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A former governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has died at the age of 70. Before the latest information filtered in, his death was rumoured about one and half weeks ago which was later dispelled. Ajimobi who has been in a coma and on life support, died of COVID-19 complications in a hospital in Lagos state today June 25. The former governor was rumoured to have died last Thursday, June 18 but his media aide, Mr Bolaji Tunji and one of his children denounced the report asking Nigerians to rather pray for his recovery. Late Ajimobi was governor between…

The Federal Road Safety Commission, Akwa Ibom Command has warned drivers and vehicle owners in the state against patronising touts to process their driver’s licence. Mr. Oga Ochi, making the appeal in his first media interaction in his office in Uyo on Wednesday, asked them to use designated FRSC office for the purpose. Ochi, who assumed duty as the 19th Sector Commander of the FRSC of the state Command, however, urged tricycle operators in the state not to take over the roads as if they were the only road users, warning that they should not constitute nuisance on the roads.…

Akwa Ibom State government has backed down on prosecuting a pastor and videographer of Christ Embassy Church in Uyo, the state capital, for flouting COVID-19 Guidelines. Pastor Emmanuel Effiong and Gabriel Ekpa videographer in the church were arrested and detained on Sunday, June 21 for allegedly assaulting the COVID-19 monitoring team in the state. They were accused of attacking the officials who were out to ensure observance of COVID-19 Guidelines by religious centres observed the COVID-19 guidelines while the church was sealed. A statement released by Charles Udoh, the State Commissioner for Information, said the state government’s decision to drop the…

President Muhammadu Buhari has thrown his weight behind the factional Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Victor Giadom to preside over the party’s virtual National Executive Council (NEC) meeting. President Buhari who spoke through his spokesperson Garba Shehu on Wednesday, June 24, said he would attend the NEC meeting because “the law is on the side of Victor Giadom as Acting National Chairman.” It is also expected that the Governors and leaders of the national assembly will attend the meeting. Garba Shehu tweeted: “The President has received very convincing advice on the position of the law as far as the situation in the…

The long arm of the law has caught up with a 21-year-old man who allegedly defiled a five-year-old girl in Ikot Akpan Udo, Ikot Abasi Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Again, a 29-year-old Akpan Kingsley Effiong of No. 35 Abak Road, Uyo, said to have allegedly defiled his 14-year-old daughter has landed himself in trouble. Addressing journalists on Wednesday at the state Police Command Headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia, in Uyo Local Government Area, CP CP Imohimi Edgal said, “On 17/6/2020, Detectives of Ikot Abasi Division apprehended one Etebong Monday Harrison ‘m’, aged 21yrs of Ikot Akpan Udo, Ikot…

The rising wave of rapes is assuming a different dimension following the arrest and detention of pastor of an unnamed church in Akwa Ibom State over attempted rape of a 21-year-old girl and defilement of a 15-year-old minor. Addressing journalists on Wednesday at the state Police Command Headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia, Uyo, CP CP Imohimi Edgal “Following a complaint on 18/06/2020, Operatives of SCIID, Uyo arrested one Pastor Inimfon Eyo Inyang ‘m’, aged 33yrs old of Nung Atim Road, Off Idoro Road, Uyo for attempting to rape a 21-yr-old girl. “Investigation further revealed that the said Pastor, who lives with…

Akwa Ibom State is among the five states in the country with external and domestic debts’ profile standing at N254 billion, Debt Management Office, BudgetIT Research has stated. Lagos State has the highest debt profile of N946 billion followed by Rivers State with N295 billion, Kaduna – N278 billion, and Delta – N256 billion. BudgetIT Nigeria under the title: 2019 Total Debt Stock Taking Ranking tweeted on Tuesday, “Here are the 5 states with the highest Total Debt Profile as at December 2019. Lagos N946billion Rivers N295billion Kaduna N278billion Delta N256billion and Akwa Ibom (N254billion).” The body which is Nigeria’s…

Former Governors in the 36 states of the federation are said to have collected N400 billion as life pensions from 1999 to date. Socio-Economic Rights & Accountability Project (SERAP) on Tuesday tweeted “Nigeria’s former state governors have collected more than N400bn in life pensions across several of the 36 states. since 1999. They’re still collecting! SERAP (@SERAPNigeria), a non-profit, non-partisan, legal & advocacy organisation devoted to promoting transparency, accountability & respect for socio-economic rights in Nigeria, wrote “We have so many reasons to keep fighting to end this travesty and crime against humanity. Nigeria deserves better than this.” Reacting to…

Christ Embassy, Uyo zonal headquarters has dragged Akwa Ibom State government to Federal High Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, over arrest and detention of its pastor, and videographer. The frosty relationship between the church and the government nosedived on Sunday when the COVID-19 monitoring team stormed the church and arrested the duo over alleged breaches of COVID-19 guidelines. In a suit with registration number, FAC/UY/FHR/106/2020, the church also known as Believer’s Loveworld Inc is calling for an unconditional release of Pastor Emmanuel Effiong, and a videographer, Gabriel Ekpa. Joined in the suit are the State Chairman, Christian Association of…

Nigeria has recorded 675 new cases of the Coronavirus, bringing the total number to 20,919 in the country. A tweet from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday night, shows that  7,109 persons have been discharged. In the new cases, Lagos is leading with 288 followed by Oyo-76, Rivers-56, Delta-31 and Ebonyi-30. Others are Gombe-28 Ondo-20 Kaduna-20 Kwara-20 Ogun-17 FCT-16 Edo-13 Abia-10 Nasarawa-9 Imo-9 Bayelsa-8 Borno-8 Katsina-8 Sokoto-3 Bauchi-3 and Plateau-2. A total of 525 persons have so far lost their lives in Nigeria due to COVID-19, the tweet said.