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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.

Are you unemployed? Have you been asked by any organisation or person to pay for non-existent job, or employment form?  Then, this news is for you. Then get these tips: 1. Get your BVN ready. 2. Ensure you are not an existing employee in any organization. 3. Application is online. “This week, the N-Power portal will re-open for registration. 400,000 beneficiaries will be taken from the application pool.” N-Power tweets. The scheme gave further details on the upcoming enrolment exercise via its official twitter handle @npower_ng on Monday. This is as the Federal Government has concluded arrangements to employ 400,000…

By: Alkali Dan-Tsoho Despite the ravaging COVID-19, the political space is still agog by alignments, re-alignments and other strategies by political principalities and powers. In Akwa Ibom, there seems to be a war of attrition in the arena. While 2023 seems far away to the politically uninitiated, key gladiators are moving pawns to gain whatever advantage is possible. The evolution of the expanded post-COVID-19 economic team into a five-man steering committee to midwife the process of implementation speaks volumes of the socio-economic political direction of the government. This five-man committee is headed by Professor Akpan Ekpo, a seasoned economist while…

The last is not yet heard of a hawking-boy whose prodigious singing skill has earned him automatic scholarships and other rewards from well-meaning Nigerians. A nine-year-old Joseph Oluomachi Opara, whose angelic voice has captivated Nigerians in a spontaneous viral video currently trending on all social media platforms, has latched onto instant prosperity after a struggling life. Opara, the little boy, never knew that keeping a tray of coconut and pear to display his singing prowess on the roadside would have brought him a huge fortune. From more than 8,150 likes and 18,000 comments by Twitter users, Oluamachi, the Igbo boy,…