By Our Reporter UYO (CONVERSEER) – Former Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Information, Sir Charles Udoh, has shared emotional memories of the Reigners’ Bible Church building collapse, nine years after the tragic incident. Writing on his social media handle on Wednesday, 10 December 2025, Udoh described the day, 10 December 2016, as the moment his…
By Godwin Etim UKANAFUN (CONVERSEER) – The people of Edem Idim in Ukanafun Local Government Area raise an urgent and distressed cry to the Federal Government of Nigeria to come to our rescue from the hands of traducers who have invaded our land, exploited our resources, and left behind bitterness, devastation, and poverty. We are…
…appoints Pastor Joe Linus SSA on Religious Affairs By Joe Udo UYO (CONVERSEER) – Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has clarified that the State’s Executive Order on masquerades is not a blanket ban but a restriction aimed at keeping them off the streets and highways for public safety. Speaking at the funeral of…
By Our Reporter UYO (CONVERSEER) – A new naval base is to be established at the Ibeno axis on Akwa Ibom State. The development is to boost further safety of maritime infrastructure in the State. This was disclosed during a courtesy visit on Governor Umo Eno, by the Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral…
By Emmanuel Nicholas UYO (CONVERSEER) – Akwa Ibom State has rapidly emerged as the principal tourism destination for residents of the South-South and South-East. Each weekend witnesses a sizeable migration of businesspeople and leisure seekers from Aba, Umuahia, Port Harcourt, Owerri and neighbouring Bayelsa into the cities of Uyo, Eket and Ikot Ekpene. This recurrent…
By Frank Ulom UYO (CONVERSEER) – The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno, has signed an executive order banning masquerade activities on the streets across Akwa Ibom. Converseer reports that Eno signed the order on Wednesday, 3 December 2025, in the presence of the state’s Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Azare, among others….
By Orok Otu Duke Once upon a time, “Ekpo Anyokho, Ekpe, Ekpo Ekoong, Abon, Ekang and Akata were employed for local governance, law, order, and social justice, across a wide representation of levels and institutions of government in Ibibioland. With the imposition of colonial rule in Ibibioland from 1885 onward, the Europeans retained aspects of…
By Frank Ulom UYO (CONVERSEER) – The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a 15-year-old girl, Miss Favour Emenyi, a student of Mary Hanney Secondary School, Oron, over fake news. Arrested alongside Hanney for alleged fake news fabrication and circulation were Lexis Christopher and Stephen Owen. According to a statement signed by DSP Timfon…
By Asuquo Edem UYO (CONVERSEER) – The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly on Tuesday rejected a motion brought before it by the member representing Etinan State Constituency, Hon. Uduak Ekpoufot. The motion presented before the House seeking to discontinue the consumption and sale of dog meat in Akwa Ibom State has failed to scale…
By Frank Ulom UYO (CONVERSEER) – The Akwa State Police Command has arrested a masquerade for alleged disturbance of public peace. Converseer reports that the person behind the masquerade was identified as David Effiong. The arrest, according to a statement signed by DSP Timfon John, Police Public Relations Officer in the State on Tuesday, was…
