EFCC arrests 11 suspected illegal miners in Akwa Ibom
Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 11 suspects for alleged illegal mining activities in Akwa Ibom State.
Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 11 suspects for alleged illegal mining activities in Akwa Ibom State.
The long-running dispute between Akwa Ibom and Cross River States over the ownership of 76 offshore oil wells has resurfaced, following a strongly worded statement by the Government of Akwa Ibom State and a response from the Cross River State Government, on Friday.
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a suspected cultist, Pius Pius, for allegedly vandalising electricity transformers and public electric cables in Abak Local Government Area and its environs.
The Ibibio ethnic nationality has firmly rejected the inclusion of any part of its ancestral land in the proposed Obolo State, warning against attempts to alter the territorial integrity of its communities under the guise of state creation.
This is the story of 22-year-old Ekong, who was accused of witchcraft at age 12, in a remote village in Akwa Ibom. 12 years later, he is now months away from becoming a mobile phone technician.
“I am busy attending to family business,” these are the supposed words of Mr Efiok Udoh, the brother of late William Udoh, who died two years ago and is still in the mortuary.