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The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor has smelt a rat in the attack on Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA) by suspected bandits earlier on Tuesday, suspecting an inside collaborator’s job. Reacting to the early hour’s attack on NDA that led to the death of one Officer and the abduction of a Major, Irabor described the incident as worrisome and the military is looking into it with keen interest, adding that the attack is like robbers entering a house with the knowledge of an insider. The bandits attacked the permanent site of the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna State,…

Rift in Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is deepening as two factions lay claims to the seat of the sacked Uche Secondus. Deputy National Chairman (South), Elder Yemi Akinwonmi, leads one faction while the Deputy National Chairman (North), Senator Suleiman Nazif, has taken charge of the other. Akinwonmi and Nazif are laying claim to the position of the National Chairman, to fill the leadership gap created by the suspension of the substantive National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus. A court in Port Harcourt had on Monday, issued an order restraining Secondus from parading himself as PDP National Chairman and taking part in…

The long-drawn battle for the head of the embattled Vice Chairman of Oruk Anam Local Government Council, Abasiama Etukakpan has ended as Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly adopted his removal from office. The House made the resolution Tuesday, August 24, 2021 during its plenary after an indepth consideration of the report of a seven-man Ad-hoc Committee at the committee of the whole. The seven-nan Investigation Committee headed by Rt. Hon. Aniefiok Denis said Etukakpan was adjudged guilty against the claims of threats towards the Leader of the Legislative Council and other councillors. Details of the Committee’s observation reads “That on…

The 21st Regular National Council Meeting on Women Affairs began Monday at Ibom Hall, Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, with a focus on issues bordering on women, children and vulnerable groups. The five-day meeting had delegates drawn across the 36 states of the federation, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The theme of the forum is Gender Equality: A Panacea for Ensuring Security and Sustainable Economic Recovery in the Post COVID-19 Era. Addressing the technical session, Adebiyi Olufunso, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, recalled with relish the results recorded during the 19th and 20th editions…

The 57th New York’s governor, Kathy Hochul, has been sworn into office. Hochul became the first female governor of New York at the stroke of midnight Tuesday, taking control of a state government desperate to get back to business after months of distractions over sexual harassment allegations against Andrew Cuomo. The ABC 7 reports that the Democrat from western New York was sworn in as governor in a brief, private ceremony in the New York State Capitol overseen by the state’s chief judge, Janet DiFiore. The new governor tweeted immediately after: Honored to be officially sworn in as New York’s 57th…

An Akwa Ibom girl is among the six housemates in BBNaija Season 6 ”Shine Ya Eye” nominated for possible eviction this week. She is a 26-year-old Queen Mercy Atang from Akwa Ibom State. Others are Pere, Maria, Sammie, JMK, Queen and Cross. The Head of House, Liquorose used her veto power to replace Peace who was initially nominated with Cross. There was fake eviction last Sunday as the housemates nominated for eviction scaled the hurdle to stay put in the reality TV show.

Apostle Johnson Suleman is again in the eye of the storm over allegations by actress Chioma Ifemeludike that she slept with him in 2016. Ifemeludike alleged that she was preparing to go for NYSC at the time and needed money so her colleague, Lynda Clems, allegedly pimped her off to Suleman for N500,000. This happened as the clergyman was trying to wriggle himself out of claims by a Youtuber, Israel Balogun’s lawyer who claimed his client was arrested over miracle money comments against Apostle Suleman. Suleman, the Senior Pastor and General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministry (OFM), is said to have…

Policy Alert Nigeria (PAN), a Civil Society Organisation working on economic and ecological justice, has faulted the President’s assent to the Petroleum Industry Act 2021, urging communities to test the provisions of the Act before the courts. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Monday, August 16, 2021 signed the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) into law amid protests from community groups and many other stakeholders that the Bill was incompatible with the rights and interests of the host communities. Speaking in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital, the Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Officer (CSEO) of the organization, Mrs. Nneka Luke-Ndumere, described the presidential…

Two pupils who returned from their mother’s shop along Spring Road, Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State were rescued from being swept away after torrential rains caused landslides on the road. Also, the rains submerged buildings and cut off the major access road to the Gorreti Girls Secondary School (GGSS) at the weekend. It was gathered that the affected community in the heart of Ikot Ekpene metropolis hosts the General Hospital and other facilities currently under threat of being submerged as the tempo of downpours in the thick rainy season increased in the last couple of weeks. Speaking…

The Ooni Caucus of Eminent Yoruba Sons and Daughters has decried an attempt to make killings in Toro village appeared as a renewal of the crisis between Ife and Modakeke people. The Coordinator of Ooni Caucus, Akin Osuntokun, in a statement on Sunday was reacting to the killing of seven persons by some gunmen from Modakeke in Ogun State on Friday. “We reiterate the patient investigative and peace promoting position of the Ooni palace and decry attempts to add communal colouration to the crime with an attempt to distract security operatives from unveiling the evil minds behind the devilish act.…