Breaking News: Former NDDC Chairman, Sam Edem is dead

Amb. Sam Edem

By UbongAbasi Okon

Amb. Sam Edem, a former chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), is dead.

Foremost Ekid leader, Mbong Mbong, is dead!

It’s a sad moment for Ekid people and the entire Akwa Ibom State! Obongiwad Mbong Mbong is dead. The sad news was posted on Facebook on Wednesday by Victor Effik, a journalist from Akwa Ibom. Mbong was a foremost youth leader in Eket and a former State Deputy Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom. As its founding president, late Chief Mbong helped built Afigh Iwaad Ekid, the main youth organization in Ekid nation, and also shaped oil politics in Ekid for the benefit of his people. Read the news as posted by Victor Efik, after the cut…..

Photos: Mr. Anietie Usen gives mother, late Deacon Jessie Usen, a befitting burial

Mr. Usen is a director in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The burial ceremony took place on Friday, 23 Oct, 2015 at Afaha Akpan Ekpo, Etinan Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State. (Photos taken from Anietie Usen facebook page). See more photos after the cut…..

Ex-Bayelsa gov Alamieyeseigha dies of hypertension – Punch newspaper

A former Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, has died of hypertension, says a news report published in the Punch newspaper.

16-year-old girl reportedly swept away by flood in A’Ibom

Amarachi, 16, is said to have been drowned by flood around Afaha Ube, Ikot Ekpene Road in Uyo during a heavy downpour on Thursday, September 10, 2015, when she attempted to cross a road, says a report written by Victoria Akpabio and published in the Nigerian Pulse newspaper.

Ibommobile CEO, Atuekong Paul Bassey Buries Dad on Sat, 19 September

The CEO of Ibommobile.com, Atuekong Paul Bassey has lost his dad, Dr. Ime-Obong Bassey Idiong who is reported to have died at the age of 58 after a protracted illness.

Kenyan man who claimed to be ‘god’ and Jesus Christ his son reportedly dies of malaria

A newspaper in Kenya reported that local authorities have confirmed the controversial spiritual leader, Jehovah Wanyonyi is dead.

Eminue, a Nigerian-American who served in U.S Army shot dead in Atlanta

Sergeant Ating Eminue, 24, of Lawrenceville, GA, died Sunday morning outside an Atlanta homeless shelter, shot by an unknown attacker. His family says someone confronted him while he tried to give away shoes to the homeless and shot him multiple times.

Dog kills security guard in Akwa Ibom

By Etim Ekpimah

A dog has killed a security guard deployed in the home of the Chief Medical Director, University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Prof. Etete Peters, through serious lethal bites.

Breaking News: Ooni of Ife dies at 85

The Ooni of Ife, Alayeluwa Oba Okunade Sijuwade, is dead, The Punch newspaper has reported.

Breaking news: Former Cross River governor, Donald Etiebet is dead

A family source has confirmed to Think Akwa Ibom! that the former governor of the then Cross River State, Chief Donald Dick Etiebet is dead. He died in the evening of Wednesday after a protracted illness. He was 81 years.

Man dies during church deliverance in Benin

By Alexander Okere

There was confusion on Okwanga Street, around Uselu Quartres, in the Egor Local Government Area of Edo State on Tuesday when a 45-year-old man, Osayande Ekhator, died during a deliverance session at a Pentecostal church in the area.

Did Ime Umanah’s P.A, Ikemesit Iyire also die in the car crash?

Ikemesit Iyire

By Nse Peter

Information still remains sketchy about the car crash that reportedly killed Dr. Ime Umanah, the Akwa Ibom State APC chieftain and philanthropist. The much that is known is that the crash occurred, Monday, May 25, 2015, somewhere around Owerri in Imo State, and that Umanah was inside his car, from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, where he went to defend himself in court in the criminal charge of ‘threat to life’ brought against him by the then governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Akpabio.

U.S Vice President Joe Biden's son Beau dies of brain cancer

Beau Biden (pictured above), who followed his father, Vice President Joe Biden, into politics and was twice elected attorney general of Delaware, died Saturday of brain cancer less than two years after he was diagnosed, the Associated Press has reported. Beau Biden was 46.

Ime Umanah was ‘killed,’ APC leaders in Akwa Ibom allege

Late Dr. Ime Umanah .....Who could have done this?

By Kazeem Ibrahym

Former Petroleum Minister Atuekong Don Etiebet, has said the death of a popular businessman, Dr. Ime Umanah, was a big loss to Akwa Ibom State and Nigeria.

Ime Umanah’s death: ‘I hold Akpabio responsible’ – Inibehe Effiong

Late Dr. Ime Umanah

By Nse Peter

Human rights activist and Convener of the Coalition of Human Rights Defenders (COHRD) in Nigeria, Mr. Inibehe Effiong says he is holding Governor Godswill Akpabio responsible for the death of Dr. Ime Umanah, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Akwa Ibom State who reportedly died, Monday, in a car crash.

Breaking news: Don Etim’s brother, Ken is dead

Mr. Ken Etim, from Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, is dead.

Ken Etim who is the older brother to the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Works, Mr. Don Etim, died this morning in a private hospital in Uyo, according a family source who didn’t want his name mentioned in the story since he hasn’t been authorised to speak on the issue.

A’ Ibom Gospel singer, Pastor Mary Ataiyene is dead

Messages posted on Pastor Mary Ataiyene’s Facebook wall suggest that the renowned gospel singer from Akwa Ibom State is dead. This is sad news indeed for the Christian community and the entire Akwa Ibom State. May her soul rest in peace!

Nollywood actor, Muna Obiekwe is dead – Vanguard newspaper

Nollywood actor, Muna Obiekwe (pictured above) is dead.

Woman dies after giving birth to quadruplets

Associated Press (AP) reports that a woman died hours after giving birth to quadruplets at a Phoenix hospital, in the United States.