Breaking News: NDDC Director of Finance, Ibanga Etang is dead

The sad news we are tracking this moment is that the Director of Finance in the Interim Management Board of the Niger Delta Development (NDDC), Chief Ibanga Etang, 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.

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.

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.

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’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.

Information commissioner’s younger brother, Uwem Umanah loses 7-year old son

Uwem Umanah

By Nse Peter

A controversial media consultant in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Uwem Umanah has lost his first son to the cold hand of death.

The little boy, Master Emmanuel Uwem Umanah, according to family sources, died in their family home, Tuesday, in Mbiabong, Uyo. He was seven years old.

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.

UNN graduate dies while jogging in Abuja

Late Olive Nebo

By Nse Peter

Olive Nebo Ozioma, said to be a 2012 economics graduate of University of Nigeria Nsukka, is dead.

Popular Uyo lawyer, Aquaisua Edet Aquaisua dies on Christmas Day

Late Barr. Aquaisua Edet Aquaisua

By Nse Peter

A popular lawyer in Uyo, Barr. Aquaisua Edet Aquaisua is dead. He was 50. He was the managing partner of the law chambers, Aquaisua Edet Aquaisua & Co. in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. He was married, with three children.