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Worried by the lingering cult and militant crisis in Etim Ekpo and Ukanafun local government areas of the state, Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has called for security summit of all stakeholders to finally proffer solutions to the crsis. Some months ago, Akwa Ibom state government outlawed 33 cult groups in the state. Last week, Akwa Ibom Police Command declared 59 persons from Etim Ekpo and Ukanafun local government areas wanted in connection with increased cult activities in the areas that have snowballed into killings, kidnapping, rape and arson for more than two years now. Bogged by the development…

Some Akwa Ibom State people see the inaugurated $45 million International market (Urua Nka) in Eket local government area of the state as a huge economic trigger, hoping it is not election promise ploy to woo support from the populace. Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom, Monday, inaugurated the market which collaborated between the state government and Yiwu International Trade City of Nigeria. Analysts in Comfort FM, Uyo Friday applauded the idea behind the market and see it as a welcome development to Akwa Ibom hitherto seen as a civil service state yet to have any international market. Some analysts…

Dignitaries accompanying Akwa Ibom Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel to Hiltop Mansion in Uyo were caught unawares, Tuesday, as he stopped on the busy Eket-Etinan Road in the state to connect with the poor masses. The governor who returned from the second phase of constituency briefing and empowerment programne organised by Owoidighe Ekpoattai, the member representing Eket Federal Constituency,  held at Eket local government secretariat grounds, Eket, disembarked from his official car. The long convoy stopped at the junction of Ikot Etobo in Nsit Ubium local government area and vehicular movement on the road ceased. As he strolled along the road,…

The thousands of dejected and tearful faces painted white and blue in Nizhny Novgorod Stadium immediately after the final whistle vividly summed up the story of this match. Argentina, a team loaded with talented and highlighted by Lionel Messi, entered the World Cup with both high hopes and deep-seated worries about the chemistry of its squad. Argentina 0 Final 3 Croatia Group Stage Ivan Rakitic (90′ +1) Luka Modric (80′) Ante Rebic (53′) After two games — a hard-fought tie against tiny Iceland and a thoroughly disappointing 3-0 loss against Croatia on Thursday — the Argentines find themselves facing long…

Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and other members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, have disagreed over oil supplies as meeting of the organisation begins Friday in Vienna, Austria. The disagreement became obvious, following Saudi Arabia’s lobbying of members to support its call for increased oil supply to the market, according to investigation. It showed that many nations have been lobbying behind the scene to enable them have their ways due to strong pressure from major consuming nations, especially the United States and China that prefer increased supply and lower prices. An authoritative OPEC source stated in…

All Progressives Congress, APC, governors are fuming over purported plot by some partymen to humiliate their leader, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, and vowed to rally round him. The governors, who were at meeting at Imo State Governor’s Lodge in Asokoro area of Abuja, finetuned their list before moving to present it to President Muhammadu Buhari. It was gathered Wednesday that the governors had reached an agreement to either force Senator Osita Izunaso as the party’s national organising secretary out of the race or collaborate to vote him out on the convention ground. An indigene of Imo State, Izunaso who was endorsed…

The Federal Government’s 2018 Appropriation Act that became operational Wednesday has on one hand drawn the flak of some Nigerians for being a one-sided document and on the other hand, gotten accolades. Though Bukola Saraki, the Senate President and Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the House of Representatives were conspicuously absent at the signing ceremony in Aso Rock, President Muhammadu Buhari after assenting the Bill into law accused members of the National Assembly of budget ‘padding.’ Before the passage of the budget by the National Assembly into law on May 16, this year, Abdulmumin Jibrin, the immediate past Chairman of Appropriation…

In the last decades, one of the most successful sectors in the business world is technology. This is reflected in the bank accounts of executives and industry creators, who often appear on lists of the richest people in the world. Bill Gates, for example, founder of Microsoft, is at the top of it, according to the latest ranking published by Business Insider magazine , developed in partnership with the Asian consultancy Wealth X, which recently released a report on the 50 richest people on the planet. Gates has already reached the post for some time and it’s no surprise he stays there – so…

Two African countries, Wednesday, became the first to crash out of the ongoing FIFA 2018 World Cup in Russia. Egypt were whipped by Russia- the host country- by 3-1and Uruguay 1-0 while Morocco were humiliated by Spain by 1-0 and Portugal- current European champion- by 1-0. From the results so far, Russia and Uruguay are qualified from Group A to round 16 while Spain and Portugal in Group B have joined their counterparts in round 16 in the ongoing World Cup. Egypt and Morocco are now left to play for pride with their next opponents as even their win in…

Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has added an estimated nine million Nigerians as at May 24 to the nation’s voters’ register. This brings the total number of Nigerians captured to vote during the 2019 general elections to an estimated 80 million. Speaking at an election stakeholders’ summit in Abuja, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, stated that the Nigerian Immigration Service deployed to the voters’ registration centres across the country apprehended more than 300 non-Nigerians for attempting to register. Also, more than 100 political parties may enter the ballot paper in the forthcoming general elections, revealed. Already, 138 political associations had…