Gunmen suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN) have attacked another Police Station in Akwa Ibom, South-South Nigeria. THE PARADISE NEWS gathered that the gunmen attacked Odoro Ikpe Police Station in Ini Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State in the early hours of Saturday, May…
By Ekemini Simon A Lagos- based Legal Practitioner and Human Rights Activist, Mr Inibehe Effiong has accused the Akwa Ibom State Government of complicity in the death of the 26-years old graduate of philosophy, Iniubong Umoren. The Akwa Ibom State Police Command of the Nigeria Police Force had confirmed that Umoren, an orphan from Oruk…
Pastor Dare Adeboye, the son of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG Worldwide, Enoch Adeboye, is dead. It was gathered that the 42-year-old, who is the third son of the revered cleric, died in his sleep on Wednesday in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, where he was based with his family….
Gunmen have reportedly attacked Obosi Police Station in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, on Wednesday night, killing two Police officers while freeing all detainees in the cell. THE PARADISE NEWS learned that the attack happened barely 24 hours after the newly posted Commissioner of Police to the State, CP Christopher Adetokumbo Owolabi…
A new investigation by BBC Africa Eye into pensions in Nigeria has uncovered an unfair and corrupt system that leaves some elderly people sick and penniless, with government workers soliciting extra payments before paying out pensions, people arbitrarily being declared ‘dead’ and having to prove they are alive before their pension is reinstated, and politicians…
By Archibong Efefiom Tragedy struck this evening (Sunday, May 2, 2021) in Diamond Hill, Calabar, Cross River State, when one miss Nsebong, a young girl of 13 allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself beside her house. This occurred after she made countless trips to the scene just to make sure nobody was around to notice…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC office in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has been set ablaze. THE PARADISE NEWS gathered that the office was set ablaze at the early hours of Sunday morning, May 2, 2021, with a security guard almost lynched. In a statement signed by Festus Okoye Esq.,…
The Government Of Akwa Ibom State has restricted the movement of motorcycles also known as okada in the state. According to a statement signed by Dr Emmanuel Ekuwem, Secretary to the State Government (SSG) on Saturday, May 1, 2021, and made available to THE PARADISE NEWS, the restriction is from 10PM-6AM daily. “The Governor of…
By Daniel Agbor Respite has continued to elude the workers at the Obudu Mountain Resort after several years of their redeployment as arrears of their salaries and leave grant now looks at the skewed legal quotation of “justice delayed, is justice denied”. While they may not have been the reason for the sudden low patronage…