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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State has released the result from its just concluded primary elections in the state. The result was made public Friday. See list of candidates who emerged winners below. Governorship Candidate Governorship – H.E Obong (Dr) Nsima Ekere Deputy Governorship – Dr. Amadu Attai Senatorial Candidates Akwa Ibom North-East – Rt. Hon. Bassey Etim. Akwa Ibom North-West – H.E (Dr). Senator Godswill O. Akpabio Akwa Ibom South – Senator Nelson Effiong Federal House of Representatives candidates Abak Federal Constituency – Hon. Emmanuel Ekon Ukanafun/Oruk Anam – Hon. Emmanuel Ukoette Ikot Ekpene – Hon.…

Some Nigerians have reacted to the nomination of Mr. Peter Obi, a former Governor of Anambra State by Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate as his running mate on the February 14, 2019 election. Obi emerged the preferred choice of both the party and the candidate after a series of consultations by stakeholders in the party and outside it. Our correspondent gathered that the name of Obi and that of Atiku will be sent to the Independent National Electoral Commission next week. Meanwhile, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce from Bayelsa State  has congratulated Mr.Obi on his selection as Atiku’s running…

The Nigeria Union of Journalists, Akwa Ibom State Council says it is a threat to constitutionally enshrined responsibility when the police or security agents of the state allow politicians to use them to molest, arrest and sometimes detain journalists and publishers at will. The case at hand is the arrest and detention of Mr. Emmanuel Sam, publisher of the Guide Newspapers on Thursday, October 11, 2018 by the Anti-kidnapping Squad of the police over a petition by a certain politician. A press release issued by Elder Patrick Albert, State Chairman and Comrade Amos Etuk, the state Secretary of the union on Friday in…

The All Progressives Party (APC) Deputy governorship candidate for Akwa Ibom State in the 2019 general elections has pledged “I would not disappoint my principal and the people of the state.” Mr. Nsima Ekere, the APC governorship flag bearer named Dr. Amadu Atai, a one-time state chairman of the party on Thursday as his running mate. Speaking during Team Nigeria programme broadcast by a privately owned radio station- Planet 101.1 FM, Uyo on Friday, Atai said “I will be loyal to all,” seeing his appointment to the exalted position as a reward for hardwork and dedication to duty. Atai who…

Nigeria ranking 152nd out of 157 countries in Human Development Index, HDI, is rated a poor performance as captured in the World Bank report. According to World Bank, Nigeria, like many other African nations, is in the red zone because the country’s health and education budgets were too low. The President of the World Bank Group, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, stated this at the on-going Annual Meetings in Bali, Indonesia, which is focused on two key development issues, climate change and human capital development. His words, “Nigeria unfortunately ranks 152nd out of 157 countries in Human Development index,” he said…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that Nigeria requires about $1 trillion investment to modernise its energy infrastructure. Osinbajo, who stated this stated this while declaring open the National Energy and Climate Change summit at the Old Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, in Abuja Thursday, said government was doing a lot to attract both domestic and foreign-direct investment into the energy sector. He added that the nation’s energy and energy-related policies were not only geared towards energy supply security but to also mitigate global warming. While commending the Energy Commission of Nigeria, ECN, and the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology,…

The House of Representatives, Thursday, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to grant licence to officers in the Sergeant-at-arms of the National Assembly to use firearms. This follows the August 7, 2018, invasion of the National Assembly by hooded men of the Department of State Services, DSS. The House also urged the federal government and relevant security agencies in the country to trace the whereabouts of all missing persons in Nigeria, including Major-General Idris Alkali, retd, and Capt Davou Gyang who were affected by the recent crisis in Jos, Plateau State capital. The decisions came on the heels of two separate motions…

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, Thursday, upheld the constitutionality of the recently signed Presidential Executive Order No. 6, which permits the Federal Government to confiscate assets belonging to persons facing corruption related charges. In a judgment delivered by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, the court held that President Muhammadu Buhari did not act beyond the powers available to him under the 1999 Constitution, as amended, by issuing Orders that would enhance the implementation of Executive Policies. It held that such Executive Order remained valid, as long as it does not affect the functions of other arms of the government,…

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, Thursday, described as false and baseless report making the rounds that he misrepresented facts by claiming he graduated from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN with a First Class degree. In a statement in Abuja, Director of Press in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Mr. Idang Alibi, said at no time did Kachikwu claimed to have graduated with a First Class from the UNN, clarifying that the minister graduated from the school with a ‘Second Class Honours (Upper Division) degree’ from the Faculty of Law of the institution in 1978, and also…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Thursday, made a dramatic U-turn on his hitherto hardline statement and position to proclaim Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as Nigeria’s President-to-be in the 2019 general elections. Obasanjo had on August 3 told PREMIUM TIMES the former vice president should not count on him for support in his  bid to actualise his life-long ambition of being elected president of Nigeria. After the former president said he would not support President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term, he appeared to be between the devil and the blue deep sea when Atiku emerged as a presidential…