LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have kidnapped an Akwa Ibom-based televangelist, John Okoriko. The gunmen kidnapped the cleric on Tuesday evening when they invaded the headquarters of the church in his village, Ibekwe Akpanya in Mkpat Enin Local Government Area of the state Mr Okoriko is the president and founder of the Solid Rock Kingdom Church….
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 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-For three consecutive years, Michael Okon Enyong, the lawmaker representing Ibesikpo Asutan/Nsit Arai/Uruan/Uyo Federal Constituency of Akwa Ibom State, nominated the construction of a three-classroom block for a sum of N56 million in a school, which a PREMIUM TIMES investigation has found not to be in existence. In 2018, N30 million was…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS0-A suspected car thief was caught while attempting to steal a Toyota Camry from a church in Afaha Oku, Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital on Sunday, April 24. It was gathered that the suspect succeeded in unlocking the car with a master key and was about to abscond with it when he…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Akwa Ibom State are preparing to arraign some officials of the Deeper Life High School over the alleged sexual abuse of an 11-year-old student of the school in Uyo. Some officials of the school were said to have been detained after attending a meeting at the police headquarters, Uyo,…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Akwa Ibom state chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ini Okopido is dead. A top member of the party in the state, who confirmed the sad incident, disclosed that Okopido died in the early hours of Wednesday at the Ibom Multispecialty Hospital (IBH), Uyo. According to the source, Okopido died…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The embattled Governor of Edo State Godwin Obaseki met with Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel at Government House, Uyo, on Sunday. The event was Obaseki’s second meeting with a governor elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party. He earlier met Governor Wike of Rivers State at the Government House…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four Nigerian journalists have been killed in a motor accident on Wednesday night on Airport Road, Uyo, Akwa Ibom, South-South Nigeria. The journalists were said to be heading for a marriage ceremony of one of their colleagues when the accident occurred. The deceased reportedly worked for Akwa Ibom Newspaper Corporation, publishers of…