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Muslims and non-indigenes of Akwa Ibom have described Pastor Umo Eno as a detribalised and peace loving Nigerian with the right character to serve the state.  At a dinner organised by the state Peoples Democratic Party governorship aspirant for the Muslim leaders and some members of the Arewa community, after breaking Ramadan fasting, they applauded Pastor Eno for his role over the years in providing a nexus for non-indigenes in the state. The delegation, led by the Chairman of the Muslim community in Akwa Ibom, Alhaji Hassan Sadauki and the Chairman of Arewa Community in the State, Mr Emmanuel Ogbole,…

Senator Godswill Akpabio,  the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, has enjoined Muslims to pray for the unity, peace and progress of Nigeria. Akpabio gave the advice at the Ramadan Iftar dinner for All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidates at the Old Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja on Saturday. The Iftar was organised by the Hajia Aisha Buhari, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari for the aspirants to share love and happiness with one another in the spirit of Ramadan and in a quest for nation building. Recall that the First Lady sent out invitation to all presidential aspirants of different political…

Senator Albert Bassey Akpan, Peoples Democratic Party governorship aspirant in Akwa Ibom State, has pledged to make Mbo Local Government Area a commercial hub in the Gulf of Guinea, if elected as a governor in 2023. The Senator popularly known as OBA stated this recently during his consultative visit to Mbo, where he laid bare his blueprint and programmes to the PDP delegates and stakeholders in the area. According to him, an intensive human capital development scheme, involving targeted training and equipment of youths with the required skill set and certification, would be launched there, in preparation for take-off of the…

Ace journalist Babajide Otitoju has identified access of the underage children to internet and poor parenting as factors responsible for immoral conduct among the kids in the country.  This was as some students of the Chrisland Schools, Lagos State went for a competition recently in Dubai, and were engaged in a s*xual escapades, which has been making a lot of rounds on the internet lately. It was alleged that the Chrisland school student escaped from the first floor to the third floor of the hotel squatted by boys to engage in what is commonly known among slay queens as reverse…

Nigerians have expressed grief over the death of more than 100 persons in an explosion at an oil bunkering site in Imo State on Friday night. While most Nigerians expressed shock over the incident, some others blamed oil bunkering on the high rate of poverty and hunger in the country, which they say would not allow the illegal activity to stop. No fewer than 109 persons died when an illegal crude oil refining site at Abaezi forest in Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of the state exploded. Residents woke to see the firestorm, which burnt scores of people involved in the…

Chrisland Schools in Lagos State earlier shut following the viral sex video of some pupils of the school are free to open for classes, the state Government has ordered. Lagos government gave the order for the reopening of the school in a statement released by the state Commissioner of Education, Folasade Adefisayo. Recall that the state government had on Monday, April 18, ordered the closure of the school’s branches in Lagos state following the leaked sex video. Some students of the school were taken to Dubai to represent the school in a sporting competition. However, they got there and engaged…

Akwa Ibom State has exploded in joy following the release of popular the televangelist, Apostle John Okoriko, the founder and President of Solid Rock Church by his abductors. Inspiration FM, Uyo has reported Friday evening that the ace preacher has been released after his three days in the kidnappers’ den. It has not been confirmed if the family had paid N30 million ransom demanded by his abductors. According to Journalist Harrison Essien, the clergyman has regrouped with his family and some Church members. After the news was broken many have taken to Facebook to thank God for the release of…

The Federal High Court in Abuja has sacked and declared seat of Yakubu Dogara, former House of Representatives Speaker, vacant in the House.  Dogara, who represents Bogoro/Dass Federal constituency of Bauchi State, was the Speaker in the house from 2015 and 2019. He defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2020, citing a breakdown of governance under Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State. Delivering judgment on Friday, April 22, Justice Donatus Okorowo, declared that having defected from PDP to APC, Dogara was no longer qualified to occupy the seat by virtue of Section…

The founder and President of Solid Rock Church, Apostle John Okoriko, has so far spent three days in an undisclosed hideout as his abductors asked his family to pay N30 million ransom. Okoriko was abducted by unknown gunmen at his residence in Ibekwe Akpan Nya in Mkpat Enin Local Government Area of the state. Family sources, who spoke to newsmen in Uyo on Friday, stated that the abductors used the victim’s phone number to communicate with the family so they could raise money. Recall that the abductors had on Tuesday, demanded for N100 million ransom when contact was established with…

The former Chief of Staff to Governor Udom Emmanuel, Akparawa Ephraim Inyang-eyen mocked his estranged boss and kinsman but ‘remembered’ his in-laws at Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rally. Though both hail from Onna, Inyang-eyen was sacked over his comments deemed ‘disparaging’ to the governor that he was a supervisor in the Ministry of Works while the Governor was the Chairman of Finance and General Purposes Committee (FGPC) that awarded the ongoing Onna-Ikwe Road. In a trending video, the outgone state Commissioner for Works rendered a comical song in Ibibio dialect Afo edi Udom, anam nkpo nte ufien, aben ubok afo…