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In the supplementary election for the Abak/Etim Ekpo/Ika Federal Constituency held on Saturday, Inemesit Clement Jimbo unseated Aniekan Umanah, the incumbent who was wanted to return to the Hallowed chambers. Jimbo is a Quantity Surveyor while Umanah is a Communication/Public Relations guru having served as Commissioner for Information and Communication in Akwa Ibom State government. While Jimbo vied under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Umanah jostled under Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the opposition party at the national level. Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Jimbo winner after scoring 22,225 votes to crush his closest rival Umanah who polled…

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has deployed 2,310 officers and men of the Force and sister security agencies for Saturday’s bye elections holding at Ikono, Etim Ekpo, Ika and Abak Local Government Areas. A press release signed by SP Odiko Macdon, Akwa Ibom Police Public Relations Officer, says Commissioner of Police, Olatoye Durosinmi has ordered for watertight security in each of the said local government areas. The Commissioner of Police has urged electorates to go out and exercise their franchise without fear of manifestation as the command and sister agencies will ensure that elections are conducted in the affected areas…

Twitter users have criticised Mike Igini, former Resident Electoral Commissioner, Akwa Ibom for avoiding questions on BVAs, and IREV. Igini who was seen as the face of INEC, in the lead-up to the 2023 general elections,  confessed INEC’s readiness to conduct free, fair and credible elections using BVAs and IREV. Hear the lawyer, ‘‘What is not new is that by the virtue of section 60, the results are going to be uploaded simultaneously to both the server and to the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV) for people, who have cast the votes to see. Let me be clear here; in…

Despite a barrage of oppositions, Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Thursday, passed into law the Bill to provide for a Map for the State and other matters connected therewith. Following the directive of the House for the state Surveyor-General to draw a new map, the bill sparked off a war of words between the people of Eastern Obolo and Ibeno Local Government Areas on one hand and the people of Eket, Esit Eket, ONNA, Ikot Abasi and Mkpat Enin local government areas on the other hand. The law, which is cited as the Akwa Ibom State Map Establishment Law…

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has dismissed three policemen over misuse of firearms, abuse of power, gross indiscipline and wastage of live ammunition. The three cops: Inspector Dahiru Shuaibu, Sgt. Abdullahi Badamasi and Sgt. Isah Danladi from the Special Protection Unit (SPU) Base 1, Kano were attached to a popular Kano-based musician, Dauda Kahutu Rarara. The development showed the officers shooting in the air in a viral video while they escorted the musician despite being surrounded by civilians. The incident sparked angry reactions from many Nigerians on the social media and also drew the attention of the Force Police Public…

Barring any favourable climate, Bayelsa, Lagos, Rivers, and Delta states are at higher risk of flooding in 2023, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) alerted. Director-General (DG) of NEMA, Mustapha Ahmed while presenting the 2023 Climate-related Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation Strategies in Abuja on Thursday April 13, said the flooding is predicted to result from rising sea levels and tidal surge in the states. “This year’s forecast has indicated that there is a high risk of coastal flooding due to expected rise in sea level and tidal surge that may negatively impact agriculture, human settlements and transportation in Bayelsa, Delta,…

Labour Party (LP) has denied receiving any letter of apology from the British Government over the detention of Peter Obi by Immigration officials at the London Heathrow Airport. On April 7, Labour Party presidential candidate, Obi was detained on suspicion of impersonation during routine immigration checks as he arrived in London for a brief visit. UK Immigration officials were said to have detained Obi for hours and interrogated him after his British Airways plane landed at Heathrow Airport on Friday morning over alleged impersonation. According to news reports, the ex-governor of Anambra was told that another person was using his identity to enter the…

Popular Nigerian Writer, Chimamanda Adichie has differed with Wole Soyinka in describing the supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi who are widely known as Obidients, as fascists. Nobel Laureate Soyinka had in an interview with Channels Television last Saturday, accused Obidients of fascism over alleged refusal to entertain corrective criticism as their “badge of honour.” Soyinka also accused the vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Baba Ahmed-Datti of being fascist following his recent interview with Channels Television that the president-elect, Bola Tinubu should not be sworn in. Speaking on the matter which had generated controversies on…

An outrage greeted the gruesome beheading of a Ukrainian soldier in the viral video circulated online, AP reported. Since Russia’s forces invaded on February 24, 2022, they have committed widespread abuses and alleged war crimes, according to the United Nations, rights groups and reporting by The Associated Press. Ukraine launched an investigation Wednesday into the murder which drew ire of officials in Kyiv, including President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as well as international organizations. The Kremlin called the footage “horrible” but said it needed to be verified. Meanwhile, a Russian defense official claimed that fighters from Russia’s paramilitary Wagner group have seized three…

All Progressives Congress (APC), appears to have zoned the positions of Senate President and Deputy Senate President, to the South-South geopolitical zone and North-West geo-political zone respectively, Vanguard Newspaper reported. The newspaper  reported that although the party is yet to come up with an official position on the zoning of 10th National Assembly leadership slots, a top source in the party, who is also in Aso Rock, hinted that the South-South zone may get the Senate President’s position. However, the source who spoke to Vanguard’s correspondent under the condition of anonymity said that, Senator Godswill Akpabio and Senator Barau Jibrin,…