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Uma Ukpai's family releases funeral arrangements for late evangelist

Nigeria, March 4 -- The family of renowned Nigerian evangelist, Uma Ukpai, has announced the burial arrangements for the late preacher, revered as one of the fathers of Pentecostalism in Nigeria. The... Read More


Ex-presidential aide recounts ordeal after police arrested him for alleged forgery

Nigeria, Feb. 25 -- Former presidential aide and lawyer, Okoi Obono-Obla, has narrated what he described as a humiliating and unlawful arrest by the police in Cross River State, days after police said... Read More


Lecturer warns Akwa Ibom of underestimating Cross River's 'calculated' strategy

Nigeria, Feb. 25 -- A communication scholar, Udeme Nana, has warned that Akwa Ibom State may be underestimating what he described as Cross River State's "calculated" strategy in the renewed dispute ov... Read More


76 Oil Wells Controversy: Ex-senator faults Eno, alleges compromise

Nigeria, Feb. 23 -- A former senator and the 2023 governorship candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Akwa Ibom State, John Akpanudoedehe, has criticised the Akwa Ibom State Governor Umo... Read More


2027: Akpabio endorses nephew, Reps member for second term

Nigeria, Feb. 23 -- Senate President Godswill Akpabio has endorsed his nephew, Ukpong Akpabio, for a second term in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly ahead of the 2027 general elections. Mr Ukpon... Read More


Akwa Ibom rejects oil wells reallocation rumours as Cross River demands 'fairness'

Nigeria, Feb. 22 -- The long-running dispute over offshore oil wells between Akwa Ibom and Cross River states has resurfaced, with both states restating opposing legal and political positions - Akwa I... Read More


Court sentences Winners Chapel pastor to death for murder

Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- A State High Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has sentenced a 29-year-old resident pastor of Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel), Ifa Ikot Ubo-Ifa Ikot Okpon branch, Emmanuel Umoh, ... Read More


Police arrest mortician, recover eight dried corpses in Cross River

Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- The police in Cross River State have arrested a mortician after discovering eight well-dried corpses in an embalming hall at Isong Inyang Community along the Calabar-Ikom Highway. ... Read More


Ex-presidential aide arrested over alleged certificate forgery

Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- The police in Cross River State have arrested a lawyer and former presidential aide, Okoi Obono-Obla, over allegations of forgery and the fraudulent acquisition of admission, profe... Read More


Why PDP, ADC are excluded from Rivers bye-election - INEC

Nigeria, Feb. 14 -- The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained why the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), African Democratic Congress (ADC) and Labour Party (LP) will not particip... Read More