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For umpteenth time, Nigerian journalists have been challenged to rise and change the narratives of the society to sustain a lasting development. Moffat Ekoriko, the Chief Executive Officer of Clear Point Communication Limited, threw the challenge when the 2021 Akwa Ibom NUJ Press Week Committee led by the State Chairman, Comrade Amos Etuk visited him in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital. The press week billed to hold from December 5 to 10, 2021 in Uyo intends to incorporate “NIGHT WITH THE LEGEND” as part of activities of the week-long celebration. Ekoriko miffed by poor vision about Akwa Ibom development by…

Security operatives on Friday night, October 29, conducted a search on the home of Mary Odili, a Supreme Court Justice, in Abuja. The supreme court justice is the wife of Peter Odili, a former governor of Rivers State, who is currently on the watchlist of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The security operatives who were made up of soldiers and officers of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), identified themselves as members of a joint task force. They went there with a search warrant saying they received information on “illegal activities” going on in the house. The security operatives were, however, said…

By Emma Uffot The Nigeria Customs Service has begun the auction of 28 exotic brands of vehicles seized by its men over the months. A summary shows that 16 Toyota, two Peugeot, five Honda and four Nissan are available for auction. The Nigeria Customs Public Relations Officer, DC Joseph Attah announced the commencement of the auction which is a yearly occurrence. The auction approved by the Federal Government, according to him, is for vehicles impounded by the Service due to smuggling and improper importation process which the stipulated penalty for the illegal act is outright forfeiture. The impounded vehicles, he…

A former Senator who represented Akwa Ibom South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Nelson Effiong, has been released after spending 46 days in captivity. Effiong was said to have been abducted by unknown gunmen at a bar in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital on September 5 and driven out in a Toyota Camry car. Antai Effiong, a lawyer and younger brother to the former senator, confirmed to Straightnews, Friday, October 29 that he had been set free by his abductors. “The former senator has been released,” he said on telephone. Two days ago, Antai had told Premium Times that…

The patriarch of Afe Annang in Akwa Ibom State, His Royal Majesty Pius Eside 111, is dead. Afe Annang a frontline cultural organization in Akwa Ibom was formed at the end of the Nigerian civil war with the goal of fighting the marginalization of the Annang by the Nigerian government. In a Facebook post on Friday, October 29, Prince John Pius wrote ”This is to officially notify you of the death of our father, grandfather, community leader and the Itai Afe Annnag, HRM Okuku Dr Pius Effiong Eside III, the Clan Head of Ikpe Annang and the Itai Afe Annang IV.’’…

The Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has ordered the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to hold its planned National Convention. This was following the dismissal of the application by the sacked National Chairman of PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, seeking the suspension of the party’s Convention scheduled for October 30 and 31. The three-man appeal panel led by Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani, in a unanimous decision on the application CA/PH/339/2021, held that Secondus’ application was only aimed at distracting the party from going on with the convention. The panel added that he was targeting to re-contest the same office…

Five students from Kano State lost their lives and several others were injured at Lambun Garba, near Bichi while they were heading to Katsina State. Four of the students from Sa’adatu Rimi College of Education Kano and one from FCE Kano, were said to be on their way to Katsina to attend the inauguration of National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS), Zone A, when their bus had an accident on Thursday, October 28. Those who sustained injuries are currently receiving treatment at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), with appeals for blood donations for them trending on the social media. Kano…

The nine crude oil producing Nigerian states collected N54.206 billion as derivation (13 per cent of Mineral Revenue) for September 2021. The states are Akwa Ibom, Lagos, Delta, Rivers, Bayelsa, Ondo, Edo, Imo and and Abia with Akwa Ibom, Delta, Rivers and Baylesa accounting for 80 per cent crude oil produced in the country. This is as the three tiers of government in the country collected N739.965 billion from federation allocation for the same month, according to the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee, FAAC. A statement from Oshundun Olajide, Deputy Director (Information), Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning late on…

France confronted Britain by seizing its fishing trawler for entering its territorial waters without a licence on Thursday and issued a warning to a second vessel in a dispute over access to fishing grounds after Brexit. Furious that Britain has refused to grant its fishermen the full number of licences to operate inside British waters that France says is warranted, Paris announced retaliatory measures on Wednesday if there was no progress in talks. The French government said it would from November 2 impose extra customs checks on British goods entering France, raising the prospect of more economic pain before Christmas…

Senators under Committee on Niger Delta Affairs sought better funding of the Ministry on Thursday, to sustain the current peace being enjoyed in the region. Speaking during the 2022 Budget defence by the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator James Manager described the budget allocated to the Ministry in 2021 and 2022 as too meagre to achieve anything meaningful in the region, advising that anything humanly possible to sustain the current peace being enjoyed in the region must be encouraged. “The ministry’s budget is too small to sustain the current peace we are enjoying in the region. It is the zone…