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.

The paper which didn’t provide details reports that former Bayelsa State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Ebitimi Agary, has confirmed Alamieyeseigha’s death.

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.

Amarachi, until the fatal incident, was an SS1 student in Itam Secondary School, Akwa Ibom State.

 Her body hasn’t been found yet, the report says.

“The rain was very heavy, to the point that caused water to flood everywhere such that you cannot identify the road and gutter. So, when the little girl came, she did not know that the direction she was going was gutter. As she step her feet in the water and fell into the roadside gutter, the speed of the flood swept her away. So, the person that wanted to help her out could not because the speed of the flood was strong; suddenly, it dragged her away,” the report quoted an eye witness, one Nnamso Sunday, as saying.

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.

Late Dr. Idiong, according to a family statement, will be buried on Saturday, 19 September, 2015 at his country home, Km 2 Afaha-obong – EtimEkpo Road, Nto-Otong Village, Abak Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The family invites friends, associates and readers of Ibommobile.com to attend the burial ceremony.

Think Akwa Ibom! expresses its deepest condolences to the CEO, Ibommobile.com, Atuekong Paul Bassey and his family, and pray God to comfort them.