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In what appeared like a minor shake-up in the State Executive Council, Governor Udom Emmanuel has dropped three Commissioners, elevated three to higher positions and re-assigned two. The dropped Commissioners are Dr. Ekong Sampson who oversaw Environment and Petroleum Resources, Dr. Iniobong Essien who was in charge of Science and Technology and Professor Victor Inoka who ran Labour and Manpower Planning. Dr. Dominic I. Ukpong who was Commissioner for Health has been reduced to Honorary Special Adviser on Health Matters to be reporting to the Office of the Governor. Before now, Akparawa Ephraim Inyang-eyen, who was Commissioner for Works, had…

The Akwa Ibom State Executive Council has been refreshed with assignments and re-assignments of portfolios to 14 old and eight new hands to drive the Completion Agenda of Governor Udom Emmanuel. Of the 22 members, 12 have retained their portfolios, two re-assigned and eight new hands have been assigned portfolios in the revitalised excutive council. The Commissioners who have retained their portfolios include Mr. Akan Okon- Ministry of Economic Development and Ibom Deep Seaport; Arc. Ime Ekpo, Lands and Water Resources; Uwemedimo Nwoko, Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice; Sir Monday Ebong Uko, Youths and Sports; Nsikan Linus Nkan, Finance; and…

In the build-up to the forthcoming local government elections in Akwa Ibom, Governor Udom Emmanuel has warned executive members of the inaugurated Peoples Democratic Party at the ward and state levels to refrain from taking a traditional oath (mbiam) to avoid adverse consequences. Emmanuel handed down the warning Monday at the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected State Executive members of the PDP, at the Banquet Hall, Government House, Uyo warned that if the government is aware of such, the candidates will forfeit their nominations. “Please party faithful, give the new Exco the necessary support that they need. Don’t try…

The President-elect and other elected officers of the Nigerian Bar Association on Sunday collected their certificates of return as winners of the just-concluded association’s national officers’ elections. Mr. Olumide Akpata, President-elect and eight others, who emerged winners in the elections were presented their certificates of return Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association at the national secretariat of the NBA in Abuja, preparatory to their inauguration on August 27.  The event attended by a handful of supporters of the elected members of the incoming executive committee of the association was presided over by the Chairman of the ECNBA, Chief Tawo…

Nigeria on Sunday confirmed 304 fresh cases of COVID-19, just as Africa’s infections notch to one million. The latest data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) indicated that the new cases were found in 14 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This comes as the Africa Centre Control (CDC), as of Sunday, August 2, 2020, said the continent has 944,450 infections from the disease with 602,578 having recovered and 19,920 persons dead. Nigeria, one of the continent’s COVID-19 hotbeds, has 43,841 confirmed cases of the virus with Lagos topping the daily infections -81 – from the pandemic…

Kat3na and Lilo are the first set of housemates to be evicted from the Big Brother Naija season 5 Lockdown edition. All housemates were initially put up for eviction excluding Lucy and Prince by the virtue of being Head of House and Deputy Head of House. The 4 housemates who had the least votes are Lilo, Eric, Praise and Ka3na. The other housemates were asked to nominate two out of the least votes housemates who will be sent home.

Seven females, Friday, died of generator fumes at Rijau town in Rijau Local Government Area of Niger State. Mr. Adamu Usman, the state Commissioner of Police told the newsmen in Minna that one Alhaji Mohammed Bello, the district Head of Rijau reported the incident at Rijau, Divisional police office. Usman said on July 31 at about 08:15 hours, one Alhaji Mohammed Bello reported the discovery of seven bodies inside Afrash Beauty Saloon along Bawa Rijau Road. ”Preliminary investigation revealed that the ladies slept with the generator on inside the shop. “We have successfully removed the seven corpses to General Hospital,…

By: Israel Umoh The N81 billion alleged to have been spent by the Interim Management Committee of Niger Delta Development Commission in six months is yet to simmer down in the court of public opinion since the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission ballooned the story into public space. This was as the House of Representatives resolution to probe into an allegation of mismanagement of more than N40 billion by the NDDC’s IMC had earlier received knocks and condemnations from the public. Contrary to the controversy surrounding the bandied figures, Straightnews can authoritatively report that the commission…

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang inspired Arsenal to a record 14th FA Cup win as the Gunners captain struck twice to beat Chelsea 2-1 in the final at an empty Wembley on Saturday. Christian Pulisic had given Chelsea the dream start, but the Blues’ unravelled after Aubameyang was brought down by Cesar Azpilicueta inside the area and converted the resulting penalty. A brilliant finish from Aubameyang 23 minutes from time earned Mikel Arteta silverware in his first season as Arsenal boss before Chelsea were controversially reduced to 10 men when Mateo Kovacic was shown an extremely soft second yellow card. (NDTV SPORTS)

The All Progressives Congress, Akwa Ibom State Chapter, says it has pulled out of the forthcoming local government elections slated for October 31. Mr. Nkereuwem Enyongekere, the State Publicity Secretary of the party, who in a press release of July 31 announced this, said the party would drag AKISIEC and Peoples Democratic Party to court for creating 39 what he described as illegal wards and planning to use same to conduct the upcoming 2020 local government elections. “APC frowns at this reckless breach of the law and the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by AKISIEC under Governor Udom-led…