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The Center for Human Rights and Accountability Network (CHRAN), has fired Akwa Ibom Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, to take urgent steps to mitigate the economic hardship facing the citizens of the State.  CHRAN Director, Otuekong Franklyn Isong made the plea in his office in Uyo, when executive members of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) paid him and other members a courtesy visit on Tuesday, March 19. A press release issued by the CHRAN’s director and Secretary, Barr. Christopher Ekpo, respectively, was dismayed that despite the sharp increase in monthly federal allocations to the State Government…

Nigerian Government Wednesday pledged its readiness to confer National Honours on the military personnel killed by some militant youths in Okuama community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. President Bola Tinubu broke the news at the breaking of the Ramadan fast in Abuja with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, and the leadership of the House. Addressing the gathering, the Commander-in-Chief commiserated with the military and the families of the deceased, assuring that the dead victims would also get what he described as a befitting burial. “The baby step being taken by our country is…

The Akwa Ibom Government has sent packing the management of the five-star ICON Hotel Group in Uyo, the state capital . Initially known as Le Meridien Ibom Hotels & Golf Resort, the hotel’s name was changed to Ibom ICON Hotel & Golf Resort in 2020. The Secretary to the Akwa Ibom State Government, Enobong Uwah, in a statement on Wednesday, March 21, announced the dissolution of the board of directors, Ibom Hotels and Golf Resort Ltd, saying that the Akwa Ibom State Governor Umo Eno is desirous of repositioning the hotel to meet “world-class standard.” The statement said the state government has…

A community leader in Delta State, Olorogun Sleek Oshare has attributed land dispute between two highly placed families to the gruesome murder of some military personnel. Seventeen soldiers were killed in the Okuama community of Delta State last week in what has continued to generate condemnation from Nigerian authorities. Giving insights into the killing on Monday, Oshare said the military personnel were in the area as part of measures to settle a land dispute between Urhobo speaking Okuama and Ijaw speaking Okoloba, a neighbouring community. “The quarrel was just a land dispute between one family and another family and land…

The infant twins of Elder/Deaconess Nyaknobong Etuk cry intermittently and are inconsolable over the long absence of their parents kidnapped Sunday evening by unknown gunmen in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom capital. Elder Etuk and wife were said to have left the twins with a house help for shopping along Oron Road in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. On return, Elder Etuk, Director of Finance, Nsit Atai Local Government Council of the state parked and blew hone for minutes, yet nobody quickly opened the gate for the couple. Not long, a mini-bus emblazoned with camouflage tarpaulin with suspected…

Former US President Donald Trump has raised some red flags in his bid to clinching the November 2024 Presidential slot. Trump who is the presumptive Republican Presidential nominee for the 2024 race was defeated by the incumbent Joe Biden in November  2020 Presidential election. Biden who is the Presidential nominee for Democratic Party will again square against him. The Supreme Court on Monday, March 4 unanimously restored Trump to 2024 presidential primary ballots, rejecting state attempts to ban the Republican former president over the Capitol riot. The justices ruled a day before the Super Tuesday primaries that states cannot invoke a post-Civil War constitutional provision to…

Delta, Rivers and Akwa Ibom, the oil-rich Nigerian states, got N93.1 billion bumper allocations in February 2024 from the revenue generated in January 2024. Delta got N38.1 billion, Rivers, N28.4 billion while Akwa Ibom received N26.6 billion of the N2.07 trillion shared to the three tiers of government. The figure represents 23.9 percent rise from N1.67 trillion distributed in January 2024. The FAAC accrual has been on the rise since second quarter of 2023 after the implementation of the twin policy reform of the President Bola Tinubu administration. More news FG, States and LGs Get N906B as October Allocation- FAAC…

Nigerians have cautioned against reprisals in Okuama community of Delta to avoid wanton destruction of lives and property of innocent persons at the expense of fishing out killers of the soldiers in the area. Already, troops of the Nigerian Army have stormed Igbomotoru community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, razing houses and allegedly killing some people. The action is sequel to last week’s killing of 16 soldiers and officers at Okuama Community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. Soldiers in five gunboats reportedly invaded the community, razing houses suspected to be the hideout…

The identities of the Nigerian Army commander, three officers, and 13 soldiers who were killed by attackers in the Okuama in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State have been published. The Defence Headquarters shared their photos and names on X account on Monday. The fallen soldiers, serving with the 181 Amphibious Battalion, were on a peace-keeping mission to quell community clashes in Bomadi Local Government of Delta State when the incident occurred. Also read Delta Community deserted for fear of reprisal attack over killing of soldiers What triggered killing of soldiers in Delta community- Report  Murder: Decomposing Pastor…

Grief and shock gripped members of The African Church at Bali, headquarters of Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State following the gruesome murder and discovery of the decomposing bodies of their pastor and his wife by unknown persons. The grief is compounded by awful decomposing bodies of a pastor of the Church and that of his wife who were found in the bush along Maraba Baisa in Donga Local Government Area of Taraba State on Saturday, March 16. The members are yet to find consolation as the 13-month-old baby of the deceased is still missing. Pastor Jacob Aba, who…