By Okon Bassey
The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Ini Ememobong has taken responsibility for the payment of law school fees for a first class student of the Faculty of Law in the University of Uyo, Ikanna Okim in the 2020/2021 academic session of the Nigerian Law School.
This according to the the commissioner, is to encourage academic excellence and assist students whose parents or sponsors are incapable of fulfilling their financial obligations towards them.
He made the decision public at the Assembly Hall of the Faculty of Law, while speaking on the topic ‘The Lawyer: Utilizing Diverse Professional Opportunities’ on ‘The Excellence Summit’, a Law Ted Talk organised for final year law students of the faculty.
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Published 20 May 2021
Last Friday, the Nigeria Police paraded Uduak Akpan, the suspected killer of Iniubong Umoren -a young female jobseeker who he had lured with a fake job- before journalists. Hours after that press conference, almost all the media accounts were sensational reports of what the alleged killer had said. That was very wrong. Some of those reporters did not even bother to supply any critical context to their account; they just ran with Akpan’s nonsense. The alleged murderer’s confession was not only filled with many holes, but he was also manipulative. That should have been expected of a serial rapist, but those reporters did not catch on. It was a shame his interviewers gave him a voice at the expense of the poor young woman.
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Uduak Akpan, the suspected killer of 26-year-old Akwa Ibom jobseeker, Iniuobong Umoren, has confessed that he had lured and raped six ladies on the pretext of offering them employment.
Akpan made the revelation on Friday when he was paraded alongside his father by the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, Andrew Amiengheme.
Umoren, a graduate of Philosophy from the University of Uyo, was lured and reportedly killed by Akpan who later buried her in a shallow grave in his father’s compound.
The late Umoren left her house on Thursday, April 29, 2021, for a phoney job interview orchestrated by Akpan before she was allegedly killed by the suspect.
The governor also announced a donation of N60 million to the families of the deceased policemen.
by SaharaReporters, New York
May 11, 2021
The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, Amiengheme Andrew, says the command has lost no fewer than 21 personnel, 9 vehicles, and 11 firearms in the series of attacks allegedly orchestrated by Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in conjunction with Eastern Security Network (ESN).
Andrew disclosed this when governor Udom Emmanuel led members of his executive to the police headquarters to commiserate with them on the deaths of some operatives.
The police boss who expressed delight at the visit described it as a morale booster to the command and assured that the police are determined to bring the perpetrators to justice.