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Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, Thurrsday, withdrew the suit he filed to commit the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, to prison for disobeying court orders. The lawmaker, who represents Delta Central, had in a form 49 (contempt of court charge) he filed before Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, alleged that Saraki refused to comply with the judgment that nullified his suspension from the Senate. Omo-Agege’s lawyer, Dr. Alex Iziyon, SAN, told the court that though his client was, sequel to the verdict delivered in his favour on May 10, allowed entry into the Senate chambers, he said that…

An Akwa Ibom-born journalist is the acting chairman of the state branch Civil Liberties Organization, CLO. Until his appointment, Comrade (Otuekong) Franklyn Isong, the publisher of Radar Newspapers was the Vice Chiarman of the human rights body in the state. This is sequel to the application by Comrade M.T. Ibrahim, the state chairman currently pursuing his partisan political engagement in Kwara State, his home town that power be transmuted to the Vice Chairman. Barr. David Augustine, CLO Publicity and Campaign Secretary, Akwa Ibom State in a press release confirmed this on Wednesday, saying “At the organization’s meeting where the chairman’s…

The erection of billboard in Akpan Andem Enterpreneurial Market in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital, Wednesday, sparked fresh war of words between Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and All Progressives Congress, APC in the state. Trouble is said to have started when a Special Squad of Ibrahim Idris, the Inspector-General of Police sent to the state from Abuja invited Dr. Iniobong Essien, the state Commissioner for Environment and Mineral Resources on Wednesday, October 17 for interrogation following a petition said to have been written by Mr. Ini Okopido, the state chairman of the APC, over alleged demolition of President Muhammadu Buhari’s…

The Federal Government is seeking indigenous and foreign investors to revamp dilapidated infrastructure in nation’s oil and gas industry, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources said Wednesday. Kachikwu, in a podcast on ‘BigWin 7: International Energy Relations and Coordination,’ also noted that government’s focus was on investors coming in with equity financing, adding that the investors would be expected to develop a business model that makes sense for the country. This, he explained, necessitated his strategic visits to International Oil Companies, IOCs, with the aim of galvanizing support and mobilizing funds for the Nigerian petroleum industry. He said:…

Members of House of Representatives, Wednesday, sang discordant tunes following planned insertion of technological device into the Electoral Amendment bill. Trouble started when Section 16 of the bill which had to do with the card reader was raised for consideration at the Committee of the Whole, chaired by the Deputy Speaker, Lasun Yussuff. This development made some PDP lawmakers to stage a walk-out of the chamber to register their grievance. As soon as the chairman of the Committee on Electoral and Political Party Matters, Aishatu Dukku, read the motion, presiding officer, Lasun informed his colleagues of the importance of the bill…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), presidential candidate says 40 percent of his cabinet will be made up of women and youths, if he wins next year’s election. Atiku Abubakar noted that Nigeria became the world headquarters for poverty under incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, his policy document for Nigeria is ready. “Nigeria under Buhari is now the world HQ for extreme poverty. If we are to change that, we must empower women and youths,” the former vice-president said. “Therefore, I give an undertaking that if by the grace of God, I am elected by you the good people of Nigeria, at…

The Federal Government has spent a total of N2.7 trillion on infrastructure development across the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this in his presentation, entitled ”Nigeria’s National Unity: Toward Participation and Shared Values”, at The Chatham House in London Wednesday. He said the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, since coming into office in 2015, had embarked on an unprecedented renewal of the nation’s infrastructure, investing an unprecedented N2.7 trillion on roads, rails, power and other similar projects. Beyond embarking on these projects, the minister said the spread of such projects cut across all the…

The National Judicial Council, NJC, Wednesday, rebuffed the previous suspension of Justice Uwani Abba-Aji on the basis of a petition by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, and restated its stand to elevate him to the Supreme Court bench. The Council, in a statement signed by its Director of Information, Mr. Soji Oye, said its attention was drawn to a publication by Civic Society Network Against Corruption, urging President Muhammadu Buhari not to forward Justice Abba-Aji’s name to the Senate for confirmation. Noting that the group threatened to go to court if…

The Akwa Ibom State government has spent a whopping N678.8m on life-touching projects aimed at reducing poverty in rural communities in the state, a commissioner has revealed. Barr. Ekong Sampson, the state Commissioner for Economic Development, Labour and Manpower Planning, stated this Wednesday in uyo, during the presentation of Award/Certificate to ten benefiting communities that executed micro projects with funding provided by the state government. Sampson, who said the intervention became necessary after the state government carried out a poverty survey in the 31 local government of the state, listed the projects executed to include; health care centres, school buildings,…

The country’s inflation sluggishly rose from 11.23 per cent in August to 11.28 per cent in September 2018. The rise was the second consecutive rise in headline inflation after 18 consecutive months of decline in the rate. This was contained in the Consumer Price Index of National Bureau of Statistics released on Tuesday. “The Consumer Price Index, which measures inflation, increased by 11.28 per cent year-on-year in September 2018. This is 0.05 per cent points higher than the rate recorded in August 2018 at 11.23 per cent,” the NBS said in the inflation report. It stated that on a month-on-month…