LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Uduak Akpan on Monday pleaded guilty to the murder of Iniubong Umoren, the Akwa Ibom woman who was lured out of her home with a fake job interview. He was arraigned before a State High Court judge in Uyo. Miss Umoren was raped and killed in April in the outskirts of Uyo…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 49-year-old man in Akwa Ibom has beaten his wife to death and buried her body in a shallow grave in the couple’s compound to conceal the crime. Ukachukwu Christopher, founder of Omega World Global Ministry, accused his wife, Patience (40), of infidelity and being responsible for his failings, police said. Youths in…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ondo, Delta, Cross River, Enugu, Benue and Akwa Ibom state governments on Sunday faulted the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over the existence of a gazette, which marked out grazing routes for cattle across the country. Officials of the state governments, who stated this in separate interviews with The PUNCH, also…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pastor Dare Adeboye, the son of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Worldwide, Enoch Adeboye, is dead. The 42-year-old son who was the third surviving child of the revered cleric, died in his sleep on Wednesday in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, where he was based with his family….
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has said that its office in Essien Udim Local Government Area has been set ablaze. According to a statement by Festus Okoye, National Commissioner & Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, the incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday 2nd May 2021 Okoye said in…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A woman allegedly killed her mother and chopped the body into pieces in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom. According to an eyewitness, Emmanuel Umanah, who posted the photos from the crime scene, the shocking incident happened at Umoh Obot road off Nto Akpan Inyang Street in Ikot Ekpene. Some of the photos shows the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Akwa Ibom has confirmed the drowning of three children of police officers in a pool of water at Eket barracks. Speaking to newsmen, SP Odiko Macdon, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, described the incident as “painful and shocking.” He said that the Commissioner of Police in…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base, Ibaka, Mbo local government area, Akwa Ibom State, has arrested 13 suspects and seized 2,053 bags of smuggled rice from them. Speaking on Thursday in Ibaka, Commanding Officer, FOB, Captain Peter Yilme said the suspects were arrested in two different operations on the 26th and 29th…