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Eminent and deserving Akwa Ibom indigenes at home and in the Diaspora are to be conferred with icons’ awards on September 20, this year, the Governing Council of Akwa Ibom Icons Awards has stated. Known as AKIA 2019, the programme also tagged Dakkada Plus and being the fourth season has commenced the public/institutional nomination of prospective awardees in 10 categories which lasted from July 22 – 26, 2019, while verification of claims will begin from July 29 to August 9, 2019. Announcement of the best five nominees/final voting in the different 10 awards categories is slated for August 12 –17, compilation…

Former Super Eagles keeper and captain, Vincent Enyeama is eager to return to top-flight football with French Ligue 1 side Dijon FCO. Enyeama Enyeama Reports monitored in France stated that Enyeama who left the Super Eagles unceremoniously will undergo trials at Dijon with the hope of continuing his career which took a hit after he was dropped by Lille in 2018. His case was not also helped by an injury which laid him off for almost a year. The 36-year-old Enyeama was part of the 2013 Super Eagles that won the AFCON in 2013 and it was glaring that his…

By Akanimo Sampson A new report from Maritime Strategies International (MSI) says rapid decarbonisation of global energy supplies will have radical implications for the global shipping industry. “Vessel selection will be critical, requiring divestment from sectors with the greatest exposure to fossil fuels’’, the report said. The consequences for shipping markets of a major shift in energy consumption away from hydrocarbons and towards renewables and biofuels is the subject of the report prepared by MSI on behalf of the European Climate Foundation that projects two demand frameworks – Reduction and Reference – designed to provide broad narrative and structure to…

A total of 1,020,519 candidates, who sat for the 2019 May/June WASSCE for schools, obtained credits and above in a minimum of five subjects including English Language and Mathematics. Recall that Demianus G. Ojijeogu, WAEC Nigeria’s Head of Public Affairs, broke the news via the council’s official twitter page on Thursday. The statement said: “Candidates who are not indebted to the council will be able to access and check their results online, using the results checker pin on their smart identity cards used during the conduct of the examination.” Giving a breakdown of the results on Friday, Mr. Olu Adenipekun,…

By Akanimo Sampson Apparently shaken by the tough stance of the Yoruba people of South West Nigeria on the killer Fulani herdsmen in their region, the Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF) has dared President Muhammadu Buhari, insisting that herdsmen living outside Northern Nigeria have to return home in their best interest. Afenifere, a socio-cultural organisation of the Yoruba ethnic nationality had warned that the Yoruba will no longer tolerate the menace of members of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in any part of Western Nigeria. Concerned about the safety of the herdsmen, the northern elders confronted President…

State governments in Nigeria are said to have come up with another magic wand to collect money from the local government councils’ accounts despite the financial guidelines issued by the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) to them not to tamper with councils’ funds again. The NFIU had said that in consonance with the 1999 Constitution, no debit would be allowed on any local government funds with effect from June 1, 2019 until the money was credited to the receiving local government. In an exclusive interview with Punch correspondent in Abuja on Thursday, Ibrahim Khaleel, the National President of the National…

The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has expressed concern over the incessant clashes between the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, and security agencies, which have resulted in loss of lives and destruction of properties. The commission, in a statement in Abuja Thursday, urged the Federal Government to negotiate with the group. According to the statement, death of the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations, FCT Command, DCP Usman Umar, a Channels Television journalist, Precious Owolabi, some protesters and others who sustained various degrees of injury in the recent incident, calls for serious and urgent action to address the…

Nigerians living in the Diaspora sent $25 billion to the country in 2018, representing 83 percent of the national budget. Speaking at the 2019 National Diaspora Day event in Abuja Thursday, Boss Mustapha, Secretary to Government of the Federation, SGF, said amount was about 6.1 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product, GDP, of the country. Mustapha said the figures reflect the research findings in the World Bank’s Migration and Remittances report issued in April 2018 and commended them for the gesture. The remittances to Nigeria, according to the report, reached $22 billion in 2017, a 10 percent increase on…

By Akanimo Sampson The International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners (INTERCARGO) has expressed its growing concern in view of the magnitude of the challenge lying ahead for the industry and the need for a smooth transition. The concern is coming with less than five and a half months away for the 2020 global sulphur limit implementation. INTERCARGO which was established in 1980 with the objective of giving a voice to ship owners, managers and operators of dry cargo vessels and represent better this shipping sector, says the global availability of safe compliant fuels remains a key question largely unanswered. The power…