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Of the 26 members in Akwa Ibom House State of Assembly, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has now got one member. This follows the declaration of Mr Nse Ntuen of Essien Udim state constituency the winner by the House of Assembly Elections Tribunal in Uyo, on Sunday. As it stands, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has garnered an overwhelming 25 members in the house leaving one to APC as minority. Delivering judgment in the petition filed against the election victory of Ntuen by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Mr. Esse Umoh, Justice Akanbi ordered the INEC to issue the APC candidate Certificate of Return,…

West Ham inflicted more away-day pain on a poor Manchester United side on Sunday, lifting themselves to fourth in the Premier League with a comfortable 2-0 win at the London Stadium. Andriy Yarmolenko’s goal shortly before half-time and a wonderful late Aaron Cresswell free-kick extended United’s barren run on the road. United, who started the season by thumping Chelsea 4-0, have lost twice already in their opening six league games and lie seventh, without an away win in any competition since March. Injury-hit United were without midfielder Paul Pogba and forward Anthony Martial and huffed and puffed but failed to…

An American man has drowned while proposing to his girlfriend underwater on holiday in Tanzania. Steven Weber and his girlfriend, Kenesha Antoine, were staying in a submerged cabin at the Manta Resort, off Pemba Island. In the video according to the BBC report, Mr Weber presses a hand-written proposal note against the cabin window as Ms Antoine films from inside. Ms Antoine, confirming Mr Weber’s death in a Facebook post, said he “never emerged from those depths.” The Manta Resort told the BBC Mr Weber “tragically drowned while free diving alone outside the underwater room” on Thursday afternoon. “It is…

A multi-million naira Housing Estate proposed for Uyo, the state capital may soon be ready for use by Akwa Ibom people. This follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Akwa Ibom State Government and an Abuja-based Nkachi Lauranti Limited for the development of the estate. The proposed estate sits on 167 hectares consisting of 555 service plots ranging from 1,700 square metres to 2,400 square metres. The state Commissioner for Lands and Housing, Mr Ime Ekpo signed for the state government while Arthur Abara signed for Nkachi Lauranti Limited. Ekp, an architect explained that scope of work…

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…