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Former Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan said that Akwa Ibom State has been blessed with choice leaders as governors over four consecutive dispensations. Jonathan, who stated this at the special thanksgiving held at the International Worship Centre in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital, on Wednesday, to mark Governor Umo Eno’s 60th birthday anniversary, extolled the incumbent, Pastor Umo Eno, as apparently demonstrating focus and ingenuity in less than a year in office. Joined him at the thanksgiving service were wife of the Senate President, Unoma; Obong Godswill Akpabio, former governor of the state, Mr Udom Emmanuel , Minister of State…

The Nigerian Senator who represented Enugu North Senatorial District in the National Assembly and Enugu State APC Governorship candidate, Senator Ayogu Eze is dead. Eze, a former Senate spokesman, died in an Abuja hospital after a protracted illness. According to the source, the late Senator was sick, a situation that made him unable to attend his child’s wedding ceremony held earlier in the year in Lagos State. He was a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, before he defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, where he ran for Enugu State governorship election. in 2023 In the Senate,…

A Magistrate Court in Uyo Magisterial District of Akwa Ibom State granted bail to Senior Legislative Assistant to the Nigerian Senate President and a licensed surveyor on Wednesday, April 24. The Akwa Ibom Police Command arrested and detained Ubokobong Udoworen, an aide to the Senate President and Mr. Akanimo Udom Udondon, a licensed surveyor over alleged ‘raising of false alarm’ on Monday, April 22, 2024. The duo, who honoured an invitation by the Commissioner of Police for settlement of the purported assault and battery against Udoworen with his assailants, were detained at the State Police Headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia in…

It was Black Sunday as two friends and their two girlfriends who reportedly died in an auto crash were later buried in Akwa Ibom State.  Straightnews online gathered from a Facebook user that the accident occurred Sunday night, April 22, 2024 along the deplorable Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene Road. Though details of the incident are still sketchy, it was gathered that the victims were one Abasiama Charles and Idara Udo, including their two girlfriends. Also read How auto crash wipes out family of 8 in Imo Auto crash Claims Three lives in Akwa Ibom  Auto crash consumes 18 persons in Kano  A…

Famous journalist and columnist, Ray Ekpu, is grieving over the demise of his wife, Uyai, an educationist and personnel manager. Uyai who had been married to Ekpu more than 45 years initially hailed from Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom. The grieving Ray Ekpu announced her demise to Straightnews Online in a statement he signed on Wednesday. Aged 73, Mrs. Ekpu died on April 21, following a brief illness. The statement read, “Uyai was a distinguished staff member of the Centre for Management Development (CMD), where she served until her retirement in 2011 as an Acting Director in the…

Death has shaken the foundation of political class in Akwa Ibom State following the unexpected deaths of some top politicians in 2024. In particular, death has taken a huge toll on some prominent members of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.  Engr. Maurice Ebong Engr. (Dr.) Maurice Asuquo Ebong, was born on 3 June, 1943, in Oku-Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. He was married with three children. A distinguished Electrical Engineer, a Fellow of the Council of Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), he was an academic with Endowed Professorial Chair of Engineering, University…

The wife of Nyesom Wike, Minister of Federal Capital Territory from Rivers and Uyo High Court Judge from Akwa Ibom States are among the 22 priority nominees sent to the Federal Judicial Council Commission for confirmation as Justices of Appeal Court. Justice Eberechi Suzzette Nyesom-Wike from Rivers Judicial Council is on the list of priority nominees sent to the Federal Judicial Council Commission. The President of the Court of Appeal, Hon. Justice M.B. Dongban-Mensem has requested the appointment of 22 new Justices to the Court of Appeal. Hon. Justice Ntong Festus Ntong from Akwa Ibom Judicial Council, Uyo High Court…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has threatened to sue Nigeria’s 36 state governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike if they fail to furnish SERAP with useful information on the spending of trillions released to them since 1999. In the Freedom of Information (FoI) requests dated 20 April 2024 and signed by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare, SERAP urged them to “provide our organization with documents on the spending of trillions of FAAC allocations received by your state and the FCT since 1999, and to widely publish any such documents.” The organization also urged…

The Inter-Parliamentary Union, IPU, has named Godswill Akpabio, President of the Nigerian Senate, as a member of the Preparatory Committee for the Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament 2025. A statement by the Special Assistant on Media to the Senate President, Jackson Udom, said Akpabio’s nomination was contained in a letter signed by the General Secretary of the IPU, Martin Chungong, and addressed to the Senate President. The nomination letter reads, “I wish to congratulate you upon your nomination as a member of the Preparatory Committee for the Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament (2025) and to invite…

A famous Nigerian Economics and Public Policy scholar, Professor Akpan Hogan Ekpo, has identified factors inhibiting the growth of Nigerian economy. Professor Ekpo, a former Vice Chancellor of University of Uyo, who spoke at a convocation lecture entitled: Nigeria: A resource rich economy in crisis: Are there solutions?  quoted World Bank as popularising the growth dynamics framework. Speaking at the Ben Jones Auditorium, Obong University, Obong Ntak in Etim Ekpo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom on Friday, April 19, he listed low productivity capacity – lack of investment, bad governance, historical and cultural hang ups, poor regulatory environment and…