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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…

The Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Uyo Thursday confirmed Udom Emmanuel of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the duly elected Governor Of Akwa Ibom State. The tribunal, therefore, dismissed case filed by Mr Nsima Ekere, All Progressives Congress, APC, Akwa Ibom governorship candidate. Ekere had challenged the election of Emmanuel during the March 9 governorship election. The Petitioners approached the tribunal, after several amendments on two grounds, to wit; a) That the Election was invalid by reason of non-compliance with the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2015 (sic); or b) That the 1st Respondent, Mr Udom Emmanuel was not…

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita, to proceed on an indefinite leave. A statement issued on Wednesday by the Director of Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey, said the leave is to allow the conclusion of the investigation being carried out by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Consequently, the President has also approved the appointment of Dr. Mrs. Folashade Yemi-Esan as the Acting Head of the Civil Service of the Federation with immediate effect. Meanwhile, there’s also been an approval…

So far, the Federal Government has evacuated 501 Nigerians following xenophobic attacks on them by South African locals. Last Wednesday, 187 Nigerians alighted from the Air Peace Boeing 777 aircraft that flew them into Lagos and were the Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa. This as the second batch of 314 Nigerian returnees fleeing from xenophobic attacks in South Africa arrived in Nigeria on Wednesday, September 18. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fleeing returnees were aided by the Federal Government with the assistance of a Nigerian carrier, Air Peace. The B777 aircraft, with…

Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has urged the Federal Government to make history by signing or submitting instrument of ratification of the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, TPNW, on September 26, 2019, in New York. A high-level ceremony for signatures and for the treaty will be held during leaders’ week on September 26, 2019, at the United Nations General Assembly.  All governments across the globe have been invited to participate at the ceremony by the co-sponsoring governments of Austria, Brazil, Indonesia, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, South Africa and Thailand. President of NLC, Ayuba Wabba, in a letter to the…

A bill for an Act to establish a centre for cancer prevention and other related matters scaled second reading Thursday. The bill, sponsored by Ossai Nicholas Ossai (PDP-Delta), was passed at a plenary presided over by the speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila. The essence of the bill, according to Ossai, is to “provide a platform for information gathering on the mortality rate of cancer disease and a basis for compilation of statistical record of incidence of cancer in the country.” It is also expected to “provide a direction of cancer survival studies and research programme and information on the personal, clinical and…

Only two women of the four who applied for Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN this year, have been successful. Out of the 117 legal practitioners who applied for the SAN rank this year, only 38 including the women succeeded at the end of a rigorous screening exercise. Among the successful applicants, three are academics, while 35 are advocates. The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee, LPPC, had on July 5, stated identities of the 38 lawyers that were conferred the SAN rank. Among the new silks are the Solicitor-General of the Federation, Mr.  Dayo Apata and Lagos based human rights activist, Mr. Ebun-olu Adegboruwa.…