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UUTH CMD Fights Tears as EFCC Shootout Exposes Patients to Avoidable Deaths …Seeks FG, State Intervention as Hospital Services Collapse Amid Crisis

adminMay 13, 2026

The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), Prof. Ememabasi Bassey, struggled to hold back tears on Wednesday as he narrated how Tuesday’s violent confrontation between operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and hospital staff exposed critically ill patients to avoidable deaths and paralysed services at the...

Doctors Shut Down Health Services in Akwa Ibom as EFCC–UUTH Confrontation Sparks Nationwide Concern

adminMay 12, 2026

Healthcare delivery across Akwa Ibom State was brought to a standstill on Tuesday following an indefinite strike declared by the Nigerian Medical Association in response to a confrontation involving operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital. The development has created a tense atmosphere within the health sector,...

2027: Akpabio Backs Umo Eno, Seeks Massive Support for Tinubu in A’Ibom

adminMay 12, 2026

President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Monday night threw his weight behind the second term bid of Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, while rallying political stakeholders in the state to deliver overwhelming support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 general elections. Akpabio gave the assurance in Uyo when Governor...

Gun, Drugs Recovered as Police Raid Criminal Hideout in Abak

adminMay 8, 2026

A May 7 police operation has disrupted suspected criminal activities in Abak, with officers recovering a firearm, suspected hard drugs and other items from a forest hideout. The operation, carried out by operatives of the newly established Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU), followed credible intelligence pointing to the area along Ikot Abasi Road as a...

Diplomatic Shake-Up: Tinubu Appoints Ita Enang Ambassador to Germany

adminMay 7, 2026

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of veteran lawmaker and former presidential aide Ita Solomon Enang as Nigeria’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Germany. The appointment, announced on Thursday through Enang’s media aide, Uduakabasi Ikpatt, is expected to see the former senator assume duties at the Nigerian Embassy in Berlin in the coming...

GOV ENO HIGHLIGHTS GAINS OF A’IBOM AIRPORT INT’L OPERATIONS, CREATES AVIATION MINISTRY

adminMay 7, 2026

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has said the attainment of international status by the Victor Attah International Airport, VAIA, will not only benefit Akwa Ibom State, but Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea region. In a world pess briefing upon his return from the maiden international flight to the airport from Accra, Ghana,...

2027 GUBER: GOV ENO SUBMITS APC NOMINATION FORM …says party faithful should support aspiration

adminMay 7, 2026

Ahead of the 2027 governorship election, Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has submitted his nomination form for the primaries of the All Progressives Congress ( APC) with a call on party faithful to support his aspiration. Speaking with Government House Correspondents at the Victor Attah International Airport upon his return from Abuja, where...

Ekong Emerges UNIUYO VC

adminApril 30, 2026

Professor Christopher Nyong Ekong has been appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Uyo. An abridged profile made available to newsmen on Thursday indicates that Ekong, an indigene of Uyo Local Government Area, was born on October 25, 1967, during the Nigerian Civil War. The new Vice Chancellor studied Economics at the University of Cross River...

Cost Control, Rising Demand Push Lafarge Africa’s Q1 Profit to N97.95bn, Revenue Hits N334.88bn

adminApril 30, 2026

Strong cost control and rising demand have pushed Lafarge Africa Plc to a Profit After Tax of N97.95 billion in the first quarter of 2026, a sharp 101 per cent increase from N48.64 billion recorded in the same period last year. The company also posted a 35 per cent jump in revenue, with net sales...

Joint Security Pressure Forces Sea Pirates to Lose Grip of 14 Kidnap Victims on Oron-Calabar Waterways

adminApril 29, 2026

Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command, in collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have secured the freedom of 14 persons abducted by sea pirates along the Calabar–Oron waterways. The development was disclosed in a press release signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Timfon John, and made available in...

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UUTH CMD Fights Tears as EFCC Shootout Exposes Patients to Avoidable Deaths …Seeks FG, State Intervention as Hospital Services Collapse Amid Crisis

Doctors Shut Down Health Services in Akwa Ibom as EFCC–UUTH Confrontation Sparks Nationwide Concern

2027: Akpabio Backs Umo Eno, Seeks Massive Support for Tinubu in A’Ibom

Gun, Drugs Recovered as Police Raid Criminal Hideout in Abak

Diplomatic Shake-Up: Tinubu Appoints Ita Enang Ambassador to Germany

GOV ENO HIGHLIGHTS GAINS OF A’IBOM AIRPORT INT’L OPERATIONS, CREATES AVIATION MINISTRY

2027 GUBER: GOV ENO SUBMITS APC NOMINATION FORM …says party faithful should support aspiration

Ekong Emerges UNIUYO VC

Cost Control, Rising Demand Push Lafarge Africa’s Q1 Profit to N97.95bn, Revenue Hits N334.88bn

Joint Security Pressure Forces Sea Pirates to Lose Grip of 14 Kidnap Victims on Oron-Calabar Waterways

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