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Akwa Ibom State Civil Service is comatose owing to many anomalies bedeviling the service, a retired permanent secretary has said. Mr. Emmanuel Asanga, who had served as Permanent Secretary in the ministries of Information and Communication as well as Lands and Surveys, stated this Friday on a private radio station, Planet 101.1 FM, Uyo, under Team Nigeria programme. He said the state civil service is the largest employer of labour, emphasising the need for the government to inject life to all sectors with a view to checking its asphyxiation. Narrating his experience when he last visited one of the state’s…

Nigeria’s palm oil market seems to be bleak due to a conspiracy by Malaysia, importers and smugglers to kill local production and flood the market with imported palm oil. In the 60s, some Malaysian experts visited and picked palm oil seedlings from Nigerian Institute for Palm Oil Research, NIFOR, Abak in the defunct South Eastern State now Akwa Ibom State in the Southern part of Nigeria. Today, Malaysia is a major player and leader in the palm oil production in the world. A report by Agro Nigeria has fingered the Malaysian government’s decision to suspend export taxes on crude palm…

We, the representatives of the Catholic Bishops of Nigeria, bring you our cordial greetings and blessings. We desired this meeting, in order to continue the dialogue we initiated with you even before your election as President. We therefore thank you for granting us this audience, which affords us the opportunity to share with you, once again, our thoughts and concerns on some issues affecting our dear country, Nigeria. First, we thank God for bringing you back to us healthier and stronger after a period of ill health. We hope and pray that you continue to make progress on the way…

Stroke affects more women than men in the United States. In Africa and indeed in Nigeria, women are allergic to this deadly sickness. And a new study pinpoints stroke risk factors unique to females. “Many people do not realise that women suffer stroke more frequently than men, and mortality is much higher among women,” said Dr. Kathryn Rexrode, the study’s corresponding author. “As women age, they are much more likely to have a stroke as a first manifestation of cardiovascular disease rather than heart attack,” said Rexrode, who is with Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. The study attempts to…

A female, who hails from Ikot Eman Itam in Itu local government area of Akwa Ibom State alleged to have conspired with others to sell her baby boy for N400, 000 has been nabbed and arraigned in court by the police. DSP Odiko Macdon, Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of Akwa Ibom Police Command said the police acting on intelligence arrested the suspect, Eno Archibong Emah on January 20. Macdon in a statement made available to journalists in Uyo said “The suspect gave birth on November 12, 2017, but conspired with one Emmanuel Okon and one Emem Asuquo Okon to sell…

The Federal Government has arraigned the Director of Finance and Account in the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Ibrahim Tumsah, over alleged ownership of 86 exotic cars and houses. Tumsah was docked by the Federal High Court in Abuja alongside his brother, Mr. Tijani Tumsah, who was a member of the Presidential Committee on North East Initiative, PINE, and a former Interim National Secretary of All Progressives Congress, APC. The duo, however, pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge prepared by the Chief Okoi Obono-Obla-led Special Presidential Investigation Panel on the Recovery of Public Property. Meanwhile, Justice…

The United Nations has said 10.2 million people were in need of humanitarian assistance in various parts of the country. Edward Kallon, UN humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, stated this Wednesday during the launch of the 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan, HRP, launch in Abuja. Kallon said the affected states include Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe. Giving a breakdown of the figure, he said 1.7 million were internally displaced persons, IDPs; 1.3 million returnees from outside the country and 7.2 million others in various groups. The coordinator, however, added that UN’s primary concern was the 7.7 million people who he…

Two suspected clerics arrested by vigilante men at Ayegun area, Ibadan, Oyo State after severing the body of a corpse buried four days earlier are being quized by the Oyo State Police Command. It was gathered that the suspects, Alfa Hammed Sulaiman and Pastor Akinyele Tope, were arrested with the exhibits last week. Parading the suspects alongside 13 other suspects for being in possession and buying of human parts at the state police command, Eleyele, Ibadan, Mr Abiodun Odude, the state Commissioner of Police, said their arrest led to the arrest of two more suspects by operatives of the special…

A family of six lost their lives at Buzaye village in Bauchi local government area of Bauchi State when a tipper with faulty headlight rammed into their Honda Civic vehicle. Paul Gua, the Federal Road Safety Corp Sector Head of Operations, who stated this Wednesday in Bauchi, said a tipper with a faulty headlight with number plates: BAU 900XR rammed into the Honda Civic vehicle with number plates: AM 163SAP, conveying the family of six. Gua narrated “The tipper collided with the Honda Civic vehicle containing the family of six because its headlight was faulty.” “All the occupants of the…

Staffers of National Health Insusrance Scheme, NHIS, numbering 60, Wednesday openly protested against the reinstated Executive Secretary of NHIS, Prof. Yusuf Usman, who resumed work in the office. Prof. Usman had been suspended from office by Prof. Isaac Adewole, the Minister of Health, following an indictment by an administrative panel which found him culpable of mismanaging NHIS funds, totaling N919 million and gross insubordination. The staffers, under the aegis of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, led by Mr. Razak Omomeji, the Branch Chairman, called out its members to express their rejection of President Buhari’s decision to…