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Seven states are declared the most viable ones in Nigeria for 2022, according to Economic Confidential, a subsidiary of PR Nigeria. The states are Lagos, Ogun, Rivers, Kaduna, Kwara, Oyo and Edo. The Assistant Editor of Economic Confidential, Zekeri Idakwo, stated this at a press briefing and presentation of the 2022 Annual States Viability Index Report in Abuja on Monday. Idakwo said the report was compiled from figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics, and the Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC). “The IGR of the 36 states of the federation totalled N1.8 trillion in 2022, which was above that…

By Aniefiok Christopher  In the spirit of the Yuletide, the Raffia City Elders Forum (RACEF) organised its 2023 end-of-year dinner and rewarded excellence on Sunday at 4 Points by Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Ikot Ekpene. The Forum made up of eminent personalities from Ikot Ekpene/Essien Udim/Obot Akara Federal Constituency and beyond seized the opportunity to reward an Assistant Commissioner of Police and Officer in charge of Ikot Ekpene Area Command, Mr. Ogbonna Okoronkwo for his hard work and dedication to duty. Among the dignitaries at the dinner party were the President of the Forum and Proprietor of Ritman University, Ikot…

Akwa Ibom State has emerged the Cleanest State in Nigeria for a sixth time in six years under Project Circus Review tagged STONE PRO-MAX 2023, with a cumulative score of 72 per cent. Since inauguration of the project in 2018, Akwa Ibom has won the first position in six years in a row as the cleanest state in Nigeria. Announcing the result in Uyo on Tuesday, Prince Ene Baba Owoh, Jr., National Coordinator/Secretary, National Technical Study Group (NTSG) on Clean Up Nigeria, congratulated the government and people of Akwa Ibom State for emerging the sixth time the overall Cleanest State…

By Professor Iniodu George Public lecture delivered on the Golden Jubilee of Western Annang Secondary Commercial School (WASCO), Ukanafun at Local government council hall, Ikot Akpa Nkuk, on Saturday, 16th December, 2023. Protocol INTRODUCTION WASCO is an acronym for Western Annang Secondary Commercial School; a post-primary educational institution located in Ukanafun; one of the 273 secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria; one whose history is a story of necessity; present, a story of circumstance; and future, a story of certitude. In the morning of a certain school day in 1979, I was led by the hand as a child…

The presidential intervention in the Rivers State political impasse recorded success Monday, December 18, as feuding sides reached an eight-point peace accord. President Bola Tinubu met with sides involved in the crisis and secured commitments from all sides to abide by a set of eight resolutions reached at the parley. In the resolution, Governor Siminalayi Fubara, and his predecessor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, signed the agreement that spells out steps expected by parties in the conflict to take. Other signatories of the resolution are the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu; Deputy Governor of Rivers…

The Rivers State House of Assembly row is deepening as Governor Siminalayi Fubara has come under attack for committing constitutional breach by assenting 2024 Appropriation Bill earlier passed by four lawmakers in the house less than the quorum.  Last week, 27 members of the House under Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) loyal to ex-governor Nyesom Wike defected to All Progressives Congress (APC). Shortly after their defection, Governor Fubara presented  the 2024 Budget estimate to four house members, and he readily assented the bill into law. However, Wahab Shittu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, has reacted to the presentation of the 2024…

… As CHRAN condemns the assault by the legal practitioner, the wife beater and abuser In a typical case of a bailor becoming a suspect, a 55-year-old legal practitioner in Akwa Ibom State has been arrested by policemen in the state over suspected case of assault against his wife. In a viral picture on social media seen by Straightnews, one Barr. Ekere Sunday Ebong is seen in handcuffs being escorted to police station for interrogation and court of law. Section 356(5) of the Nigerian Criminal Code Act states that a person will be said to have committed ‘Serious Assault’ when…

Iran on Saturday executed a man who was sentenced to death after being convicted of working with Israel’s intelligence services, the judiciary’s Mizan Online website said. “The death sentence was carried out this morning against a spy of the Zionist regime in Zahedan prison” in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan,. It did not identify the man but said he had been convicted of “intelligence cooperation and espionage for the benefit for the hostile Zionist regime (Israel).” He was also found guilty of “collecting and providing classified information to the Mossad spy service with the aim of disrupting public order,” Mizan added. It was not…

After 10 years, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officer, Shem Obafiaye, famous for the viral ‘Oga At The Top’ remark, has been promoted to the rank of deputy commandant-general (CG). The promotion was made public on Friday in a statement that was signed by Babawale Afolabi, the National Public Relations Officer of the NSCDC. In 2013, Obafiaye, then the Lagos Commandant of the NSCDC, gained widespread attention during an appearance on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily. When asked to provide the NSCDC’s website, Obafaiye replied, “The website is… excuse me… wait… it can only be made…

An Akwa Ibom legal practitioner has entered troubled waters over alleged wife’s assault following Nigerian Bar Association’s commencement of an investigation into the matter. In the viral video seen by Straightnews, the lawyer, one Ebong was seen assaulting his wife and she bled from the mouth in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. A press statement released by the National Publicity Secretary of the Association, Akorede Habeeb Lawal says the lawyer has been identified as Ekere S. Ebong. He added that the President of the NBA, Yakubu Maikyau, has ordered the Uyo branch of the association to investigate the incident as a…