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The Federal Government has announced its readiness to establish a second Nigerian Police Academy in the country  to be sited in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Already, the first Nigerian Police Academy is sited in Wudil, Kano State. The Academy which is a federal government-owned institution offers undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes and is accredited by the National Universities Commission (NUC). The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, who announced this during a luncheon for Akwa Ibom Governor, Pastor Umo Eno and a state delegation of stakeholders at Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja last Friday, said President Bola…

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved contract for the dualisation of Odupani-Itu-Idedem Item-Ikot Ekpene Federal Road in Cross River and Akwa Ibom States put at N55 billion. FEC, at its third meeting of the year after a rigorous review, awarded the road to Decon Construction Nigeria Limited to complete the project inherited from the immediate past administration. The Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi announced this on Monday while addressing State House correspondents after the FEC meeting. Related posts Contractors To Resume Work On Calabar-Itu Road – Works Controller FG Reiterates Commitment To Completion Of Calabar-Itu Road Rickety Calabar-Itu…

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested and quizzed a former Akwa Ibom governor, Udom Emmanuel, for alleged N700 billion fraud. Emmanuel was arrested after he honoured an invitation of the EFCC on Tuesday to answer allegations of money laundering and diversion of funds preferred against him by the Network against Corruption and Trafficking. The petitioner alleged that Emmanuel received N3 trillion from the Federation Account in eight years, but left a debt profile of N500 billion and unpaid ongoing projects worth N300 billion. Related posts Every Leader should account to either people or God- Enang…

“If you marry a 7th or let anything happen to my daughter, you’ll live to regret it,” Rita Daniels has warned son in-law, Senator Ned Nwoko. In a trending video, Regina Daniels’ mother, Rita Daniels allegedly cried this morning and promised to deal with Nwoko if he takes a 7th wife or let anything happen to her daughter. She reminded the billionaire Nwoko that her daughter was just an 18-year-old vîrgin when he married her and he promised that she would be his last and favorite wife. It was widely circulated on social media that actress Chika Ike, who recently…

Two Nigerian Senators have carpeted their colleague, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan for ignoring due process in complaining over alleged sexual harassment against her by Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. Speaking on Arise TV’s Morning Show on Monday, Senator Adeyemi Adaramodu, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, and Senator Onyekachi Nwebonyi, Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate speaking on Arise TV’s afternoon programme on Monday, condemned her action for using unofficial channels to level the allegations against the Senate President. Adaramodu dismissed the s3xual harassment allegations against Senate President Godswill Akpabio, calling them a “storm in a teacup.” He…

After eight years of marriage without children, Mrs. Nseobong Nkitma Uloh from Ukuda in Urue-Offong/Uruko Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom is in a joyous mood after giving birth to quadruplets in the early hours of last Friday. Though the family is ecstatic, she is concerned over dearth of financial resources facing the family to raise the four children- two boys and two girls- during this era of economic hardship in the country. Speaking with newsmen at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo on Sunday, the mother of the quadruplets, Mrs. Uloh, said she is the happiest woman on…

In what looks like a face-saving tactics, Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara appears to be dallying the implementation of the Supreme Court judgment to gather more support from the public. The Supreme Court on Friday ordered Fubara to present the budget to the Assembly, stating he has been spending public fund illegally. Forty-eight hours after the Supreme Court handed down two judgments that threaten the soul of the Rivers State government, the governor Sunday announced his intention to fully obey the orders. Related posts Rivers Government reacts to Supreme Court’s decision Rivers Government reacts to Supreme Court’s decision Rivers LG Elections:…

Mudashiru Obasa, the impeached speaker of the Lagos House of Assembly, has sprung back to his position. Obasa who was impeached on Monday, 13 January, 2025 by 32 lawmakers accusing him of gross abuse of office and corruption had held the position for 10 years. After several meeting with party leader and the intervention of the presidency Obasa has returned as Speaker of the House, after the resignation Mojisola Meranda earlier on Monday, March 2 who was elected to succeed Obasa. It was rumoured that President Bola Tinubu did not support Obasa’s impeachment by the House and wanted to give…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has bared fangs on the Federal Government’s plan to regularise electricity tariffs for customers for Bands A, B and C. In a communique released on Sunday after the National Executive Council (NEC) in Yola, Adamawa State, the labour union vowed to lead mass nationwide protests across Nigeria should the government continue with its plan. Last Thursday, Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, said lower bands would be upgraded to Band A. In its communique sign by NLC General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja, the labour union rejected the “forcefully migration” of consumers from lower bands to Band A.…

Russia’s Foreign Ministry said the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s trip  to Washington on Friday, February 28, was a political and diplomatic failure. The Ministry stated that he was obsessed with continuing to wage war that has consumed more than 500,000 Ukrainian and Russian troops were killed or wounded since it began in Ukraine two years ago, U.S. officials said. Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump clashed at a White House meeting on Friday, damaging ties between Kyiv and the United States, its main military backer. Also read White House to retain Biden Family’s  $20,000 Diamond gift from Indian Prime Minister Russian…