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Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Akwa Ibom Executive Council will witness more deplete following exit of two Commissioners from the council. Investigation by Straightnews shows that in a few days from now, other members of the state executive council will tender their resignation letters. Since the adoption of Pastor Umo Bassey Eno, the Commissioner for Lands and Water Resources as the preferred choice of Governor Udom Emmanuel, the state executive council has remained shaky because the EXCO members belong to different political camps. Read also: Exclusive: Outgone A’Ibom Commissioners Still Hold Fort In Ministries Exclusive: AKSG May Dissolve State…

Two groups, Mandate Eyes and Akwa Ibom Integrity Alliance, have described as fallacious the notion of micro- zoning governorship position to a particular local government area in Akwa Ibom State. In a joint press conference at the weekend by the leaders, Dr. Uwemedimo Umana, Director of Public and Strategic Communications, Mandate Eyes and Stephen Abia and Faith Mbowo of Akwa Ibom Integrity Alliance, maintained that governorship race is opened to everyone in all the local government areas in Uyo Senatorial District of the state. ”Against the fallacious arguments put forward by certain persons believed to be supporters of the Uyo…

The Federal Government has succeeded in quietly removing subsidy on electricity tariff, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said. Ahmed who spoke at a meeting of African Finance Ministers and the International Monetary Fund noted while petrol subsidy is the next target, it has been hindered by COVID-19 and forthcoming elections. She further revealed that petrol subsidy has remained a huge problem for the government, and the rise in global oil prices would worsen the issue. The Minister said, “We are cleaning up our subsidies. We had a setback; we were to remove fuel subsidy…

The Mayor of the southern Ukrainian city of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, has been abducted by Russian soldiers after invading the city, Ukrainian military officials said Saturday. In a statement confirming the abduction of the Mayor, Anton Heraschenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s Interior Ministry, said 10 Russian soldiers entered the premises of Melitopol’s crisis centre on Thursday, put a bag over Fedorov’s head and took him to an unknown location. President Volodymyr Zelensky, who also confirmed the incident while condemning the abduction of Fedorov, wrote on Twitter. “A group of 10 occupiers kidnapped the mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov. He refused…

The Secretary of its Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Senator John Akpanudoedehe, has not resigned his position, All Progressives Congress (APC) declared. In a statement on Saturday in Abuja, APC Director of Publicity, Salisu Dambatta, said that neither has Akpanudoedehe tendered his resignation nor was he sacked from the position. “Further to the media conference earlier held by the spokesman of the APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Barrister Ismaeel Ahmed, the party wishes to note that the Secretary of the CECPC, Sen. John James Akpanudoedehe, never sent a resignation letter to the party to the best of its knowledge…

Russia is alleged to have lost a third Russian general in Ukraine in another devastating blow to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Major General Andrei Kolesnikov of the 29th Combined Arms Army became the latest high-profile casualty of the war today, Ukraine’s government announced. Kolesnikov’s death comes four days after the killing of Major General Vitaly Gerasimov, 45, the first deputy commander of Russia’s 41st army. Read also: Russia pays huge price for Ukraine invasion Ukraine approves evacuation of stranded Nigerians from Sumy as FG evacuates 769 Russia launches military onslaught for full-scale Ukraine invasion The general took part in the second…

A 36-year-old man has been sentenced to death for kidnapping a three-year-old girl from her school in Mbierebe Obio, Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Monday Joshua Okon, a native of Ekpene Ikpan in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area, was condemned on Thursday for kidnapping the girl for sale in Aba, Abia State. Akwa Ibom High Court in Uyo presided judge by Justice Okon Okon found Monday guilty of the offence. Read also: Akwa Ibom Man To Die By Hanging For Robbery- Court Labourer To Die By Hanging For Beheading A 2-Year-Old Boy- Court Rules 40-Year-Old Robber…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced dates for the commencement of campaigns by political parties ahead of the 2023 Presidential, National Assembly, Governorship and State Assembly elections in Nigeria. The campaign for Presidential and National Assembly elections will commence on September 28, 2022, while that of Governorship and State Houses of Assembly will commence on October 12, 2022. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, INEC Kaduna, Hajiya Asmau Sani Maikudi stated this at the first quarter press briefing on the ongoing voter registration, Daily Trust reports. Read also:  INEC Fixes new dates for 2023 Presidential and Governorship elections The Commissioner…

Community Comprehensive Secondary School, CCSS, Aka Offot, Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State was Friday shut indefinitely ’till further notice.’ This followed a cult- related fight leading to the death of one James Elijah Aduk, allegedly stabbed to death by his SS3 colleague, one Samuel Effiong Archibong, popularly called ‘ Benzema’. It was gathered from a teacher, who would not his name in print, that “the shutting down of the school became necessary because one student of SSS 3, stabbed to death his colleague in SSS 2, during a fight.” Read also 3 Allegedly Die As Cultists Clash…

The crisis rocking All Progressives Congress (APC) is worsening as National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned the Congress Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, led by the Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello as its acting Chairman. On Monday, March 7, Governor Bello had declared himself as the acting CECPC Chairman, presided over the affairs of the party and sworn in the state chairmen from different states. He admitted to have gotten the mandate of President Muhammadu Buhari. Read also: APC Approves Zoning Report Submitted by Committee Buni, Akpanudoedehe can’t return as APC CECPC Chairman, Secretary-El-Rufai INEC Fixes new dates for 2023…