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Court jails A’Ibom female Police for 3 months
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Akwa Ibom State High Court, Abak Judicial Division has committed a Police Officer, Mrs. Juliet Attah to three months imprisonment for disobeying a Court order to produce a tricycle she seized from a tricyclist, Mr. Elijah Alphonsus Akpan, since 2024. The Court presided over by Justice Eno Isangedighi gave the order in a…
NGO empowers 50 women in Akwa Ibom
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•As 30 receive starter packs By Ernest Udoh-Robert A Non-governmental Organization, NGO, Community Partners for Development (CPD) is empowering fifty young women from Mbo and Ibeno local government areas, through vocational training. The project which was sponsored by Global Greengrant and implemented by CPD began in October 2024, focused on selected 25 young women…
House of Representatives seals State of Emergency in Rivers State
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe House of Representatives on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to support President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. This comes after Tinubu suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy Ngozi Odu, and members of the Rivers State House of Assembly for six months due to the escalating political crisis in the…
Court vacates order stopping Natasha’s suspension
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Federal High Court in Abuja has vacated its earlier order stopping the suspension of Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, by the Senate. Justice Obiora Egwuatu overturned the ruling on Wednesday after considering arguments from both parties in the suit. Akpoti-Uduaghan had approached the court in an ex-parte motion seeking to stop the Senate…
Tinubu swears in Ibok-Ete Ibas as Rivers sole administrator
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPresident Bola Tinubu has sworn in Ibok-Ete Ibas, a retired vice admiral, as the sole administrator of Rivers state. The ceremony took place on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. This event comes a day after Tinubu suspended Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers, Ngozi Odu, his deputy, and all state lawmakers for six…
State of emergency: Tinubu suspends Fubara, 27 lawmakers, appoints Ibas administrator
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe politics of Rivers State, Nigeria, has assumed a new twist, as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday, declared a state of emergency in the state, suspending Gov Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Ngozi Odu, and all 27 elected members of the House of Assembly for an initial period of six months. The declaration, which…
Suspension from Senate – Natasha files contempt charge against Akpabio, ors •As Akpabio says court can’t interfere in Senate affairs
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares Suspension from Senate – Natasha files contempt charge against Akpabio, ors •As Akpabio says court can’t interfere in Senate affairs Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has dragged Senate President Godswill Akpabio and others before an Abuja High Court for alleged contempt of court. Others defendants in the contempt charge, filed under Form 48…
Inauguration of Oron Maritime Infrastructure Project – Oron is back to business stage – Gov Eno
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We will resist political plot to remove Akpabio from office – Itai Afe Annang
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesWe will resist political plot to remove Akpabio from office – Itai Afe Annang •Senator can’t sexually harass fellow Senator – Senator Ibokessien By Emmanuel Ntekim One of the foremost socio-cultural organisations in Akwa Ibom State, Itai Afe Annang, has vowed that the people of Annang nation shall resist any political plot to remove…
Natasha’s allegation: Akpabio finally speaks
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesSenate President Godswill Akpabio has broken his silence on the sexual harassment allegations leveled against him by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Speaking during Wednesday’s plenary session, Akpabio vehemently denied the allegations, stating that he has never sexually harassed any woman. Akpabio traced his upbringing, saying he and his siblings were raised by their late single…