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Different jingles and advertorials used by campaign managers in different social and mass media across the country allude to the prevalence of peace in Akwa Ibom State as a cardinal achievement of the state government. Though peace does not form a five-point agenda of the three-year and seven-month-old administration of Governor Udom Emmanuel under Peoples Democratic Party, peace is given a prime place in the party’s campaign strategy in the state industrialisation success story. Yet, the state government’s five-point agenda- job creation, poverty Alleviation, wealth creation, economic and political inclusion and infrastructural consolidation and expansion- receive less emphasis. Eseme Eyiboh,…

“Since I got the message that our future is in the valley, I kept to myself. I should not go beyond God; I should go before Him. “The Lord said to me that I should tell the nation and the leaders to pray against the interruption of democratic practice. You have to join me in prayer. The Lord gave me what to pray about because in this case, there must be prayers given to you,’ Prophet T. B. Joshua, the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, has revealed. This prophecy came less than two months to the presidential…

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The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has said the the leaders have no solutions to Nigeria’s problems. He said all the nation had were what he described as coping mechanisms to deal with the problems more appropriately. Asked if the solution to Nigeria’s problems is the restructuring of the nation, Kukah said: “Anybody pretending that restructuring is the solution to our problems… it isn’t, because there are no solutions. They are coping mechanisms that you can design. “People focus on power, but the irony now, if we don’t know, is that somebody has written a fine book,…

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, Tuesday in Abuja said the Federal Government has reached partial agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Speaking at the end of the Federal Government’s reconciliation meeting with the Union, Ngige, who is one of federal government’s negotiators said: ”We have finished our deliberation for today. I am happy to report that we touched some areas of understanding in implementation from the memorandum of action which we agreed to in 2017. His words: “Some of these areas we have substantial compliance and some other areas have not been fully dealt…

The Federal Government has no plans to increase the price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, known as petrol, Abdulkadir Saidu, the Executive Secretary, Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, said Tuesday. Saidu stated in a statement in Abuja that the retail price of petrol remained at the subsisting price cap of N145 per litre. He urged Nigerians to ignore the growing speculation on the purported imminent increase in the pump price, advising marketers to ensure there was no price distortion in their respective retail outlets. He added that PPPRA would continue to carry out its oversight function of monitoring exercise…

Senate, Tuesday, witnessed a rowdy session following the submission of reports of the Committee on Anti-corruption which recommended the confirmation of some nominees of the commission. The uproar led to the suspension of confirmation of the nominees appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2016. The committee, led by Chukwuka Utazi, had recommended that the Senate confirm Ndasule Moses, Lawan Mamman, Galadanci Najib and Adeleke Rafiu as members of the commission. “The committee observed that three out of the four nominees were from the North Central, North-East and North-West geopolitical zones, with only one nominee from the southern part of the…

Stakeholders of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Akwa Ibom State have debunked defection of their members to Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, describing the claim as a charade to mislead the public. At the event held at the Ibom Hall Grounds, Uyo on Monday, PDP claimed to have received more than 20,000 APC members into the party. Addressing newsmen in Eket, the APC members comprising former chapter chairmen, former chapter secretaries, other former state and chapter officers, former aspirants and ward executive officers, refuted the defection claim. Speaking on behalf of the stakeholders from the 31 local government Aaeas of the…

By Gbenga Oshinowo It has become increasingly obvious that Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State is obsessed with pride and loquaciousness that would lead him to self destruction. The banker turned “politician” who has remained a study in arrogance is a proof to the fate pride holds for its victims and a confirmation of the truism that pride goes before a fall. Recently, Governor Emmanuel seems to have flown off the handle. He appears to be led by some rage that depicts desperation, immaturity and lack of tact. The ease of his predisposition to outburst and infantile comments suggest…

In continuation of its foreign exchange restriction on 41 items popularly known as ’41 items policy’, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Monday increased the number of items banned from accessing foreign exchange to 42 as it imposed foreign exchange ban on fertilizer importation. The ban was announced by Ahmed Umar, the Director, Trade and Exchange Department, CBN, in a circular titled: “Re: Inclusion of some imported goods and services on list of items as ‘Not Valid for Foreign Exchange in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market”. The circular stated: “In the continued effort to sustain the achievement recorded from the…