After tribunal victory, Akwa Ibom gov extends olive branch to APC, YPP, others blueprint.ng - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from blueprint.ng Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Gov Eno dedicates tribunal victory to Akwa People vanguardngr.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vanguardngr.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
10th Senate: Southeast, South South groups intensify campaign for Senate presidency – The Sun Nigeria sunnewsonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sunnewsonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Politicians are struggling to re-strategise after Bassey Albert, a frontline candidate for next year’s governorship election, was sentenced to 42 years in prison for receiving bribes.
Godswill-Akpabio Nseobong Okon-Ekong writes that the predictable gimmick of interim management committees and forensic audit reports deployed by Senator Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs to delay inauguration of the Niger Delta Development Commission Board is about to run its course Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs is used to having his way. As Governor of Akwa Ibom State between 2007 and 2015, things had to be done his way or no way. He ruled when the Naira was relatively strong, compared to what we have today. At the peak of his power in 2013, former Minister of Finance and now the Director General of the World Trade Organisation revealed that revenue allocation to Akwa Ibom State was far in excess of the national budgets of countries like Ghana and Liberia. Akwa Ibom State got about USD1.7 billion (N260 billion) from the Federation Account in 2013.