Israel’s national security council says its citizens should avoid going abroad and those in Egypt should leave An Egyptian police officer shot dead two Israeli tourists and their Egyptian guide on Sunday, as war raged for a second day between Israel and Palestinian militants. Israel’s national security council later said its citizens should consider not travelling abroad particularly in the Middle East “on the backdrop of the attack in Egypt”. It said visitors already in Egypt should leave “as soon as possible”. The police officer fired “at random” at an Israeli tour group visiting Alexandria using his personal weapon, the state-affiliated private television Extra…
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The Oku Ibom Ibibio’s permanent headship of the Supreme Council of Akwa Ibom State Traditional Rulers has received the nod of elderstatesman and foremost business tycoon, Obong Dr Asikpo Essien-Ibok, who holds that for the sake of Akwa Ibom’s unity and national integration, the state had to settle for a permanent representative in the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria. Speaking with newsmen over the weekend in Uyo, Essien-Ibok averred that the development is in sync with the setup of traditional institutions in other climes. According to him, Akwa Ibom State having a supreme traditional ruler has revived the…
The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero has hailed the Oku Ibom Ibibio and President General, Akwa Ibom State Supreme Council of Traditional Rulers, Ntenyin (Dr.) Solomon Damiel Etuk as a competent traditional ruler who is a true ambassador of the prestige and sanctity of the traditional institution. Speaking in Uyo on Monday, the Emir, who was on an official visit to the Akwa Ibom State Supreme Council of Traditional Rulers, affirmed that Ntenyin Solomon Etuk has lived up to expectations and has been representing the state well in the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria. He suggested…
,,,Sen. Ekong Sampson Calls on FG to Rescue Abducted A’Ibom Corps Members Senator Ekong Sampson, representing Akwa Ibom South, passionately appealed to the Federal Government to take immediate action in rescuing a group of young Akwa Ibom indigenes who were abducted in Zamfara State while on their way to Sokoto for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The Nigerian Senate convened today to confront the increasing insecurity plaguing the nation, resulting in the summoning of Security Chiefs. The session took an emotional turn as Senator Ekong Sampson of Akwa Ibom South recounted the harrowing ordeal of several Akwa Ibom indigenes…
*”Victim” petitions National Assembly Hon. Justice Jeremiah Essien of the National Industrial Court has been accused of perpertrating criminal acts bordering on “gross abuse of office, involving in high profile fraud and land grabbing, and using his office as a judge to facilitate theft/ conversion of filling station, petroleum products and properties.” Keystone Bank Plc. and its manager, Mr Orok Orok have been named as his accomplice. The allegations are contained in a petition raised by a private citizen and business man, Mr Udeme Esset of Stratas Resources Limited, dated October 3, 2023, addressed to the Honourable Speaker, House of…
…Rector Pledges collaboration, donates borehole to Police Community As part of its policy of effective collaboration and synergy with critical partners and stakeholders, and in a bid to consolidate on the prevailing peace and security on campus towards achieving a conducive learning environment, the Management of Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua, Ikot Ekpene, led by the Rector, Dr Moses Umobong, on Wednesday, paid a courtesy visit to the Ikot Ekpene Area Command of the Nigeria Police Force. On hand to receive the delegation from the Polytechnic community was the Area Commander, Ikot Ekpene Area Command, Assistant Commissioner of Police,…
The Peoples Democratic in Akwa Ibom State has reacted to the fake news item circulating on some section of the social media alleging that Akwa Ibom Governor, Pastor Umo Eno and the PDP were secretly celebrating efforts made by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in exposing President Bola Tinubu alleged Certificate forgery. Debunking the news item through a Press Statement issued by the State Publicity Secretary of the PDP in Akwa Ibom State, Mr Borono Bassey, the Party said the matter which is the subject of the fake news is in court and therefore Subjudice, stressing that what that meant was that…
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, says it has trained 185 collation officers across the nine states of the Niger Delta region to create awareness in the rural communities for its youth development scheme, tagged: Holistic Opportunity Projects of Engagement, HOPE. Addressing newsmen on the progress made on the youth empowerment scheme at the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt, the Commission’s Director, Agriculture and Fisheries, Mrs. Winifred Madume, stated that another batch of 185 supervisors were being trained for the programme. She said that over one hundred thousand youths of Niger Delta region have so far registered in the first phase…
…Insist early visible milestones of Gov. Eno’s admin. will birth lasting legacies. Elders and Stakeholders of Akwa Ibom State under the umbrella of the Peoples Democratic Party, have passed a unanimous vote of confidence on Governor Umo Eno for what they describe as the early visible strides the Governor has recorded since he assumed office. At an enlarged meeting of Elders and Stakeholders drawn from the 31 LGAs in the State on Monday, October 2, 2023, the elders and Stakeholders noted that Governor Umo Eno’s emergence heralded a new dawn of pragmatic leadership, stressing that within the few months of…
“Africa can rise and Africa will rise, but it is not going to rise by prayer and fasting.” By Nosakhale Akhimien A Kenyan pan-Africanist and human rights activist, Patrick Lumumba, has said the liberation of Africa will not come by its religious exercises. Lumumba, who is a Founding Trustee of the African Institute for Leaders and Leadership, stated this in an address he delivered at the Platform, a non-political and non-denominational program, hosted by The Covenant Nation, Iganmu, Lagos. The erudite professor stated that to save Africa, conflict and the change of governance must be dealt with, adding that if the…