Udeme Utip, THEWILL

Controller warns of life-threatening overcrowding in Akwa Ibom custodial centres. Uyo Correctional Centre houses over 1,000 inmates despite a capacity for 613. NDDC pledges support to rehabilitate facilities and improve inmates' welfare. Correctional Service seeks solar power, potable...

NUJ urges Akwa Ibom Government to establish a stand-alone Fire Service Agency. Congress calls for stricter regulation of cooking gas retail outlets over safety concerns. Journalists advocate stronger environmental measures to tackle flooding and poor waste disposal. NUJ...

FRSC begins statewide Operation Shark Smile to tackle rising road crashes. Exercise targets speeding, overloading, reckless driving and other traffic offences. Joint operation with security agencies to enforce traffic laws across Akwa Ibom. Offenders face prosecution and prescribed...

Police arrest two suspects over the alleged murder of a 26-year-old man in Nsit Ibom. Prime suspect allegedly confesses to ordering the fatal assault. Victim's father reportedly forced to bury son's body in a shallow grave. Police exhume...

Second batch of 10 CNG buses arrives in Akwa Ibom, increasing the state's fleet to 30. Arrival follows the first batch of 20 buses received on June 29 as part of a 50-bus transport programme. The project is...

July 14, (THEWILL) — The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly (AKHA) Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs has expressed satisfaction with projects executed by the Itu Local Government Council, commending the council's management for accountability in the...

July 13, (THEWILL) — Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio (MMI) has resolved to pursue all lawful and constitutional measures to recover its Ibibio House property in Lagos, while institutionalising a comprehensive leadership handover process to strengthen transparency and continuity in the...

July 13, (THEWILL) — The Akwa Ibom State Government says it is set to commence the fourth phase of its ARISE Free Food Distribution Programme, with 217,000 bags of rice and beans earmarked for distribution to vulnerable households...

July 13, (THEWILL) — When the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction joined forces with International Alert Nigeria to undertake a field assessment in Eastern Obolo, Akwa Ibom State, the objective extended beyond an official visit. It...

July 12, (THEWILL) — A cleric, Most Rev. Friday Ibanga, has attributed the decline in youth restiveness, violent crime and vandalism in Akwa Ibom State to the people-oriented policies of Governor Umo Eno, saying the administration's approach has helped...