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By Aniefiok Christopher  Some Paramount Rulers in Akwa Ibom State have expressed their support for the Rotary Healthy Communities Challenge (RHCC), aimed at addressing malaria, pneumonia, and diarrhea among children under five years in Akwa Ibom State. The royal fathers, including the Paramount Ruler of Eket, Edidem Etim Charles Abia, his counterpart in Ibesikpo Asutan, Edidem Clement Francis Ekpenyong and his counterpart in Ikono, Edidem Etim Nnana Itang, made the pledge during courtesy visits by the RHCC delegation led by Dr. Dele Balogun, the Country Lead, to their palaces in Eket, Ibesikpo Asutan, and Ikono respectively. The monarchs pledged their…

The Police operatives uncovered masquerade mask in a criminal’s hideout and arrested the suspect for further investigation in Akwa Ibom. This was as the operatives smashed a gang of two suspects allegedly involved in the attempted vandalisation of electricity transformer in the state. On Tuesday, August 26, 2025, at approximately 0517 hours, operatives of the Command successfully raided a criminal hideout in Itak Village, Ikono Local Government Area. You may also read: Police Command Smokes out suspected kidnappers in Akwa Ibom  In a press release dated August 28 and signed DSP Timfon John, Police Public Relations Officer, Akwa Ibom State Police…

Two children aged eight and 10 have been killed and 17 people injured when a gunman opened fire on schoolchildren attending Mass at a Catholic school in the United States, authorities say. The police chief of Minneapolis, Minnesota, said that of the people injured in the Wednesday morning attack, 14 are children and two were in critical condition. All the children being treated are expected to survive their injuries. According to Aljazeera, local authorities have not yet discerned a motive for the attack and said the shooter – armed with a rifle, a shotgun and a pistol – took his…

In a bold move to cushion the economic hardship facing workers in the state, the Imo State Government has raised the minimum wage from ₦70,000 to ₦104,000. Governor Hope Uzodimma made the announcement during a crucial meeting with labour leaders at the Government House in Owerri, the state capital. This is even as the governor approved ₦16 billion for the immediate clearance of all outstanding gratuities owed to pensioners in the state. You may also read: Imo: Uzodimma Still Unsettled, Scared Of PDP  For civil servants already earning consolidated salaries of ₦104,000 or more, the government has approved an additional 10…

A top government official in Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Ebang Engonga, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for embezzlement, months after he made major headlines when leaked sex tapes involving him and the wives of other officials surfaced online. Hilario Mitogo, press director of the Supreme Court, said the Bioko provincial tribunal found Engonga guilty of diverting hundreds of thousands of dollars in public funds earmarked for official travel expenses. Engonga, who served as head of the national financial investigation agency, was tried alongside five other top officials accused of misappropriating state resources in the oil-rich Central African nation.…

Governor Umo Eno has charged Bulk Purchase Agency to prioritise issuance of vouchers to the pregnant women, nursing mothers, the elderly and persons with disabilities. Eno spoke this during the Third Phase of the Arise Food Security Programme during food distribution to vulnerable households in Ibiono Ibom and Itu Local Government Areas on Monday. Spearheaded by the Akwa Ibom State Government through the Bulk Purchase Agency, the initiative reflects Pastor Umo Eno’s sustained commitment to food relief and social support across the state following the ARISE Food Security Team storming the council headquarters with a truckload of rice and beans…

Hope is rising as Ukanafun Local Government urban in Akwa Ibom State returns to electricity ways after wallowing in blackout for more than eight years despite successive local government administrations in the area. Owing to vandalisation of electricity basic infrastructure and abandonment of contracts award, Ikot Akpa Nkuk, the local government headquarters and its environs beam hope of electricity supply.  Unfortunately, the economic life of the urban and its environ is ebbing and social life is gravely zeroing thus easing suspected pick pockets, phone snatchers, kidnappers and robbery suspects to have a field day in the area. You may also…

Akwa Ibom State Government has restated its commitment to tackling malnutrition and improving the health of women and children through strengthened partnerships with development organizations. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ekem Emmanuel John, stated this at the year 1 results sharing of the Transforming Lives Through Nutrition project implemented by three consortium of partners: Helen Keller Int’l, Vitamin Angels, and International Development Enterprises (IDE), with grant from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The event, held on August 22, 2025, at CEEDAPEG Hotels, Ewet Housing Estate, Uyo, featured the presentation of the first-year scorecard of the Transforming Lives…

Akwa Ibom government has reiterated the call for people in the state to head to farm to enhance adequate food production. This was as ARISE Food Security Programme of the Governor Umo Eno-led administration hit Oruk Anam  and the people celebrated the life-saving intervention of  the third phase of the free food distribution. While reiterating its call for the citizens to return to the farm as a more sustainable solution to hunger, the State Government assured that the periodic intervention of free staple food distribution to the vulnerable people at the grassroots will keep coming in phases, to cushion economic…

Press release The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has smoked out two additional suspects in connection with a recent failed kidnapping attempt in Eket Local Government Area. In a press release dated August 25 and signed by DSP Timfon John, Police Public Relations Officer, Akwa Ibom State Police Command said ‘‘Following a painstaking intelligence-gathering operation, Operatives of the Command in a joint operation, apprehended two individuals on August 22, 2025, around 1:00AM. ‘‘The suspects have been identified as Victor Bassey Tom, a resident of Uqua Isi Edoho, Esit Eket Local Government Area, and Nelson Samuel of Okorotip, Ibeno Local Government…