Joseph Atainyang

Joseph Atainyang is a multiple award winning journalist with over 15 years practice experience. A graduate in English and Online Editor with WatchmanPost, he has worked as reporter, columnist, features writer, news editor and editor at various other news media.

76 Oil Wells: Hope shatters for Cross River State as RMAFC discards Inter-Agency report

ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•Set to pursue political solutions Fresh developments have emerged in the protracted dispute over the ownership of 76 offshore oil wells between Akwa Ibom State and Cross River State, as the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has formally discarded the report of its Inter-Agency Technical Committee (IATC), effectively halting a process that…

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Eno at 62: You embody God’s grace, strength of purposeful leadership – says Akpabio

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, GCON, has lauded the Governor of Akwa Ibom state, Pastor Umo Eno, on his 62nd birthday, describing him as a man who embodies the grace of God and the silent strength of purposeful leadership. In a congratulatory message personally signed by him, Akpabio praised the governor’s…

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Police nab notorious kidnapper, recover human remains, arms in Mkpat Enin

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesSuspect linked to multiple abductions confesses as officers intensify crackdown on criminal syndicates By Emmanuel Ntekim The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has recorded a significant breakthrough in its sustained crackdown on violent crime with the arrest of a suspected notorious kidnapper and cultist in Mkpat Enin Local Government Area. The suspect, identified as…

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Eyiboh urges AKSG to resolve Stubbs Creek disputes, pleads Gov Eno’s pardon for Princess Udoito

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesA prominent stakeholder in the Akwa Ibom project, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh, has called on the Akwa Ibom State Government (AKSG) to urgently pursue an amicable resolution of the lingering Stubbs Creek disputes, while also appealing to Governor Umo Bassey Eno to exercise mercy in the ongoing legal matter involving Princess God’sown Udoito. Eyiboh stressed…

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2027: Former Finance Commissioner Muhammad Magaji declares for Gombe guber race

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe immediate past Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development in Gombe State, Muhammad Gambo Magaji, has formally declared his intention to contest the governorship seat in the 2027 general elections. Magaji, who recently concluded his tenure under the administration of Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, made his ambition known through an official letter addressed to…

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Swift Police operation frees two abducted victims, recovers firearm

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Emmanuel Ntekim  The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has successfully rescued two abducted persons and recovered a firearm following a swift, intelligence-led operation in Nsit Ubium Local Government Area. The incident occurred on April 15, 2026, at about 8:19 p.m., when credible intelligence revealed that individuals from Edem Idim Okpot Village attacked indigenes…

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Ekeya APC stakeholders disown alleged endorsement of Okobo lawmaker

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe All Progressives Congress (APC) Stakeholders Forum in Ekeya Ward, Okobo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, has distanced itself from a widely circulated social media report claiming that the ward had endorsed the incumbent lawmaker representing Okobo State Constituency, Bassey Pius Bassey, for a second term. In a strongly worded disclaimer issued…

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