ibom State chapters of Young Progressive Party  (YPP) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are engaged in exchange of words over alleged plans to rig the forthcoming elections in the state. YPP said it has uncovered plans by Governor Udom Emmanuel to manipulate 2023 elections in the state. But, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state described the allegations as “blatant lie and lamentations of a bitter leaf party waiting for defeat” in the state. Also read: 2023: PDP, YPP, APC absent as 9 gov candidates sign peace accord in Akwa Ibom Addressing a press conference in Uyo on…