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The Akwa Ibom Internal Revenue Service (AKIRS) has shut three banks in the state over failure to remit outstanding tax liabilities of N228,684 million to the State Government. The Enforcement and Recovery Department, AKIRS, which embarked on the enforcement drive in the early hours of Thursday, sealed off two Keystone Bank branches at Abak Road and Ikot Ekpene Road in Uyo, as well as Heritage Bank located at Aka Road, Uyo. The action followed an order of Notice of Distrain from the Akwa Ibom State High Court, Eket Judicial Division. The Warrant of Distrain earlier received from the High Court of…

Mr. Etekamba  Udo Umoren, an Akwa Ibom prominent son, has been appointed the new State Resident Electoral Commissioner. A one-time Secretary to the Akwa State Government, Umoren will take over from Cyril Omoregbe who was redeployed from Cross River State to replace Mike Igini, then retired Akwa Ibom State Resident Commissioner. Umoren, who is also a retired Permanent Secretary in Akwa Ibom Government, is a graduate of the University of Benin and a Knight of the Methodist Church Nigeria. President Bola Tinubu Wednesday approved the appointment of the 10 new Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for…

The Nigerian Supreme Court Thursday upheld the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25 presidential election. Justice Inyang Okoro led the panel of seven justices to determine Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar’s appeal against Bola Tinubu’s victory. The apex court in its ruling dismissed the appeals by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party (LP) counterpart Peter Obi. Related posts Tinubu victory: Supreme Court Fixes date for Hearing in Atiku/Obi’s appeal Supreme Court throws out PDP’s suit against Tinubu/Shettima ticket  PEPT Verdict: Disappointed Atiku, Obi Head to Supreme Court  A…

A businesswoman has been strangled to death by unknown assailants in her home in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The businesswoman, Madam Juliana Dimaka, was murdered on October 17, after several failed previous attempts on her life, a close source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Eket, on Tuesday, October 24, 2023. “The murder was carried out at the residence of the deceased at Etebom Avenue, Eket by yet-to-be-identified killers,” the source said. Also read: Two Vandals to Die For Murder Of Seven DSS Officials- Court rules “They gained entrance into the residence and strangled…

A 14-year-old boy has been named America’s Top Young Scientist for making an affordable bar of soap that treats skin cancer. Heman Bekele, a ninth grader at W.T. Woodson High School in Annandale, Virginia went head-to-head with nine other finalists in the 2023 3M Young Scientists Challenge and emerged as the winner. He won the $25,000 grand prize that he plans to use to pay for college and a patent. According to Mail Online, Bekele made the cancer-fighting soap by infusing medicinal soap with three ingredients that have been found to reactivate dendritic cells that generate an immune response to…

The Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Olufemi Olaleye, has been jailed for life over defilement of his wife’s niece. The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja, sentenced Olaleye and he could be seen in a captured video being escorted out of the court premises by correctional officers to the prison. The presiding Judge Rahman Oshodi, on Tuesday, October 24, found Olaleye guilty of the offence of defilement and sexual penetration of a 15-year-old girl. Related posts 7 fathers await trial for rape, defilement of daughters in A’Ibom- Gov’s wife  Actor’s Defilement Case Divides Nollywood…

Liberian President George Weah faces a November 14 run-off vote after edging out his main rival by less than half a percent in the first round, the National Electoral Commission said Tuesday announcing final results. Ex-international soccer star Weah garnered 43.83 percent of the votes from the October 10 election while Joseph Boakai won 43.44 percent, said election commission chief Davidetta Browne-Lansanah. With no candidate taking enough votes for an absolute majority to be elected, “the run-off vote is hereby declared to be held on Tuesday, 14th of November 2023,” she said. That sets up a repeat of the 2017…

Nigerian Senate is set to probe the N11.35 trillion contracts awarded for the rehabilitation of all state-owned refineries. Already, the Senate has raised an ad-hoc committee to investigate the contracts that purportedly lingered for 13 years. Consequently, the Red Chambers also mandated the panel to interrogate the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) and Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) on the best approach to commercialising state-owned refineries. Related posts Nigerian Senate Confirms NDDC Board and Management team  Senate trashes Tinubu’s Request For Military Intervention In Niger Republic Senate In Rowdy…

Rivers State High Court judge, Eberechi Wike, has advocated the amputation of people found guilty of defiling minors. Justice Wike, who is the wife of the immediate past Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, stated this on Tuesday on the sidelines of the 2nd National Conference of Family Court Judges, Magistrates, and other Family Court Practitioners in Port Harcourt, the state capital. She insisted that the current punishment isn’t drastic enough, adding that the move will deter sexual offenders from molesting minors. Related posts 7 fathers await trial for rape, defilement of daughters in A’Ibom- Gov’s wife Pastor Caught In Attempted…

A Nigerian Senator, Abdul Ningi, has indicted Federal Ministry of Works, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and state governments for delay in the construction and completion of the lingering East-West Road cutting across five states. The abandoned road has led to loss of several lives occasioned by socio-economic activities hardship among the road users. The chairman of the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on fact-finding, Sen. Ningi, representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District, blamed the various government bodies for duplication of award of contracts on the project. Related news East-West Road completion to gulp N200b- Minister Flood impact: East-West Road gets N506b variation …