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Akwa Ibom Government has pledged to deploy available resources aimed at ensuring normalcy returns to the state aptly regarded as Nigeria’s most peaceful state. This is as the government has condemned the attacks on security assets within the state. In less than one month, more than 10 policemen in the state have been killed and properties belonging to Nigeria Police Force worth millions of Naira have been destroyed by some hoodlums. Akwa Ibom Governor Mr Udom Emmanuel who stated this Monday during the of the Executive Council of the Akwa Ibom State Government held at the Executive Council Chambers, Government…

Nigerian Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has inaugurated an 11-member committee to investigate activities of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on May 6, President Muhammadu Buhari approved the recommendation of the Amaechi for the setting up of an Administrative Panel of Inquiry to investigate the Management of the NPA. Amaechi, while inaugurating the committee on Monday in Abuja, charged the members to be diligent and ensure they do a thorough job. The committee’s terms of reference, he said, include examining and investigating the administrative policies and strategies adopted by NPA’s Managing Director,…

Bishop David Oyedepo, the senior pastor of the Living Faith Church International (Winners Chapel), has warned his members not to take the COVID-19 vaccine. The clergyman who has always expressed doubts about the COVID-19 pandemic, said this during the 40th anniversary thanksgiving service of the church in the Ota Cathedral in Ogun State on Sunday, May 9. Speaking to his members, Oyedepo said “Let me warn you against this deadly thing circulated round the country, because it has not been duly tested. An elder of this church, who works with the World Health Organisation (WHO), confirmed this, thanking me for…

The Federal Government has declared Wednesday 12 and Thursday 13, May, 2021 as Public Holidays to mark this year’s Eidul-Fitr celebration. This is contained in a statement on Monday May 10, by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Dr. Shuaib Belgore. The statement quoted the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola while making the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government today in Abuja, as congratulating the Muslim faithful on the occasion. Aregbesola, who believes that development cannot thrive in a rancorous atmosphere, urged all “Nigerians to be law-abiding and embrace the spirit of love, self-discipline, kindness, and tolerance, as taught…

The Nigerian Government has reintroduced nationwide COVID-19 restrictions in the country, starting from 12 a.m. in the early hours of Tuesday, May 11. Dr Mukhtar Mohammed, a member of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, made the announcement while briefing reporters on Monday, May 10, in Abuja. Mohammed, who is the PSC Head of Technical Secretariat, said the government has directed that bars and nightclubs should remain closed and the nationwide 12 a.m. to 4 a.m. curfew to curtail further spread of COVID-19 will be in force until further notice. He added that mass gatherings in public spaces have been restricted to 50 people at…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has requested President Muhammadu Buhari to probe N39.5 billion duplicated and mysterious projects inserted in the 2021 budget. In the letter dated May 8, 2021 and signed by SERAP Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare said: “The misallocation of public funds for duplicated and mysterious projects has seriously undermined the ability of the indicted MDAs, and the government to ensure respect for Nigerians’ human rights through developing and implementing well-thought-out policies, plans, and budgets.” The request from SERAP follows a report from BudgiT last week, where they alleged that there are 316 duplicated capital projects…

A total of 1,374 new polling units have been created in Akwa Ibom State by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), bringing the total polling units in the state to 4,354. Akwa Ibom Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mike Igini, announced this Saturday in Uyo at a “stakeholders briefing” on the expansion of voters access and establishment of new polling units. Igini said the exercise was entirely data driven and status neutral, stressing that despite the increased number of registered voters the access to polling units has remained constant in the last 25 years. This, he said, informed the creation of new…

Five police officers and the wife of an officer have been killed in a fresh attack on a police facility in Ini Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. According to reports, the gunmen suspected attacked the police station in the early hours of Saturday May 8, when the officers were still asleep and shot them dead. They then set the place on fire. Police operational vehicles and other valuables were destroyed during the attack Confirming the incident, Odiko MacDon, the spokesperson of the state police command, “Yes, there was an attack in Ini Divisional Police Headquarters. MacDon, a Police Superintendent,…

The Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, has condemned the killing of seven policemen in the state by unknown gunmen. In a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri, after an emergency Security Council meeting at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Saturday, Wike called for calm in the state. The governor, who presided over the meeting, condemned the attacks by the unidentified armed assailants on some police formations. He reiterated that no amount of intimidation or cruel resort to barbaric attacks will make the State succumb to the secessionist agenda of those who are bent on…

Bayern Munich already have their eyes on a decade of Bundesliga dominance after winning the league for the ninth successive season Saturday, thanks to Borussia Dortmund’s 3-2 win over second-placed RB Leipzig. England winger Jadon Sancho netted twice in Dortmund’s home victory which crowned Bayern as champions without kicking a ball before hosting Borussia Moenchengladbach later on Saturday. “Of course, everyone was a bit excited, but we are absolutely focused on this game (against Moenchengladbach), 100 per cent,” Bayern coach Hansi Flick told Sky. “We want to deliver, that’s the mentality of this side. “It was a pleasure to work…