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To rejig the state executive council, Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma has sent 20 commissioners packing and dissolved the state executive council on Wednesday, May 12. Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba told newsmen that the decision was taken to rejig the activities of the state government after one year in office. Eight retained to carry on with their activities are commissioners for Health, Information, Tourism, Women Affairs, Works, Finance, Youths and Technology.

Suspected hoodlums attacked and allegedly set ablaze Godswill Akpabio Unity Hall, Afaha Ikot Ebak in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The multi-million Naira hall built and inaugurated by Essien Udim Local Government Council in 2014 was named after Godswill Akpabio who was then Akwa Ibom governor and indigene of the area. The hoodlums were said to have set ablaze chairs in the hall, ceilings and other fittings in the hall, though the corrugated roof and building are untouched. Today, Akpabio is a Senator and the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs in the country. An eye witness…

Unknown gunmen have continued to wreck mayhem in a series of targeted arson attack on Police stations and killing of personnel and carting away their rifles. Two police stations at Ika Local Government Area and the Area Command, Etim Ekpo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State came under heavy gun assaults early Wednesday morning with one Police officer identified as PC Edogi Bassey, from Cross River state, killed in the process of repelling the hoodlums. Nsikak Inyang, who hails from Udianga  Enem in Etim Ekpo Local Government Area, told our Correspondent that the armed hoodlums arrived the Etim Ekpo…

Forty years ago, legendary reggae singer Bob Marley died of cancer in Miami, United States of America. Forty after, his rich anthems of struggle and peace, discontent and hope, still reverberate globally, especially in his native Jamaica. It’s been four decades since Bob Marley’s death, a period longer than the reggae icon’s brief but potent life that skin cancer ended when he was 36. Yet, Marley lives on as a voice of the dispossessed, the palpable vibrancy, spirit of protest and moral zeal of his songs including “One Love,” “Redemption Song” and “I Shot The Sheriff” enduring in a way…

Twenty-one families of slain police officers have received N60 million compensation from Akwa Ibom Government. The officers were attacked and killed by suspected gunmen at different police formations across the state in less than two months. The Governor’s Special Assistant on Research and documentation, Essien Nduese, said Governor Udom Emmanuel announced the donation during his visit to the police headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia, Uyo. The statement issued by his media aide noted that the governor was world over the lives of officers wasted, and urged them to rise to the occasion by containing the challenges. The statement read, “Akwa Ibom…

Once again, Manchester City are champions of England after Man United lost at home 1-2 to Leicester city on Tuesday night, May 11. City would have won the title over the weekend but lost 2-1 at home to Chelsea. With three matches to spare Leicester City’s Caglar Soyuncu headed home Leicester’s 66th-minute winner at Old Trafford meaning United cannot mathematically catch up with Manchester City. In the last decade, City have now won the premier league five times. It caps a remarkable month for the club who booked their spot in their first ever Champions League final on May 29…

The governors of the 17 Nigerian Southern states have placed a ban on open grazing and called on President Muhammadu Buhari to address Nigerians on security challenges. Though the governors met in Delta state Tuesday, May 11, they neither mentioned nor deliberated on financial autonomy for the judicial arm that prompted Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) to embark on nationwide strike with effect from April 6, 2021. In a 12-point communique read by its Chairman, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, the governors said the president should be fairer in political appointments, convoke a national dialogue, and accept the establishment…

Midfielder Seth Mayi scored his first goal of the season to secure a 2-1 win for Akwa United over Sunshine Stars and extend the unbeaten run of the Promise Keepers to ten matches as action resumed in Nigeria Professional Football League. Mayi who was voted the club’s best midfielder in the first stanza of the league confirmed his quality when he scored from close range in the 68th minute. Charles Atshimene shot the hosts into an early lead in the 20th minute. Two minutes later, Atshimene gave a fine pass to Mfon Udoh but his strike was stopped by goalkeeper…

West Brom have been relegated from the Premier League after a 3-1 defeat to Arsenal on Sunday, May 9. Following the loss, Sam Allardyce’s team are 10 points away from safety in the English top flight with just three games left to play making it mathematically impossible to claw back to safety. West Brom went behind against the Gunners less than 30 minutes into the clash when Emile Smith Rowe struck from close range. Then Nicolas Pepe doubled the home side’s lead in the 35th minute by smashing into the top corner. Matheus Pereira gave the visitors hope in the…

UK prime minister, Boris Johnson is being investigated by the U.K. Parliament’s standards regulator over a £15k holiday to the Caribbean. Kathryn Stone, the parliamentary commissioner for standards has confirmed for the first time that she is inquiring into whether the Prime Minister has properly declared the £15,000 stay on the luxury Caribbean hideaway. Mr. Johnson appears on a list of nine MPs currently under investigation by the commissioner published under new Commons rules. The prime minister took the trip with his partner, Carrie Symonds, at the end of 2019 in the wake of his general election victory. Downing Street has previously said…