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By Akanimo Sampson The political vultures of Edo State appear to be very desperate for a plundering feast. It seems they have not been having their way easily to the resources of the state since 2016. To therefore, dismantle every obstacle to pillaging the state from 2020, their scheme is to abort Governor Godwin Obaseki’s re-election bid on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Surprisingly, Adams Oshiomhole, APC National Chairman, seems to be galvanising the abortion surgeons against Obaseki who he foisted on the state in 2016. The governor may not be a saint, but he has not been…

By Akanimo Sampson A former university professor based in the United States, Arshad M. Khan, has explained why President Donald Trump beat a dramatic u-turn on Iran. According to him, when Trump called off this military escalation, he was not just thinking of the 150 Iranians he claimed would be killed, ‘’he was also concerned about US casualties and the loss of a ship or two, future relations with China and its partners, the lack of support from Europe, and the uncertainties of war — all with one eye on the 2020 elections.’’ Khan whose work has been quoted in…

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel has returned 17 former Commissioners, two special advisers and appointed two into the yet-to-be reconstituted State Executive Council. During the swearing in of the re-appointed Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem, Emmanuel promised to re-appoint most members of the State Executive Council. Rt. Hon. Aniekan Bassey, the Speaker, Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Tuesday, read the list of Commissioners and Special Advisers-designate sent by the governor for clearance during the house plenary. The list of returned commissioners includes Akan Okon, Ime Ekpo, Uwemedimo Nwoko, Monday Uko, Linus Nkan, Ephraim Inyangeyen,…

By Akanimo Sampson A seeming unrestrained push by the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) to unleash Fulani youths as vigilantes on Eastern Nigeria, is currently causing security concern in that axis of Nigeria, the hotbed of Biafra agitation. Worried by what they generally see as double standards by the Nigerian government under President Muhammadu Buhari’s watch since 2015, Igbo youths have been intensifying their agitation for a sovereign Republic of Biafra. While government’s response to the undying agitation has been a military crackdown, the killer cum the kidnapping herdsmen appears to be enjoying unchallenged reign by the…

By Gab Efo  Since his inauguration on May 29 for a second term in the office, President Muhammadu Buhari is seemingly operating with most of his political aides of the first term in office. Ideally, the tenure of office of Ministers expired on May 28 and constitutionally the tenure of the special advisers and other political aides equally ended same day. While the ministers had packed out and submitted hand-over notes to their subordinates, the President’s aides are still holding fort their positions and offices. For instance, some particularly the media aides still issue press statements for the president which…

Christians are enjoined to rise up and pray against antics of some governments and powerful forces in the world aiming to stop the spread of gospel of Jesus Christ. Like the biblical John the Baptist, Rev. Fr. Patrick Henry Edet has raised an alarm against what he feared as “many happenings in Nigeria and some countries regarded as Super powers in the world poised to checkmate the freedom of worship and by implication the preaching of the gospel to all parts of the world.” Speaking on a two-hour programme in a private radio station on Tuesday, Comfort 95.1 FM, Uyo,…

A Federal High Court in Uyo has granted bail to Bassey Albert Akpan, a senator representing Akwa Ibom North-east, charged with corruption by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The court presided over by Justice A. A. Okeke had charged and arraigned Mr Bassey on allegation of money laundering. The EFCC, in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Tony Orilade, on Monday, said the former finance commissioner was arraigned on a six-count charge. Mr Bassey’s appearance in court follows a bench warrant issued on him by the same court on June 17 for breaching the terms of bail granted…

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Monday said recent comment credited to Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, that troops battling insurgency and banditry in the land were not committed enough, has vindicated its position that President Muhammadu Buhari has failed in his duties as a Commander-In-Chief. In a statement issued by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party singled out President Buhari for blame over the growing insecurity in the land, stressing that it was his duty to protect lives and properties of Nigerians and residents of the Nigeria. The statement read: “Mr. President, as chief security officer of the…

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, Abuja Monday dismissed an application the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, filed to be granted access to inspect the central server they claimed was used by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to transmit results of the February 23 presidential election. The tribunal, in a unanimous decision by a five-member panel of Justices, said the request could not be granted since the issue of whether such central server existed or not, was already a subject of controversy in the substantive petition challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election. It stressed that the fact that…

The National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Monday set to a fact-finding committee on the role played by some of its members in the election of presiding officers of the National Assembly held a fortnight ago. The committee, which is to be chaired by former Senator President, Adolphus Wabara, is to, among others, find out why some of House of Representatives members-elect and senators-elect failed to abide by the decision of the party as to who to vote for during the NASS leadership election. In a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the party,…