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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Saturday, arrived at Victor Attah International Airport, Uyo for the inauguration of some signature projects undertaken by Akwa Ibom State government. The presidential jet that brought the Number 2 citizen touched down the airport at 2.20 p.m. On hand at the airport to usher Osinbajo to the state were Udom Emmanuel, Akwa Ibom governor and wife, Martha; Senator Bassey Albert Akpan representing Akwa Ibom North East in the Senate and Senator Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to the President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta, among others. Among projects lined for inauguration are King Flour Mill, Mkpot…

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel has vowed to provide more social services- education, health-care delivery service, infrastructure, empowering the youths, women and the downtrodden to justify his victory at the governorship election petitions tribunal. Emmanuel elected for a second term in office on March 9 under Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is being criticised by many for not doing much to improve the well-being of the citizenry in the state during his first term in the office despite the huge monthly allocations from the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee, FAAC. The Governor stated this Friday while addressing a crowd at…

By: Israel Umoh At last, they arrived. In their fatherland. To the embrace of many. Shouts of joy filled the arena. Chills of bad memories forgotten albeit temporarily. Huge reliefs of pains and losses still in their minds. Harangues of sympathy engulfed the parched air. Tears dripped hotly from their swollen eyes. “Yes, we are free. If we die here, we will be happy instead of dying in a foreign land,” they soliloquised. This was the pervading atmosphere. Indeed, the effusion of emotions that thawed the 187 Nigerians who returned from South Africa and landed at Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos…

An American rapper and fashion designer, Kanye West has been named the highest-paid hip-hop act in the world, earning $150 million in a year. According to Forbes, Kanye West top the 2019 list, edging out JAY-Z who earned $81 million and Drake who made $71 million, to clinch the second and third positions respectively on the list of top 20. JAY-Z has always been one of the top earners in hip-hop, but for the first time ever he has lost to Kanye West, his former protégé. The top ten consists entirely of male hip-hop artists, as Eminem, DJ Khaled, Kendrick Lamar,…

The legal battle between Federal Government and Process and Industrial Development Limited (P&ID) appears to be gradually turning to a tit-for-tat affair. A United Kingdom Court had awarded $9.6 billion arbitral award against Nigeria over alleged breach of gas contract agreement between P&ID and the Federal Government. Consequently, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Thursday, secured the conviction of commercial director of P&ID, Mohammed Kuchazi and the company’s director of process, Adamu Usman for tax evasion, and other crimes. The judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo of Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, also sentenced the company, incorporated in British Virgin Island to wind…

Barely four months to his exit from office, Mr. Seriake Dickson, the governor of Bayelsa state, has been accused of alleged plans to sell majority of shares in the state-owned Atala Oil Marginal Field also known as Bayelsa state Oil Company Limited (BOCL) to some unidentified members of the public, investigation by Straightnews has shown. In a letter to the Board Chairman of BOCL, Barr. Orua Mark, Secretary/Legal Adviser to BOCL, alleged that the governor is collaborating with the BD to divest BOCL’s 41 percent shares of the 51 percent participating interest in Atala Marginal Oil Field together with its…

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Thursday, hailed the decision of Governorship Elections Petition Tribunal over the declaration of Udom Emmanuel as the constitutionally elected governor of Akwa Ibom State. Addressing a press conference, Obong Paul Ekpo, the state party’s Chairman declared “Today, the tribunal of men properly constituted by the laws of our land has confirmed the divinely orchestrated, politically engineered and electorally delivered mandate of Deacon Udom Emmanuel as the Governor of Akwa Ibom state. This judgment is in total agreement with the contemporary political reality existent in our state.’’ Ekpo quoted Daniel 4: 17 which states, “The decision…

Nigeria’s Super Eagles have dropped by one spot in the FIFA ranking for September, placing 34th on the ranking table. In the ranking table on the world football governing body’s website on Thursday, Nigeria garnered 1,482 points in the month under review as against 1,481 it had in August. However, in spite of the drop by a spot, Nigeria still occupy the third position on the continent behind Senegal and Tunisia who have 1,546 and 1,493 respectively. On the global scene, Belgium remain top of the FIFA World Ranking after an action-packed number of weeks in international football. In the…

More than 120 persons from United States of America, Asia, some African countries and other personalities who are in Uyo for this year’s Akwa Ibom ICONS Awards (AKIA) season 4 Awards conferment, may have to wait briefly. This is as the Governing Council of the Akwa Ibom ICONS Awards (AKIA) has postponed the ceremony earlier scheduled for Friday, September 20, 2019 at Watbridge Hotels and Suites, Uyo owing to circumstances beyond its control. A press release issued by Prince Ene Baba Owoh, Jr, AKIA Executive Secretary on Thursday and made available to Straightnews on Thursday in Uyo, said a new…

By Anietie Ukpe Suddenly, the plane did summersaults in the air. You could hear the screams – blood chilling and ear-splitting. Shrills! Cries of agony! I shouted “Jesus!” Then the plane plunged down to earth and burst into flames. I woke up in a cold sweat. For over two weeks, I had been having this horrifying nightmare. I prayed all I could but it kept coming. I assessed the situation. I was due to travel to Israel on pilgrimage and that was the only plane trip impending. The year was 2004. I had two options: one, forget about the trip…