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Akwa Ibom State has recorded a major stride in its food sufficiency drive with the production of 160,000 metric tons of long grain rice for local and international consumption. Tagged Family Rice, the rice was presented to Mr. Udom Emmanuel, the state governor during the State Executive Council meeting at the council chambers, Government House, Uyo. Emmanuel said the feat was in line with the state government’s target of crashing the price of staple food in the market, saying in no distant time at least 80 per cent of food consumed in Akwa Ibom would be produced from the state. He…

The FIFA Referees Committee has selected 17 referees, 37 assistant referees and 10 Video Assistant Referees for the final phase of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. Given the number of matches left and the teams that have qualified for the next round, the number of referees has been reduced. Appointed for the next phase are: AFC: FAGHANI Alireza (IRN); SHUKRALLA Nawaf Abdulla (BHR) CAF: DIEDHIOU Malang (SEN); SIKAZWE Janny (ZAM) CONCACAF: GEIGER Mark (USA); MARRUFO Jair (USA); RAMOS PALAZUELOS Cesar Arturo (MEX) CONMEBOL: CUNHA Andres (URU); PITANA Nestor (ARG); RICCI Sandro (BRA) OFC: CONGER Matthew (NZL) UEFA: CAKIR Cuneyt…

The emergence of Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC) has thrown spanner into work as All Progressives Party has lost control of majority seats in the Nigerian Senate. By this factionalisation, the political calculus of the Red Chambers in the passage of bills and resolutions now is no longer the same as Senators in different political divides must be adequately lobbied and their interests aggregated. The standings Of Political Parties In The Senate: Peoples Democratic Party- 39 Senators Reformed All Progressives Congress- 26 Senators All Progressives Congress- 24 Senators All Progressives Grand Alliance -2 Senators Reno Omokri, a social media commentator…

After months of speculations and consultations, a new faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Wednesday, emerged in Abuja The new faction is named Reformed-APC (R-APC) with Buba Galadima as the Chairman came out from the loin of the ruling All Progressives Party headed by Adams Oshiomhole. The new faction is made up of aggrieved members of the APC, mostly from the National Assembly and evolved from the tilt of new Peoples Democratic Party- nPDP- hitherto led by Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje. Briefing journalists after their meeting at the Sheraton Hotels in Abuja on Wednesday, the chairman, Galadima, said the…

The House of Representatives, Wednesday, resolved to set up an ad-hoc committee to investigate the recovered loot by the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, since 1998. To this end, the ad-hoc committee is expected to dig out all recoveries made and mode of payments, how the money was disbursed and report back within the next six weeks. This development was sequel to a motion under matters of public importance, entitled: ‘Urgent Need To Stop The Federal Government From Expending The Last Tranche Of The Abacha Loot Or Any Recovered Loot At All Without Parliamentary Approval’, promoted by Sunday Karimi,…

The Senate, Tuesday, called on the 36 State Houses of Assembly for collaboration on efforts to review the constitution to integrate state and community policing. The move, according to the Senate, is to halt the escalating killing of Nigerians by herdsmen and spate of general insecurity in the country. Speaking Monday in Abuja when speakers of 36 State Houses of Assembly, led by its chairman and Speaker of the Gombe State House of Assembly, Abdulmumin Ismaila Kamba, paid a thank-you visit to the leadership of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Senate President, said the synergy between state lawmakers and those…

Tension is brewing in Akwa Ibom State over the deferral in the reconstitution of the Effiat Oil and Gas Relations Committee in Mbo Local Government Area of the state. The youths have threatened that if urgent steps were not taken by the state government to address the logjam, they would have no option than to resort to self help to change the old executives. In a letter by the Effiat Ikpoto Oil and Gas Relations Committee addressed to the Commissioner of Transport and Petroleum Resources, the youth accused the former chairman of misusing N3 million donated by Exprotech Nigeria Limited…

A popular Nigerian social media commentator and critic is worried over a statement credited to the Presidency that giving ancestral land for ranching is better than death. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, speaking on an AIT morning programme in response to a question on ancestral attachments to land said: “Ancestral attachment? You can only have ancestral attachment when you are alive. If you are talking about ancestral attachment, if you are dead, how does the attachment matter? In his Twitter handle, Femi Fani-kayode, who is also former Minister of Aviation, Wednesday, enquired “In…

Candidates representing 49.98 per cent obtained five credits in English Language and Mathematics in the 2018 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, results released by West African Examinations Council, WAEC, Wednesday, in Lagos. Speaking at WAEC national office in Lagos, Head of Nigeria Office, Mr Olu Adenipekun, said, “786,016 candidates representing 49.98% obtained credits and above in minimum of five subjects including English Language and Mathematics. ”In 2016, the total percentage of candidates that had five credits and above in English Language and Mathematics were 52.97%, while in 2017, it was 59.22% . Thought the HNO acknowledged that there…

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Calabar generated N3 billion revenue in the first quarter of this year, Maritime News reported. Speaking with our reporter at the weekend, a senior official of the Federal Ministry of Finance (FMoF), who craved anonymity, said the revenue excluded terminal operators’ huge debts to the NPA. The NPA generated more than $3.3 million and N176 million from the Calabar Port within the period, the official reported. The NPA, the official said, also collected more than $3.3 million and N77 million as revenue from the port during the same period. Investigation revealed that the NPA generated $697,001 and N63,604,478 in…