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The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria will on Saturday honour Akwa Ibom State Accountant General, Mr Uwem Andrew-Essien, as one of its 2026 icons for his outstanding contributions to public financial management, professional accountancy and public service delivery.
The prestigious recognition will be conferred at the ICAN Annual Dinner and Awards Night scheduled for 16 May 2026 at The Monarch Event Centre, Lekki, Lagos.
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has warned political thugs, troublemakers and anyone plotting to disrupt today’s All Progressives Congress primaries in the state to abandon such plans or face arrest and prosecution.
The command said it had deployed tactical teams, intelligence operatives, patrol units and other security personnel across designated venues to ensure a peaceful, credible and hitch-free exercise.
The Energy and Maritime Reporters of Nigeria (EMR), Akwa Ibom State Branch, had its maiden meeting, pledging to promote transparency, sustainable development, and stronger stakeholder engagement in Nigeria’s energy and maritime sectors.
At the meeting on Saturday morning, 16 May 2026, moderated by the National Chairman, Comrade Martins Giadom, members reaffirmed their commitment to professional, investigative, and solution-driven journalism aimed at deepening public understanding of issues in the oil, gas, energy, and maritime industries.
Former Bayelsa governorship candidate and ex-President of the Ijaw Youths Council, Udengs Eradiri, has cautioned Governor Douye Diri against making statements that could inflame political tension over the zoning of the state’s governorship seat.
Eradiri warned on Friday that Diri’s alleged suggestion that the next governor could emerge from either the Eastern Senatorial District or the West risked creating confusion and reopening a debate many political stakeholders considered settled.
A newborn baby boy, allegedly sold for ₦145,000 without his father’s consent, has been rescued by operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command following the arrest of three women suspected of running a child trafficking syndicate in the state.
The baby, born on 7 May 2026, was reportedly sold shortly after birth in a shocking case that has exposed an alleged illegal child trafficking and adoption network operating within Akwa Ibom.
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to bring a Colombian woman back to the US from the Democratic Republic of Congo, after she was deported to the African country that had refused to accept her.
The deportation of Adriana María Quiroz Zapata was likely illegal”, the US district judge Richard Leon ruled on Wednesday.
China, yesterday, reaffirmed its commitment to the One-China principle, insisting that Taiwan is not a sovereign nation but an inseparable part of Chinese territory.
President Xi Jinping warned his United States counterpart, Donald Trump, that missteps concerning Taiwan could push them into “conflict”, a stark opening salvo as the two leaders meet in Beijing for a summit.
Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have recovered suspected stolen goods and vandalised transformer cables after suspected criminals abandoned their vehicle and fled during a late-night operation in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area.
The operation, carried out on May 12, 2026, at about 11:45 pm, followed credible intelligence about a suspicious vehicle moving around the area under questionable circumstances.
The Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, arraigned Blessing Gozi-Anyaokei, Managing Director of Viscount Microfinance Bank, before Justice Y. Halilu of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, over alleged fraud.
She is being prosecuted on a two-count charge bordering on illegal conversion and obtaining money by false pretence.
A third prosecution witness in the trial of alleged serial microfinance bank fraudster, Musa Saliu Adekunle, has told the Federal High Court in Uyo that the defendant was arrested with three mobile phones and a Point of Sale (POS) machine allegedly used to defraud multiple financial institutions, including the University of Uyo Microfinance Bank.
The witness, Deputy Superintendent of the EFCC, Mubarak Isah, testified before Justice Maurine A. Onyetenu on Tuesday that investigations revealed the electricity meter number used by Adekunle and his alleged accomplice to open accounts with UniUyo Microfinance Bank and other banks was fake and untraceable to the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company.