A'Ibom Federal legislators seek fresh gov, Assembly polls

APC governorship candidate, Mr. Umana Okon Umana (3rd from left) and running mate, Ben Ukpong (1st from right) with other stakeholders from A'Ibom state while in INEC to register their protest on the just concluded sham elections in the state."  .....Read story after the cut.....

Why this rhino in Kenya is protected round the clock by armed rangers

The photo above shows a male northern white rhino being protected by armed men in conservation in Kenya.

Today is Odudu Ukpanah’s birthday, but it just too difficult to wish him a happy birthday

How can we say happy birthday to a man whose father was brutally killed and he himself thrown into detention on false charges that it was him who killed his father? Odudu Ukpanah, today is your birthday. But it is difficult for us in Think Akwa Ibom! to say happy birthday to you when we truly know that you are not a happy man being incarcerated inside Gov Godswill Akpabio’s gulag. In place of a birthday wish, our prayer is that this little dictator of Akwa Ibom State should set you free immediately. Be strong Odudu, for God and the people are with you!  

Akwa Ibom governorship: How local papers in Akwa Ibom report Udom’s ‘victory'

If the press truly mirrors the feelings of the society, we can safely conclude that there is something fundamentally wrong with the announced ‘victory’ of Udom Emmanuel at the just concluded governorship election in Akwa Ibom State. The above photo is this week front-page of Weekly Insight, a respectable local newspaper in Akwa Ibom State. See the front-page of another local paper, after the cut…..

You’ll be shocked to read what Akpabio did to celebrate Udom’s ‘victory’

Gov Godswill Akpabio addressing a crowd that marched through Wellington Bassey Way, Uyo, to celebrate the outcome of the 2015 governorship election in the state. See more pics and story after the cut......

Rivers, Abia, Akwa Ibom Governorship Elections Questionable - CSOs

INEC chairman, Attahiru Jega

By Tobi Soniyi

Civil Society Organizations that monitored last Saturday's governorship and houses of assembly have said that the elections in Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Abia states were not credible and should not be allowed to stand.

The fraud called polls in Rivers, Akwa Ibom, by APC

Read the full text of APC press briefing on the general elections in Rivers and Akwa Ibom States as presented by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in Lagos. Above is a photo of youths in Akwa Ibom State protesting against the tainted elections in the state. Read the text after the cut…..

Free Odudu Ukpanah, let him rejoin his family to mourn their father, lawyer writes Akwa Ibom Attorney General, Uwemedimo Nwoko

Engr. Albert Ukpanah, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party from Ukanafun Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, was brutally gunned down in his home at Abak. The official police report said the murder was ‘politically motivated’. But in a rather sad and terrible twist, late Albert Ukpanah’s only son, Odudu was arrested, detained and arraigned for the assassination of his own father, even when he (Odudu) isn’t a politician! He has remained in detention without trial for several months now. Many people within and outside Akwa Ibom State feel Odudu is innocent, and have been calling for his release, the latest being this open letter to the Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Uwemedimo Nwoko (pictured above). The letter, written by a Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Fidel Sylvanus Albert, is so straightforward, logical, reasonable and touching. Read the letter after the cut…….

Akwa Ibom governorship election: We are going to court – Umana

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Umana Okon Umana has said that his party is going to court to challenge the outcome of the last Saturday governorship election in the state in which INEC declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party as winner.

Umana Okon Umana who spoke at Channels tv in Lagos this morning insisted that there was no elections in the state.

The governorship and House of Assembly elections in Akwa Ibom State have been marred by ballots stealing and widespread violence.

Umana is symbol of struggle to free Akwa Ibom – Oro people

APC governorship candidate, Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Umana Okon Umana

The people of Oro ethnic group in Akwa Ibom State has described the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Umana Okon Umana as a symbol of a struggle to stop Governor Godswill Akpabio from turning the state into his fiefdom.

Akpabio denies APC use of stadium for Buhari’s visit – Punch newspaper

Governor Godswill Akpabio

By Etim Epimah

The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, has refused the All Progressives Congress the use of Uyo Township Stadium for the hosting of President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).

Buhari was scheduled to visit Akwa Ibom on Thursday, but as the state government denied the APC use of the Uyo Township Stadium, the visit had to be postponed till after the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections.

Gov’ election: Youths queue inside Government House for Akpabio’s bribe

Bribe scandal in Akwa Ibom PDP

By Nse Peter

Governor Godswill Akpabio flung open the gate of Government House, Uyo, on Easter Monday as hundreds of youths in the capital city walked in freely to collect wads of naira notes meant as bribe to buy support for his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, in the forthcoming April 11 governorship election.

Amber Rose and Wiz Khalifa reunite for Easter

Amber Rose and Wiz Khalifa reunited Sunday to spend Easter with their son Sebastian. According to TMZ, Rose and the couple's 2-year-old son meet Wiz Khalifa at his Calabasas home, where he threw a "big Easter party." The couple was photographed stepping away from the crowd during the gathering to enjoy time with their son.

Akapbio can only escape jail if he negotiate with Buhari, says Akwa Ibom cleric

Gov. Akpabio .....fighting his last political battle

By Nse Peter

A prophet in a Pentecostal church in Akwa Ibom State has advised Governor Godswill Akpabio to urgently open channels of negotiation with the president-elect, Gen Mohammadu Buhari, if he really wants to avoid going to jail.

Photo of a weeping Unoma Akpabio goes viral on Internet

Mrs. Unoma Akpabio

By Nse Peter

Did Governor Godswill Akpabio’s wife, Unoma drop some tears when she learned that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari had defeated President Goodluck Jonathan?

Breaking News: Ex-PDP chairman in Akwa Ibom, Otu Ita Toyo defects to APC

Governor Akpabio .... faces impending defeat at home

By Nse Peter

Former chairman of Peoples Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Otu Ita Toyo has defected to the All Progressives Congress.

Mr.Otu Ita Toyo who presided over the affairs of PDP when Godswill Akpabio won the governorship primaries of the party in 2007, said this afternoon in an interview with Planet FM that his loyalty and support is now for APC.

Opinion: Professor Jega's Silence On Akwa Ibom State Is A Crime Against Democracy

INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega

By Inibehe Effiong

My first physical encounter with the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega was on Saturday December 6, 2013 at Ugbegun in Esan Central Local Government Area of Edo State during the burial of former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Festus Iyayi, who was murdered by the reckless convoy of the Governor of Kogi State, Idris Wada.

Painful comparison between Jigawa airport and Akwa Ibom airport!

We got this from the Facebook page of a famous human rights activist from Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Inibehe Effiong and think it is interesting to share it with our readers. See another pic after the cut….

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon Reunite For an Easter Celebration With Their Kids

Plenty of stars are sharing festive snaps this Easter, but Mariah Carey's new photo just might be the sweetest of the bunch. On Sunday, Mariah posted a new Instagram capturing her celebration with Nick Cannon and their twins, Moroccan and Monroe.

South Africans bare all at first official nudist beach

A hundred naturists converged Saturday on a beach in South Africa, which has become Africa's first official nudist beach, despite objections from some locals.