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Punch Newspapers Sections Patrick Odey, Uyo THE five paramount rulers of Oro nation in Akwa Ibom State have warned ethnic groups in the Niger Delta to stop inciting ethnic tension in the oil rich region. The royal fathers in a statement in Uyo on Sunday, after a meeting which held at the palace of the Paramount Ruler of Oron, Offiong Akan, said the call for the removal of the Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Mr Effiong Akwa, by some groups lacked locus standi. The traditional rulers, who signed the statement are Offiong Edet Akan, traditional ruler of Oron; Bas...

(ICYMI) COVID-19: Again, FG snubs Osinbajo report, mobilises corpers to camps Our Reporters The Federal Government has again snubbed a recommendation by the Economic Sustainability Committee led by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and decided to re-open orientation camps nationwide next Tuesday amid rising COVID-19 infections. The Osinbajo-led committee had in June 2020 recommended that while the National Youth Service Corps programme could continue, the three-week orientation exercise should be suspended for two years. The recommendation read in part, “The immediate focus in the education sect...

Police killed my son while preparing for NDA -Akwa Ibom widow Patrick Odey, Uyo A 52-year-old widow from Nnungudu Community in the Ibesikpo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Promise Akpan, on Wednesday, told the judicial panel investigating incidences of police brutality in the state that her son, Akaniyere, was killed while preparing for the Nigeria Defence Academy in May 2019. Akpan, a retired civil servant, explained that her son was shot in the market while trying to buy shoes needed for the school. She said, “My husband died in 2017. It was on January 13, 2019, my son was prepa...

Punch Newspapers Sections Patrick Odey, Uyo A High Court sitting in Uyo, of Akwa Ibom State, on Monday, adjourned trial in the case of electoral fraud involving one professor Ignatius Uduk of the University of Uyo. Professor Uduk is standing trial for allegedly declaring and publishing false election results during the 2019 State House of Assembly elections when he served as collation/returning officer at INEC office, Afaha Ikot Ebak in Essien Udim Local Government Area. The adjournment followed application for a minor amendment to the charge by INEC prosecution counsel, Barr. Kpoobari Sigalo...

Punch Newspapers Sections Patrick Odey, Uyo The Akwa Ibom State Police Command said on Wednesday that seven suspects connected to the Deeper Life High School child molestation scandal had been charged. The suspects, including 45-year-old Ndidi Solomon and four others, were arraigned before a magistrates’ court, while two students mentioned were arraigned at a juvenile court. The command said in a statement by the Public Relations Officer, Odiko Macdon, said the arraignment followed a petition from one Mrs Deborah Archibong to the Commissioner of Police, Andrew Amiengheme. The statement titl...