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Names of six new members to help in rejigging the State Executive Council are before the Akwa Ibom House of Assembly. The Commissioners and Special Advisers-designate are Bassey Okon from Itu; Offiong Samuel Offor, Ini; Aniefiok Isaac Nkom, Ikot Ekpene; Iniobong Edward Ekong, Nsit Ubium; Bob Emem, Onna; and Engr Camillus Umoh from Essien Udim. This is as four Commissioners in Akwa Ibom State are suspected to join the queue of those to be sent packing. Read also: Akwa Ibom, Other States Earned N2.3Trn From FAAC In 2020, NBS These are Rt. Hon. Okpolupum Ette, Commissioner for Special Duties; Pastor…

No fewer than 132 people on board Boeing 737-800 that crashed in mountains in southern China on a domestic flight on Monday after a sudden descent from cruising altitude are feared dead. The China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 was flying from Kunming to Guangzhou when it plunged to earth in Guangxi province and caught fire. The number of casualties and reason for the crash are not yet known. Rescuers have seen no signs of survivors. Read also: Nigeria May lose assets to China over $3.48b loan, experts warn China bars celebrities from showing off their wealth on social media 157…

More than 3.5 million Ukrainians have fled the country following Russia’s invasion, the United Nations said Monday. The world body has praised neighbouring countries for showing overwhelming compassion towards their “extreme plight.” More than 10 million people – over a quarter of the population in rTregions under government control – are now thought to have fled their homes, including the millions of internally displaced people. This was as Ukrainian forces repulsed a Russian attack on Kyiv but “sabotage groups” infiltrated the capital, officials said on Saturday as a defiant  vowed his country would never give in. Read also:  Ukraine approves…

The Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District hopeful under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Emmanuel Enoidem, has pledged to offer effective representation to the people, if elected.   This came as the youths of the senatorial district bought and presented PDP Senatorial form and expression of interest for him to join the 2023 race. The legal luminary who, over the years, had severally sponsored and supported some people to climb different political saddles may succeed Obong Christopher Ekpenyong, a PDP Senator, if elected during the 2023 National Assembly elections. Read also:  Any LGA in Uyo Senatorial District Can Produce Governor In…

Twenty members of Cross River State House of Assembly of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, were sacked by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday. The lawmakers defected from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the country. The court declared that the lawmakers, having abandoned the political party that sponsored them to power, ought to vacate their seats. Read also: Court sends Gov Umahi, Deputy packing over defection to APC Court sacks Mai Buni as acting APC National Chairman, CECPC members S’Court Sacks APC’S Lyon, Affirms PDP’s Diri As Bayelsa Governor-Elect Justice Taiwo Taiwo gave the judgment…

Members of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, Akwa Ibom State wing say they have suspended their industrial strike declared against State government over unpaid entitlements. The State Chairman, Senior State Secretary of NUT, Comrade Edet Emenyi and Comrade Victor Amirize stated this in a statement signed by the duo and entitled “Suspension of Strike,” dated March 18, 2022. In the statement made available to newsmen on Saturday in Uyo, the union noted that the suspension of the strike which was declared Tuesday March, 15, 2022 midnight was sequel to agreement reached between state government and leadership of the union on Thursday. The…

The Peoples Democratic Party is set to hold Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami on the jugular for supporting the Federal High Court judgment deleting Section 84(10) of the Electoral Act. The PDP said it was exploring the option of reporting Malami and Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court in Umuahia, to the Nigerian Bar Association and the National Judicial Council respectively. Section 84(10) of the Act makes it compulsory for political appointees planning to run for office to resign at least 30 days before any primaries they plan to take part in. The section also states that…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to probe the ‘missing’ N11 trillion meant for regular electricity supply allegedly squandered by governments since 1999. The request was contained in a letter signed by SERAP Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, on Sunday, following the collapse of the national grid that has plunged the country into total darkness. “The situation will not improve unless you fulfil your campaign promises to probe corruption in the electricity sector, prosecute perpetrators, and recover any missing public funds. “Corruption in the electricity sector and the lack of transparency and accountability in the use of…

Nigerians have been asked to report police officers who stop them while on the road for a tinted glass permit, announcing that the issuance of the permit has been suspended. In a tweet thread on Sunday,  Olumuyiwa Adejobi, acting Police Public Relations Officer PRO, said no officer is empowered to question a car owner who has tinted glass. Adejobi also listed the things police officer are authorized to check for in a car and those they are not authorized to check. Read also:  4 Police Officers Killed By Gunmen In Calabar- PPRO 21 Families Of Slain Police Officers Get N60m…

Alkali DanTsoho As 2013 was about to roll into oblivion, a new entrant was appointed as Secretary to Akwa Ibom State government to man the engine room of the government.  The gentleman, whose background as a certified accountant, financial controller and banking guru, was draped in a religious toga of a deacon. By the way, the origin of deacons can be found in Acts 6 of the Holy Book when murmuring started in the early church. They were appointed for the business of handling financial matters (HCSB version). Later, Apostle Paul in his letter to Timothy as recorded in 1…