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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State has raised concerns over plan by the state government to mobilise thugs for a street protest Saturday against the APC-led Federal Government. The party said that the planned protest is intended to project APC and the federal government in bad light as well as cause chaos in the state. Speaking with journalists in Uyo on Friday evening, the state chairman of APC National Youth Caucus, Mr. Iniobong John alleged that the state governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, is the sponsor of the protest, adding that the governor has mobilised funds to ensure…

A new commissioner of police has assumed duty in Akwa Ibom State. He is John Bassey. Mr Bassey replaces Adeyemi Ogungemilusi who, according to a statement by the police spokesperson in the state, Odiko MacDon, has been promoted to the rank of assistant inspector general of police. Mr Bassey was working as a commissioner of police at the force headquarters in Abuja before his posting to Akwa Ibom. The new police chief holds a B.Sc degree in International Studies from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He was enlisted into police as a cadet assistant superintendent of police in 1988 and has…

With less than a month to the commencement of official campaigns by candidates and political parties for the 2019 elections, Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and his running mate, Peter Obi, have taken to social media to woo electorate with sundry promises of what they will do if elected. Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, following the ease of tension among South East political heavy weights occasioned by his emergence as Atiku’s running mate, seems to have found his groove as he took to twitter Thursday to inform Nigerians of the plan of the PDP…

The world’s population is projected to grow by 2.2 billion from 2018 to 2050, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has said. UNFPA, in its ‘State of World Population 2018’ survey released in Geneva, aid more than half of that growth – 1.3 billion – is likely to be in sub-Saharan Africa. According to UNFPA, there are 43 countries where women have more than four or more children, and 38 of these are in Africa. In all but five East African countries, fewer than half of all women surveyed, said they would prefer not to have any more children. Africa’s share…

The recommendations of the Senator Oserhiemen Osunbor’s Appeal Committee to give justice to aggrieved aspirants in the All Progressives Congress, APC over perceived irregularities in the conduct of party primaries may be consign to dustbin. National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole was reported to have expressed misgiving over the lateness of the report during the meeting of the National Working Committee, NWC of the party on Wednesday. Oshiomhole had while receiving the report of the Senator Osunbor-led Appeals Committee was reported to have amiteed that the committee’s report was advisory. The basis of the assertion by the party…

Former Minister of Information, Chief Tony Momoh, said Thursday he was confident President Muhammadu Buhari would win the 2019 presidential election. Momoh told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone that the president had done his best as leader to deserve re-election. He said the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, could not stop Buhari as he (Abubakar) was only popular with the elite and not the masses. Momoh, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, said the Buhari administration had impacted on many ordinary Nigerians, who would vote him in 2019. He, however,…

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:…