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As fall-out of the ongoing drama at the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, men of the Nigeria Police Force have taken over the premises of the complex, preventing staffers and lawmakers from gaining access to their offices. Currently, the main entrance of the building was under lock and keys while hundreds of policemen as well as men of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corp were seen blocking the roads that lead to the complex. When Straightnews visited the place, some staffers of the house were seen standing in small groups near the Mboho Mkparawa Hall at Udo Udoma…

A new Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Hyelasinda Musa Kimo has resumed duty. This follows the removal of Mr. John Abang, the Akwa Ibom State Commisioner of Police by Mr. Ibrahim Idris, the Inspector-General of Police. Abang, who was the 24th CP in the state, held the position for barely a month. Straightnews gathered that the sudden change may not be unconnected with the fracas at the state house of assembly Monday in which Idongesit Ituen of Itu State Constituency was reportedly beaten by some security operatives in the assembly premises. Until his present posting the Commissioner of…

Obong Victor Attah, the second democratically elected governor of Akwa Ibom State, turns 80 on Tuesday. On Attah’s birthday anniversary, President Muhammadu Buhari has eulogised him on his 80th birthday. President Buhari, in a statement by Femi Adesina, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Monday, said the former governor shaped the Infrastructural development in his state. The statement reads: “President Buhari joins family members, friends, professional colleagues and political associates of the former governor in celebrating the many years of service to God and humanity and obvious impact of his leadership style. “The President commends the strategic thinking and…

As the electioneering campaign into various political offices has begun in earnest nationwide, the Nigeria Police Force says it will not condone anything that could “cause threat to public peace and safety anywhere in the country during the campaigns and beyond.” In Twitter handle released on Tuesday, the force said it would reject the use of hate speeches, indecent and criminal defamatory conduct from individuals and groups. “The full weight of the law will be applied on anyone arrested,” it warned. Meanwhile, Independent National Electoral Commissiion (INEC) has released guidelines and process it wold use to conduct the 2019 general…

The national Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiohmole has poked fun at Dr. Bukola Saraki, the Senate President over his inability to deliver his party during the Saturday’s bye-election in Kwara State. Oshiomhole said despite being the national leader of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Director-General of Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation, Saraki could not win Ekiti/Irepodun/Isin/Oke-Ero Federal Constituency bye-election held across the four councils of the state. Reacting to the APC’s victory in the election, he said the Senate President would be “buried politically” during the February 2019 general elections. Over the period, the duo have…

Actors clinched lip-smacking awards during the 46th annual International Emmy Awards held in New York City on Monday. And some of the shows at the event were made by filmmakers from UK, Germany, Spain, Belgium, and Portugal. Danish actor star Lars Mikkelsen (House of Cards, Sherlock) won the best performance by an actor award for his role as priest Johannes in the religious drama Herrens Veje (Ride Upon the Storm); while Germany’s Anna Schudt won the best performance by an actress award for playing comedian Gaby Köster in the dark comedy Ein Schnupfen hätte auch gereicht (The Sniffles would have…

Orange serves as the main source of the vitamins (mainly vitamin C). It is also rich in dietary fibre and other nutritional contents which provide positive effects to health and well being of man. The 15 health benefits of orange are as listed below: Prevents the Formation of Cancer The major content in this fruit is vitamin C which is very essential to any aspects of life such that it contributes much to reducing the risk of colon cancer. Vitamin C which plays different roles to improve human health has been made the centre of interest in cancer studies and several…

Confusion seems to set in the Akwa Ibom House of Assembly as the five sacked members have defied constitutional provisions to have purportedly elected their factional speaker. Though the sacked members did not enter the hallowed chambers, form quorum, get order paper and use house mace, they were said to have allegedly elected Nse Ntuen, a member representing Essien Udim constituency, as the new speaker of the assembly. Before the commencement of the re-scheduled plenary of the house, some suspected thugs had besieged the premises of the house to prevent the house from reconvening on Monday, an action that the…

Members of Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly may court the anger of the Federal High Court, Uyo for dabbling into a subsisting court order restraining the assembly from declaring the seats of some defected members vacant, Straightnews has found out. During the re-scheduled plenary of the house on Monday, Mr. Onofiok Luke, the speaker of the house, who presided over the house, had banged the gavel three times and pronounced the seats of four members of the Assembly vacant. The affected lawmakers are: Nse Ntuen, who represented Essien Udim State Constituency; Otobong Ndem, Mkpat Enin State Constituency; Victor Udofia,…

The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Monday, passed a motion, urging the state governor, Udom Emmanuel, to name Akwa Ibom International Airport, Uyo after the second civilian governor of the state, Victor Attah, Kufre Okon, a spokesperson to the speaker stated this in a statement. The assembly also gave Mr Emmanuel the option of naming the Akwa Ibom State University, at Mkpat Enin, after the former governor. Straightnews learnt that the projects are to be named after Mr Attah who turns 80 on Tuesday, November 20. The House plenary was presided by the Speaker, Onofiok Luke. Both the airport…