Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of a businesswoman, Mrs. Juliana Dimaka, in Eket, Akwa Ibom State. Dimaka, the owner of Testimony supermarket at Grace Bill Street in Eket, was strangled to death at her home on October17, 2023, at 8.00 p.m. A reliable …
Read More »Unknown assailants strangle businesswoman to de@th in Akwa Ibom
Unknown assailants have allegedly strangled a businesswoman, Madam Juliana Dimaka, to death in her home in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom. A source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Eket, on Tuesday, October 24, 2023, that the businesswoman was murdered on October 17, after several …
Read More »Woman flogged for allegedly stealing three bunches of plantain in Akwa Ibom
A woman identified as Obot Udo Ekpo was flogged by youth leaders for allegedly stealing three bunches of plantain in Okon Eket village in Akwa Ibom State. According to reports, she wanted to sell the stolen bunches of plantain at the popular weekly Urua Udo Inyang market, which …
Read More »Pastor and his brother sentenced to death for murd£r in Akwa Ibom
Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Essien Udim Local Government Area has sentenced two brothers to death by hanging for killing a farmer. The convicts are Uduak Udo Umoren, a 48-year-old pastor and his 34-year-old brother, Emmanuel Udo Umoren, a commercial motorcyclist. They were found guilty for …
Read More »Police neutralize two armed robbers, arrest one in Akwa Ibom
Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have neutralized two robbery gang members and arrested another in Uyo, the state capital. Spokesperson of the command, SP Odiko Macdom, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday, September 21, 2023, said the robbers have been terrorizing residents at …
Read More »Akwa Ibom boy, Hope reunites with his mother seven years after he was branded a witch, stigmatized and left to starve to death
On January 30, 2016, Danish aid worker Anja Ringgren Lovén was photographed giving water to a severely emaciated 2-year-old boy, whom she rescued after he was branded a witch by his family and left to starve to death in Akwa Ibom. The boy had wandered the streets for …
Read More »Akwa Ibom police arrest suspected child trafficker who stole two children and attempted to kill their mother
The Akwa Ibom State Police has arrested a suspected child trafficker, Peace Patrick Paul, who stole two children and attempted to kill their mother. The State Police Commissioner, CP Olatoye Durosinmi, paraded Peace at the police headquarters, Ikot Akpanabia, Uyo on Wednesday, August 30, 2023. alongside three other …
Read More »Man arrested for allegedly defiling his 6-year-old daughter in Akwa Ibom
The Akwa Ibom State Police has arrested one Sunday Michael Ben, who was accused of raping his six-year-old daughter. The State Police Commissioner, CP Olatoye Durosinmi, paraded the suspect alongside others at the police headquarters, Ikot Akpanabia, Uyo on Wednesday, August 29, 2023. The suspect, during …
Read More »Popular native doctor, Akwa Tiwara Aki regains freedom five days after he was abducted
Popular native doctor, Akwa Tiwara Aki has regained freedom five days after he was abducted. Recounting his abduction experience after his supporters and loved ones flocked to his house, the native doctor revealed that some gunmen began shooting sporadically shortly after arriving at his hotel following a call from …
Read More »Angry mob sets tricycle robber ablaze in Akwa Ibom as police rescue two suspected thieves from being lynched for stealing wine and generator
Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have rescued two suspected thieves from being lynched by an angry mob. Spokesperson of the command, SP Odiko Macdon, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, said the suspects were accused of stealing drinks and a generator. …
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