Nigeria, Feb. 23 -- Senate President Godswill Akpabio has endorsed his nephew, Ukpong Akpabio, for a second term in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly ahead of the 2027 general elections. Mr Ukpon... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 22 -- The long-running dispute over offshore oil wells between Akwa Ibom and Cross River states has resurfaced, with both states restating opposing legal and political positions - Akwa I... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- A State High Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has sentenced a 29-year-old resident pastor of Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel), Ifa Ikot Ubo-Ifa Ikot Okpon branch, Emmanuel Umoh, ... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- The police in Cross River State have arrested a mortician after discovering eight well-dried corpses in an embalming hall at Isong Inyang Community along the Calabar-Ikom Highway. ... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- The police in Cross River State have arrested a lawyer and former presidential aide, Okoi Obono-Obla, over allegations of forgery and the fraudulent acquisition of admission, profe... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 14 -- The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained why the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), African Democratic Congress (ADC) and Labour Party (LP) will not particip... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 11 -- Governor Siminalayi Fubara, on Tuesday, publicly addressed his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, as "my Oga" for the first time since the recent conciliatory meeting brokered by President ... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 10 -- President Bola Tinubu on Sunday night met with key political actors from Rivers State, including Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, in what appears to be... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 10 -- The police in Rivers State have arrested three people, including a local vigilante leader, for allegedly torturing a man to death in Ahoada West Local Government Area of the state.... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 7 -- A civic organisation, Connected Advocacy, has criticised the Nigerian Senate's rejection of a proposed amendment mandating real-time electronic transmission of election results, des... Read More