Month: August 2025

Eket Drum Festival Marks 10th Anniversary with Nigeria’s Biggest Drumming Celebration

EKET – The once oil-and-gas-centric city of Eket is set to reverberate with the thunder of drums as it hosts the 11th edition of the Eket Drum Festival. It is going to be Nigeria’s largest gathering of drummers, on Sunday,…

A’Ibom Govt Debunks False Claims On Stipends For Failed Civil Service Applicants

UYO – Akwa Ibom State Government has dismissed as false, social media reports suggesting that Governor Umo Eno promised to pay ₦50,000 monthly stipends to applicants who do not succeed in the ongoing Civil Service recruitment exercise. In a statement…

Akwa Ibom’s Urban Renaissance: 25 Years of Beautification and Civic Renewal

When Nigeria’s cities are often described with words like “chaotic,” “crowded” or “unplanned,” Akwa Ibom State tells a different story. In over a quarter of a century, successive governments here have placed unusual emphasis on beauty – roundabouts turned into…

Police Raids Cults Hideout In Obot Akara, Seize Guns, Ammunition

OBOT AKARA – Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have arrested two suspected cultists in Ikpe Usung Ita, Obot Akara Local Government Area, recovering firearms, ammunition, and incriminating items from them. The suspects, identified as Emmanuel Udo Ukut…

UNIUYO ASUU Joins Nationwide Protest, Demand FG Implementation of 2009 Agreement

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Uyo branch, on Tuesday joined the nationwide protest by the union, demanding the immediate implemention of Federal Government re-negotiated 2009 agreement. Professors and senior lecturers marched through the Town Campus, University…

Meteorology Predicted Thundery Showers, But Joy Rained In Etinan Federal Constituency

The weather forecast for Saturday in and around Etinan-Nsit Ibom-Nsit Ubium Federal Constituency promised thundery showers, but reality defied meteorology. A light drizzle in the early hours of the day gave way to clement weather, as if nature itself had…

Gov. Umo Eno Celebrates Homegrown Aviation Talent

There are moments when a society glimpses the true power of visionary leadership—and the return of Akwa Ibom’s cadet pilots and engineers is precisely one such moment. Governor Umo Eno, PhD, stood at the heart of this milestone, greeting 15…

Desolation to Destination: Gov. Eno’s August 25th Tour of the Blossoming ARISE Resort, Sets Dec. 2025 Opening

At exactly 4:05 p.m., the convoy of Governor Umo Eno rolled into the sprawling ARISE Resort , a bold tourism project rising from what was once a barren expanse of gullies. The Governor arrived aboard a black Mercedes Benz VIP…

AKSG Revokes Land Allocations, Redeploys Commissioners, Sacks Aide

In a sweeping move to restore sanity in land matters, Akwa Ibom State Government has revoked all land allocations made between May 29, 2023, and August 25, 2025, as part of reforms to sanitize land administration and migrate to the…

A’Ibom Police Bursts Illicit Drug Cartel, Arrests Four Suspects

Again, Police operatives in Akwa Ibom have intensified its clampdown on illicit drug activities leading to the arrest of four suspects in Uyo metropolis. Acting on credible intelligence, operatives of the Command carried out coordinated raids on identified drug black…