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The $186 million Afam Fast power project would be ready for commissioning next month, the Federal Government has announced. The project, tagged “power on the wheel”, initiated by the All Progressives Congress, APC, government in 2016, would add 240 megawatts of electricity to the national grid when it fully becomes operational. Located at Afam III the premises of Afam Power PLC in Oyigbo locaL government area of Rivers State, the project is a collaboration between the federal government and General Electric, GE. Disclosing this during a ministerial press visit, Engr. Olumide Obademi, the Managing Director of Afam Power PLC, said…

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has suspended 205 staff over various unwholesome roles in the 2015 general elections. Chairman of the commission, Mahmud Yakubu, stated this in his keynote address at national colloquium organised by the Independent Service Delivery Monitoring Group, ISDMG, Tuesday in Abuja. Yakubu said that the interdiction recommended by INEC’s Appointments, Promotion and Discipline Committee, APDC, was the highest so far. He said that constructive criticisms from the public had helped the commission to get better in delivering its mandate in conducting credible elections. The INEC boss said the commission’s electoral officers were already in the…

The Senate Tuesday frowned on reports that Senators have been given $50,000 bribe to stop plans to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto of the Electoral Act amendment bill 2018 on sequence of election. Consequently, it mandated committee, headed by Senator Samuel Anyanwu, PDP, Imo East to carry out a holistic investigation into allegations that some senators and House of Representatives members were being bribed by the executive with $50,000 and $30,000 respectively. The Senate particularly asked the committee to carry out a thorough investigation on the allegation published in the Sun newspaper of Monday, March 26, 2018, and report back…

The Federal Government,Tuesday, taunted the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, asking it to complete its apology to Nigerians by returning all the funds looted from the public treasury during its 16 years in power. The PDP, on Monday, reflected on its 16 years stewardship and admitted it made mistakes and asked Nigerians to forgive its wrongdoings. National chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, who spoke at a public discourse, said the party was sorry for its mistakes. But in a statement by Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, the All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal Government also challenged…

The monthly Federal Account Allocation Committee, FAAC, meeting, which began Tuesday was inconclusive due to discrepancies of about N37.76 billion in revenue presented by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Mr. Ahmed Idris, the Accountant-General of the Federation, told newsmen in Abuja that the meeting was inconclusive because of irregularities in figures presented by the NNPC. “Obviously, you are all aware that anything that has to do with federation revenue is statutory and, therefore, constitutional and we must always verify our figures to the last kobo. “Failing to do so will amount to committing illegality and unconstitutionality. “It is on…

The recent accusation by Theophilus Y. Danjuma, a one-time minister of Defence in the country that the military collude with bandits to kill Nigerians has sparked row in different quarters. While many people have reviled the elder statesman, others have hailed the veteran war hero for making the statement. During the maiden convocation ceremony of Taraba State University on Saturday, March 24, 2018, Lt. General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (retired), the former Chief of Army Staff  categorically asserted that the Armed Forces of Nigeria were colluding with militias and other criminal elements to kill Nigerians, and called onTaraba people to take…

Two policemen from Akwa Ibom Police Command were among the 17 suspected cultists arraigned before Uyo High Court on a two-count charge of terrorism and unlawful possession of firearms. The police officers were Sergeant Aniekan Etok attached to a member of Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly and Corporal Utibe Anthony attached to Ibom International Airport. Others are 400-level student of Banking and Finance, Ndikpongke-Abasi Udo; a 300-level student of Philosophy, Akpan UduakAbasi Moses; a 300-level student of Political Science and Public Administration from University of Uyo (UNIUYO); Sixtus Sylvanus Umanah, graduate of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Hilary Enobong…

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors and some of their counterparts in All Progressives Congress (APC) have quietly thrown their weight behind the move by the National Assembly to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on the Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2018, which is proposing, among others, to alter the sequence of elections in the country, A highly placed source in the National Assembly who said he had spoken to many of the governors, especially those seeking a second term in office, have given their tactical support surreptitiously to the amendment of the Electoral Act. Buhari recently vetoed the Electoral Amendment Bill on…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has apologised to Nigerians for the several mistakes it made as ruling party for 16 years and begged for forgiveness. The party ruled the country from 1999 to 2015. Speaking on the theme, “Nation Building: Resetting the agenda,” Uche Secondus, National chairman of the party, pledged the readiness of the PDP to learn from its mistakes arguing that regardless of what the party failed to do, experience remains the best teacher. Secondus, who stated this at a public discourse on contemporary politics and governance in Nigeria, organised by the PDP in Abuja, said the party…

Akwa Ibom State is among the five states in the country that recorded growth decline in internally generated revenue at the end of 2017 as contained in National Bureau of Statistics report released on Friday. Anambra, Bauchi, Osun and Taraba states also recorded growth decline in IGR, although NBS did not state the exact figures recorded by these states including Akwa Ibom. In the report, the National Bureau of Statistics stated that 31states generated a total amount of N931.23 billion during the fiscal period, which shows an increase of N100 billion over the N831.19 billion recorded in 2016. The NBS…