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A one-time ad hoc Protocol staffer to the then  Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Uyo has bagged 14 years’ imprisonment for defiling his 10-year-old biological daughter between 2018 and 2019. Akwa Ibom State High Court, Uyo presided over by Justice Bassey Nkanang sentenced the randy father, UduakAbasi Edet Oku to 14 years’ imprisonment for committing the crime. Oku, a native of Ikot Ekpene village in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area, was convicted Thursday by  the Court. Also read:  Prophet bags 21 years’ imprisonment for raping step-daughter  The convict who is also a civil servant was standing…

Akwa Ibom State High Court in Okoita, Ibiono Local Government Area has sentenced a self-styled Prophet to 21 years in prison for raping his 10-year-old step-daughter. Anwana Peter Essien, a native of Afaha Ise in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area, is said to have raped the JSS One student on August 9, 2019, when her mother brought her and her younger sister for an holiday with their step-father in his house at Itiam Street, Uyo. The 37-year-old prophet of Restoration Bible Church, Itiam Street, Uyo in his evidence before the Court, had confessed that it was demon that pushed him…

My fellow Nigerians, I am profoundly humbled that you have elected me to serve as the 16th president of our beloved republic. This is a shining moment in the life of any man and affirmation of our democratic existence. From my heart, I say thank you. Whether you are Batified, Atikulated, Obidient, Kwankwasiyya, or have any other political affiliation, you voted for a better, more hopeful nation and I thank you for your participation and dedication to our democracy. You decided to place your trust in the democratic vision of a Nigeria founded on shared prosperity and one nurtured by…

Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress candidate, Bola Tinubu, was declared president-elect of Africa’s most populous nation in the early hours of Wednesday after a weekend election that the main opposition parties have disputed. Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos state, will take over leadership of a country grappling with Islamist insurgencies in the northeast, armed attacks, killings and kidnappings, conflict between livestock herders and farmers, cash, fuel and power shortages, and perennial corruption that opponents say Buhari’s party has failed to stamp out, despite promises to do so. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said Tinubu garnered 8.79 million votes,…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced results of 36 Nigerian states including Federal Capital Territory, Abuja of all the candidates who slugged during last Saturday’s Presidential election. A total of 18 presidential candidates contested the election which was held across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, on Saturday. The election was postponed till Sunday in some polling units in different states due to violence, logistical problems, theft of BVAS and other issues. But the election has been largely concluded across the 36 states and 774 local government areas in the country.…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the National Peace Committee led by former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar have faulted the manual transmission of election results by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as against the electronic transmission which it ought to be. Obasanjo, yesterday called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the INEC to quickly rectify observed gaps in the just-concluded presidential and National Assembly polls before the citizens’ pent-up anger and frustration burst forth in negative reactions. In a statement he personally signed, the outspoken ex-president called for a rescheduling of elections in areas where there were confirmed cases…

Lionel Messi won The Best FIFA men’s player prize for 2022 on Monday on the back of his World Cup triumph with Argentina and Spain’s Alexia Putellas retained the women’s award at a ceremony in Paris. Messi beat his Paris Saint-Germain teammate, and World Cup final rival, Kylian Mbappe to the men’s gong with Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema the other contender to claim the prize. It is the second time that Messi has won the honour inaugurated by FIFA in 2016 after football’s world governing body split from Ballon d’Or organisers France Football. The award, which is voted for…

For a long time, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has struggled to maintain two Senate tickets in Nigeria’s Akwa Ibom State after the Saturday’s Presidential/National Assembly election. Senator Godswill Akpabio of All Progressives Congress (APC) grabbed Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial ticket, a position being maintained by a PDP member. Akpabio is a one-time Senate Minority Leader, former Akwa Ibom Governor and the immediate past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs. Ekong Sampson and Aniekan Bassey Etim are the PDP Senators-elect from the state to join the Red Chambers. From Akwa Ibom South Senatorial District, Dr. Ekong Sampson, a former Commissioner and…

The member representing Ukanafun/Oruk Anam Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Unyime Idem, has retained his seat in the Green Chambers. After a keenly contested election, Idem of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 22,218 votes to beat his closest rival, Obong Freedom Ibritam of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who got 10,586 votes during last Saturday’s Presidential/National Assembly election. Idem is an Information Communication Technology (ICT) dealer, while Ibritam is a retired police chief. Also read:  Idem emerges Best Representative for 2022 in Nigeria Reacting to the result on Facebook post, Nestor Udoh, a medical doctor and retired Permanent…

Two persons were shot dead in Etim Ekpo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State during last Saturday’s Presidential/National Assembly elections. Etim Ekpo is the home local government area of Emmanuel Enoidem, the PDP candidate for Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District. Speaking on the security situation in the area, Prof. Felicia Ebuh,  the INEC returning officer, said two persons were shot dead while two others sustained injuries. The injured were hospitalised. Ebuh stated that there were gunshots as early as 8 a. m. in the area which scared away the INEC staffers, adding that elections did not hold in…