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As the November 18 official date to commence campaigns for the 2019 general election draws nearer, President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, pleaded with political actors to exhibit decorum in their conduct and utterances in order not to fan the embers of disunity. Buhari, who made the appeal while launching the 2019 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Emblem and Appeal Fund with a donation of N10 million to support Nigerian veterans and fallen heroes at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja, before the commencement of the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting, said in every contest, there must be a winner. He said:…

The relative peace expected in some troubled communities in Etim Ekpo local government area of Akwa Ibom State may be in jeopardy as hundreds of repentant aggrieved youths, Wednesday, laid siege at Utu Etim Ekpo, headquarters of the local government secretariat and sacked Mr. Udeme Eduo, the council’s Chairman and workers over allegation of botched rehabilitation deal. The youths, who came from the bush in September this year, surrendered their arms and other dangerous weapons to security agents in exchange for rehabilitation deal brokered by governor Udom Emmanuel, today sent fear running down the spines of the council’s workers and…

Akwa Ibom Christmas Carols Festival is back sends welcome signals to viewers, admirers and listeners alike that the event will hold. The 2018 edition of the decade-old global event sponsored by Akwa Ibom government is ready to brighten the Christmas landscape of the state. The largest assembly of carol singers in the world that draws international, national and local artistes will hold. The Guinness Records breaking carol holder showcases both local and international talents in musical artistry. Uyo Township Stadium, the traditional host, is the venue. The event whose creative planning and efficient execution would have reached a dead end…

Five months after signing a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with Akwa Ibom State Government for the management of Ibom Specialist Hospital, Uyo, the Canada-based Clinotech Group is yet to commence operations due to dearth of electric power supply in the hospital, Straightnews has gathered. The group and the state government signed the MoU on May 1, 2018 based on the group’s “technical capacity, hospital management experience and competencies as well as financial implications” to run the multi-billion naira hospital after the departure of the private managers – Cardiocare Medical Services Ltd- owing to unresolved issues bordering on funding by the…

Reacting to the invitation of some state PDP leaders by Mr. Ibrahim Idris, the Inspector-General of Police, Luke warned that the office of President Muhammadu Buhari cannot be used to intimidate him or any member of the PDP in the state in the ongoing preparations for the 2019 general elections. “Akwa Ibom people respect the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. His office should therefore not be used as the office of the intimidator-in-chief,” Mr. Onofiok Luke, speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Tuesday, dared the presidency. Last week Thursday, the Department of the IGP’s…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, said Tuesday that the federal government was not considering undertaking a review of the pump prices of petroleum products, especially Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol. This came on a day the NNPC also said its subsidiary, Nidas Shipping Services, has resumed the international shipment of crude oil and petroleum products and had already got its first consignment. In a statement in Abuja, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the NNPC, affirmed that contrary to the misinformation trending in the social media that the Federal Government had no…

President Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday, reiterated Federal Government’s determination to prosecute perpetrators of violence that recently erupted in Kaduna State. Buhari spoke at a meeting with religious and traditional rulers in the state when he visited Kaduna to condole residents on the recent violent incidence. According to the President, Kaduna residents “cannot kill and burn our way out of poverty and inequality. Strife can only deliver more pain and more strife. ”It is time to break out of the mindset that limits us from collaborating productively for the common good.” He said: “Kaduna, once the home of the Premier and home…

Senator Shehu Sani using allegory has condemned the Federal Government’s planned sale of national assets to finance the deficit of 2018 budget. Sani representing Kaduna South said “To sell your national assets to fund budget is to sell your intestines and bladder in order to be able to buy food.” Recall that Mr. Ben Akabueze who is the Director General of the Budget Office had on November 27, last year affirmed that the Federal Government has finalised plans to sell some National assets to generate revenue for annual budgets between 2018 and 2020. Mr. Akabueze explained that the country was not…

For the second in one year, Julen Lopetegui, Real Madrid’s coach has lost his plum job after humiliating defeat of his team by the rival Barcelona FC on Sunday. On June 13, two days before the start of the World Cup in Russia, Lopetegui, the Spanish coach was fired from the team for accepting the invitation of Real Madrid to replace Zinedine Zidane. Spain ended up training in the World Cup by Fernando Hierro, assistant of Lopetegui, and, without brilliance, was eliminated in the eighth of end by the host Russia, in the dispute of penalties. The 5-1 defeat against…

President Donald Trump offered a dramatic, if legally dubious, promise to unilaterally end birthright citizenship, ratcheting up his hardline immigration rhetoric with a week to go before critical midterm elections. A report by CNN says Trump’s vow to end the right to citizenship for the children of non-citizens and unauthorized immigrants born on US soil came in an interview with Axios released Tuesday. Such a step would be regarded as an affront to the US Constitution, which was amended 150 years ago to include the words: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction…