It was a moment of celebration as top government functionaries, political stakeholders, business tycoons, converged on Chief Allen Awakessien Compound along Faith Road off Nkemba Street, Uyo – the Akwa Ibom State Capital to witness the traditional wedlock of former Miss Inyene Awakessien and Mr Ekerete Udoh, Chief Press Secretary to Akwa Ibom State Governor…
A new study has reported that Nigeria is among the countries at greater risk of Zika virus due to high travel volume from Zika affected countries. According to the study published yesterday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, many countries across Africa and Asia-Pacific may be vulnerable to Zika virus outbreaks, with India, China, the Philippines,…
The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, has advised married couples in the state and Nigeria at large, to uphold the ordinance guiding the union as the institution was ordained by God for companionship and procreation. Gov Emmanuel gave the advice when he attended the solemnization of holy matrimony between former Miss Mercy Ayanam,…
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has called on faith-based organisations in the state to rise to the challenge of restoring spiritual and moral standards in the society, saying as followers of Christ, more positive act of righteousness and courage to defend that which is right are needed to propagate values that would impact…
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State, Wednesday, 24th August, 2016, visited the dilapidated Ikot Okoro General Hospital in Oruk Anam Local Government Area of the State, where he expressed shock at the state of decay in the hospital and ordered for immediate renovation. He acknowledged that the health facility which was established in 1954…
A 42-year old man, Josiah Johnson, has been remanded in prison custody by an Ado-Ekiti Magistrate’s Court for allegedly beating his wife to death for denying him sex. The police prosecutor, Sergeant Oriyomi Akinwale, told the court that the accused committed the offence on July 3 at Erio-Ekiti in Ekiti West Local Government Area of…
According to a recent study published in the British Journal of Psychology, there is a direct link between altruism and sex. This means that nice people get more sex than those who behave badly. The study involved 192 women and 105 men. They were asked what nice things they did – things like how often…
It was a dramatic scene for residents of Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, when a man, said to be an elder in an unidentified church, was caught stuck inside his friend’s wife during an adulterous act. The man, identified as Elder Ndarake, was caught stuck inside a woman during one of…
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favour of abortion rights groups, striking down a law that imposed restrictions on abortion providers in the state that forced the vast majority of clinics to close. The 5-3 ruling in Whole Woman’s Health vs Hellerstedt is a major win for abortion rights groups. It ruled that the…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Thursday, traded blame on indigenous tomato production firms overballeged rising importation of fake and substandard tomato paste into the country. The firms, Erisco Food and Dangote Tomato Pastry, on their parts, pointedly accused NAFDAC of encouraging foreign firms to flood the Nigerian market…
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