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As the endorsement wind of Akwa Ibom Governor, Udom Emmanuel for a second term in office blows across the state, the state All Progressives Congress, APC, has scored the administration low for allowing groups and persons to use the rally to fleece multi-millions of naira from the state government. Since the defection of Senator Godswill Akpabio from Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to All Progressives Congress, APC, prominent Nigerians- ex-president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo; Dr. Bukola Saraki, Senate President; Peter Obi- PDP Vice presidential candidate; Gabriel Suswan, the ex-governor of Benue State, first-class traditional rulers in the country, groups, organisations and bodies,…

Plots to remove Justice Walter Onnoghen, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), have been hatched as the Danladi Umar-led three-man panel of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) may arraign him on Monday for allegedly failing to declare his assets as stipulated by law. Consequent upon this, the Federal Government has asked him to vacate office over alleged corrupt practices. However, the South-South Governors’ Forum has scheduled an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss issues affecting the country including the alleged plot to sack Onnoghen. The call for CJN’s resignation followed an application filed by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB)…

Akwa Ibom students and the state government may soon head to a collision course following the endorsement of Governor Udom Emmanuel for a second term in the office by some students and over unpaid entitlements to students of the state origin. This is as National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has given the state government a seven-day ultimatum to pay outstanding bursary entitlements to students of Akwa-Ibom State origin in the tertiary institutions. It is alleged that since the inception of Emmanuel administration in 2015, Akwa Ibom students in the tertiary institutions have not been paid N5,000 per student as…

After 25 years of marriage, Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world and the founder of Amazon has concluded plans to divorce his wife, MacKenzie. The 54-year-old with an estimated wealth of $137 billion- some $45 billion ahead of Bill Gates, according to Bloomberg Billionaire Index- made the announcement on his twitter handle. pic.twitter.com/Gb10BDb0x0 — Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) January 9, 2019 The 48-year-old MacKenzie Bezos is a novelist, the author of The Testing of Luther Albright (2005) and Traps (2013). The couple has four children- three sons and one girl. Jeff founded Amazon, then an online book store, a year after…

Beans are a commonly ignored food that are super healthy, versatile and extremely affordable. Beans are high in fiber, antioxidants, protein, iron, B vitamins, potassium, magnessium, zinc and copper. Eating beans on a regular basis may lower the risk of heart disease, diabetes, colorectal cancer, and helps in managing weight. Beans are hearty, thus helping you feel fuller for long, steering your clear of overeating. As we age, we require more nutrition and fewer calories, and beans offer exactly that. Half a cup of beans only pack around 100 calories. Even though they may be notorious for making people gassy,…

The delay in handing over the sites of Ogoni Clean-Up Exercise in Nigeria’s Rivers State to contractors three years after its flag-off by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has been condemned by the state Governor, Nyesom Wike. Wike sees the Federal Government’s action as politikings, declaring that “Three years ago, the President represented by the Vice President flagged off the clean up during the rerun elections. One month to the general elections, the Minister of Environment has come to hand over the sites.” Speaking Thursday when Mr Suleiman Hassan Zarma, the Minister of Environment paid him a courtesy visit at Government…

Jarrell Miller has made an offer to fight Anthony Joshua in 2019, according to a report in The Standard, the British daily. Joshua is still in search of an opponent for his April 13 at Wembley Stadium. It had been hoped that Joshua will take on the winner of the WBC showdown between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury. But it remains unlikely as the bout between the Bronze Bomber and Gypsy King ended in a controversial draw in Los Angeles last December. Dmitry Salita who is one of Miller’s promoters work alongside Matchroom’s Eddie Hearn and believes a fight across…

The World Bank Thursday said it has commenced a process that will lead to the selection of a new president. The commencement of the process follows the sudden exit last Monday of the incumbent president, Jim Yong Kim, who announced he would be stepping down from his position effective February 1. Mr Kim’s announcement came more than three years ahead of the scheduled end of his tenure in 2022. Since the announcement, World Bank’s CEO, Kristalina Georgieva, was announced as the person to assume the role of the interim president effective February 1. The bank in a statement, said its…

The All Progressives Congress, APC, is prepared based on the achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari’s achievements to win the general elections slated for February 16 and March 2, this year in the country. The former Senate Minority leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, who spoke with journalists after the APC’s meeting Thursday in Abuja, said “I will say that APC is very poised not just to undertake very smooth and scintillating and enjoyable campaign but also very poised to win the next election.” Akpabio who is the immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom State, noted, “As you are aware, so far so…

Senator Dino Melaye has been allegedly whisked away from the Police Clinic in Garki, Abuja, by masked persons suspected to be policemen. According to Punch, Melaye was whisked away from the hospital this afternoon at about 2:15pm in a commando style. Recall that the police had laid seige around Dino’s home in Abuja after the senator failed to honor their invitation. Dino was rushed to the hospital last Friday January 4th after he surrendered to the police. A statement from the police said Dino failed to respond to repeated invitation for questioning on allegations that himself and his thugs fired…