Editor of Global Concord newspaper, Mr Solomon Johny, has described the last week’s comments on him made by a political leader in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area, Obong Thomas Okon Akpan, as a serious threat to his life. Obong Akpan had, on Friday 26th December 2014 during a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) gathering at the […]
Month: December 2014
Boko Haram: A’Ibom NSCDC vows to clampdown illegal private security outfits
Akwa State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it is set to clampdown illegal private security outfits as their existence in Nigeria constitutes a major threat to national security. Public Relations Officer of the corps,Mr Ime White, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Uyo on Sunday. White […]
Umana has dumped Udoedehe in political obscurity – APC Chieftain
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Enobong Ikoiwak, recently took a swipe at the former governorship candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in 2011, Senator John James Akpanudoedehe, saying he (Udoedehe) was dumped in the dustbin of political obscurity in perpetuity after he was defeated […]
Akwa Ibom 2015 Governorship: Court suit lacks merit – Enoidem
Barr Emmanuel Enoidem has dismissed the suit challenging the candidature of Mr Udom Emmanuel as PDP Candidate in the 2015 Governorship Election, describing it as lacking in merit.Barr. Enoidem maintained that after the delegates’ primaries that took place on the 1st of November, 2014, an appeal panel which was constituted for the delegates elections at […]
I implore Obasanjo to stop lying before he dies – Civil War veteran, Godwin Alabi-Isama challenges Obasanjo’s claims in controversial book, “My Watch”
Allegations of false claims continue to trail former Nigeria President Olusegun Obasanjo’s controversial autobiography, “My Watch”. Only last week, an High Court in Abuja gave a judgement stopping the circulation of the book which legal experts say contains defamatory and very questionable claims by the ex-General. In spite of the judgement, Obasanjo went ahead to […]
Jonathan, ECOWAS leaders to meet on regional security, others
President Goodluck Jonathan will on Monday in Abuja host the 46th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, his office said in a statement on Sunday. The forum, according to the statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, will deliberate on […]