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In a renewed cult clash, three person have reportedly been killed in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state. A source in Eket, who pleaded anonymity, told NAN on Wednesday that the incident occurred on Monday, June 21 at a popular area called Idung Afianwe in Eket. He said the killing of the trio was caused by a fight between two rival cult groups – Axe Confraternity and Klans- over a girl at a popular spot along Afaha Ukwa Street, Eket. The source, who claims to be a member of one of the cult groups said: “the fracas started on…

The result of the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will be released on June 23, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says. The JAMB Registrar, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, who stated this Wednesday during news conference in Enugu, said he had no reason whatsoever to withhold the results of the UTME. “The result ought to be out by now, but because I am not at the headquarters and I do not want to approve it while on the field. “But as soon as I get to Abuja today all the examinations up to the one being taken today will be…

The final report of the forensic audit of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) will be ready by the end of July, Senator Godswill Akpabio, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, has said. Akpabio, who fielded questions from State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday, said the final report would be submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari for implementation. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) had in February 2020 approved the appointment of a lead consultant for the forensic audit of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The minister said that action had been expedited on the process of constitution of the board…

The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Akwa Ibom chapter has demanded proper accountability of the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), and the federal allocations to the State from 2015 to date. The party has also called on the State government to, as a matter of urgency, make public, evidence of ownership of Ibom Air, Dakadda Smart Building off Udo Udoma Avenue, Uyo as well as what its described as ‘purported industries’ in the State. Briefing journalists at the end of the State Working Committee meeting of the party in Uyo, the state capital, Rev Aniebiet Emmanuel, the State Chairman of PRP, said…

Some Nigerians have written off the committee set up by Akwa Ibom State government to investigate the case of a final-year student expelled from Akwa Ibom state university after being accused of making “derogatory remark” against Governor Emmanuel Udom on Facebook. Some online platforms had reported that Iniobong Ekpo, who was studying Agricultural Engineering at the institution, had written a Facebook article in 2019 with the pseudonym ‘Afrosix Jaara,’ accusing the Governor of reneging on a promise he allegedly made in 2017 to give financial reward to the then graduating students of the university. “It’s 2 years and 166 days since he promised, yet none of…

Akwa Ibom is one of the two states in Nigeria that has gotten approval for the take-off of Federal University of Technology. This is as President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a take-off grant of N18 billion for the establishment of two new universities of technology and two health sciences. Another one will be located in Jigawa and Akwa Ibom states, while the universities of health sciences will be established in Azare, Bauchi State and Ila Orangun, Osun State. Each of the universities will collect N4 billion take-off grant while each of the university of health sciences will receive N5 billion.…

The Court of Arbitration for Sports (Cas) has reduced the life ban placed on former Nigerian coach, Samson Siasia by Fifa to five years. The former Super Eagles forward was found of guilty of match-fixing in 2019 and was consequently handed a life ban from football. The court delivered its long-awaited appeal verdict on Monday and also dismissed the fine of CHF 50,000 (fifty thousand Swiss Francs) he was ordered to pay. In August 2019, the world football governing body announced that Siasia was found guilty of accepting an offer to receive bribes in an attempt to manipulate the outcome of…

A Federal High Court in Abuja, Monday, ordered the Federal Government to pay $951 million being 13 per cent derivative arrears to the Bayelsa State government. The Bayelsa state government had, in a suit it filed on behalf by Ken Njemanze (SAN), urged the court to compel the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), who was the sole defendant in the matter to pay five per cent of $50 billion recovered as additional revenue that accrued to the Nigerian government. Delivering judgment on the matter on Monday, Justice Inyang Ekwo, held that the AGF failed to enter his defence in…

Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and ExxonMobil, Monday, were ordered to pay N90 billion damages to Ibeno oil-producing communities in Akwa Ibom State for economic losses suffered by them during oil spills. The oil spills said to have occurred from 2000 to 2010 caused pollution to rivers and lands leading to loss of animals and plants. Delivering judgment in a joint suit by the Ibeno villages, Justice Taiwo Oladipupo Taiwo of Federal High Court in Abuja held that NNPC and Mobil oil were liable for oil spills over the years during explorations. Reports monitored from Legal Desk Nigeria in Uyo…

The sleepy communities of Mbiekene, Nnung Obong and Ikot Ntung in Nsit Ubium Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state have been thrown into mourning, following the collapse of the link bridge between the villages, leading to the drowning of one Miss Idara Friday. The deceased, a Senior Secondary School (SS2) student of Community Secondary School (CSS), Nnung Obong, it was gathered, was trying to walk through the dilapidated bridge from her nearby village of Mbiekene, when the bridge caved in. Fighting back tears, the father of the deceased, simply identified as Elder Friday, lamented that “over the years the…