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By Akanimo Sampson After the House of Representatives under the watch of its Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, un-tactically called for the resignation of the service chiefs, the speaker in seeming about-face is now appealing to the security chiefs the National Assembly wants to be thrown out of their jobs, to redouble efforts at shoring up internal security. Gbajabiamila told the service chiefs that Nigerians are on the necks of their representatives in the House over the security situation in the country, claiming that the anxiety among the citizenry was enough reason for the military commanders to redouble their efforts, challenging them…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has de-registered 74 political parties. The commission took the decision after reviewing the performance of the parties following the 2019 General elections. The electoral umpire said 18 political parties fulfilled the constitutional requirements for existence. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu made the declaration at a news conference Thursday in Abuja. Yakubu said the decision of the commission was in line with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as well as the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended). Meanwhile, INEC has fixed September 19 for Edo and October 10 for the Ondo State governorship…

The US Senate, Wednesday, acquitted President Donald Trump of abuse of power.  The Senate did not find President Donald Trump guilty of abusing his powers, as had been charged by the House of Representatives. In the first of two impeachment votes, the Republican-controlled Senate cleared the Republican president of Democrats’ accusations that he acted improperly in withholding U.S. security aid to Ukraine. The Senate vote was 52-48. Then the second vote was on obstruction of Congress was backed by 53-47 Republican Mitt Romney broke party ranks to vote to convict Trump on abuse of power. The Senate impeachment trial of…

By Akanimo Sampson Final Investment Decisions (FID) on some key offshore oil projects in Nigeria have been delayed because of the failure of the Legislative arm of the Federal Government to pass the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) which has been in the works for at least 15 years. The offshore projects are expected to create an additional production capacity of 875,000 b/d and hopefully attract around $100 billion in new investments. The projects include: Shell’s Bonga and Southwest Aparo which is expected to add 225,000 b/d; and Bonga North (100,000 b/d); Eni’s Zabazaba-Etan (120,000 b/d); Chevron’s Nsiko (100,000b/d); ExxonMobil’s Bosi (140,000 b/d); Satellite Field…

Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President and 2019 Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, has asked President Buhari not to “rationalise killings.” Atiku made the statement while reacting President Muhammadu Buhari’s statement that 90 percent of Boko Haram’s victims in the past years have been Muslims. Reacting to the President’s comment, Atiku Abubakar said the killing of any human being irrespective of religion must be condemned unequivocally. Buhari, Tuesday, declared “It is the reality that some 90 per cent of all Boko Haram’s victims have been Muslims. They include a copycat abduction of over 100 Muslim schoolgirls, along with their single…

By Akanimo Sampson The Red Chambers of Nigeria’s bicameral Legislature has started to explore the best possible means to give the security architecture of the country a shot at the elbow. To this end, Ahmad Lawan, Senate President, has inaugurated an 18-man ad-hoc panel of senators to look into the matter. The panel which was set up on Tuesday is saddled with the responsibility of recommending ways to improving the present security situation in the country. The Senate had last week, after exhaustive deliberations on the security situation in Nigeria resolved to set up the ad-hoc panel on Nigeria security…

By: Akakan Umoh Studies have shown that food is one of the basic needs of man. It is an essential thing that man needs during his stay on earth to survive. If you go to weddings, the kind of meals thrown away is enough to feed a whole village. Don’t be shocked, because it happens. Even you reading this could be guilty of this too. People prefer to waste food, forgetting that there are people out there that have barely eaten a square meals, that needs the food more than them. I can remember one incident. During one of my…

By Akanimo Sampson A Lassa fever war has erupted in Rivers State, the oil and gas capital of Nigeria, forcing the state government to take some tough measures in a seeming desperate bid to contain the spread of the epidemic in the big oil state. Chief of Staff to Governor Nyesom Wike, Chukwuemeka Woke, an engineer, who made the war against Lassa fever in the state known while declaring open a one-day sensitisation seminar on the fever for staffers of Government House, Port Harcourt, said in the last one week the state has not recorded any new cases following the maximum…

By: Ray Ekpu Nigeria has since independence established its reputation firmly as an import crazy country. We import almost anything from corn to cake and caviar and from mushrooms to manicure materials and from trolleys to toothpick. We have an exotic taste for imports. On balance we also do export something: crude oil, and a few other things. But when you crunch the export and import numbers we come tragically short or shortchanged. We are simply more of consumers and less of producers. But recently the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) did us a favour. It imported some words from Nigeria…

An octogenarian cultural music maestro in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria has passed into eternity, a family source has stated. Uko Akpan Ekpo Umana, the founder of the famous Uko Akpan Cultural Group, died at 88. Among his popular songs are Se Ukpono Se’jen Akpono Ette, Nse Agwo Ananam Adi Duko afon, Anyie Agwo Eku Abogho, Mkpa Asong anjen Abogho, Naira Udoji, and Edemne Ema Agwo Inogho Uko Akpan. Born in 1932 into Nto Ekpo Umana family of Ikot Obong in Afaha Obong, Abak local government area of Akwa Ibom State, Uko Akpan was a holder of a Doctor of Music…