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By UbongAbasi Ise The National Youth Movement of The Apostolic Church Nigeria has come out to express worries over the persisting Fulani herdsmen crisis and the continued stay of Leah Sharibu in the custody of Boko Haram as well as general insecurity situation threatening the future of the youth in the country. The leadership of the movement, following its five days' National Youth Leaders Prayer Retreat, addressed a press conference  over weekend announcing that the youth of The Apostolic Church Nigeria are the youth of the society and would not look the other way while the security crisis in the country rages on. While addressing the press, the National Youth Leader of the movement, Apostle (Barr.) S.B. Inyang, stated the readiness of the Apostolic youth to play a part in stemming the tides of herdsmen crisis as well as joining hands in resolving other pressing issues heating up the polity, while charging  all Christians in the country to come together and assis...

By UbongAbasi Ise The National Secretariat of NANS Intelligence in a statement release to the media over weekend claims some South African business entities particularly Mobile Telecommunication Nigeria, MTN, has concluded plans to go into a meeting any moment with some impersonators purportedly claiming to be representatives of their organisation, NANS. The student body, in a statement signed by Wande Ajayi, Chief Press Secretary to the NANS President,   warned that any attempt by MTN Nigeria and other South African interests at weakening their legitimate demands aimed at ending xenophobic attack on Nigerians in South Africa will be met with the swiftness of action that the MTN Nigeria and its contracted impersonators will forever regret. According to the statement, “We use this medium to also remind those who MTN may have mischievously contracted for this desperate, callous and provoking mission that should they appear as representatives of NANS at any meeting with ...

By UbongAbasi Ise After the national assembly election tribunal sitting in Uyo on Tuesday completed obtaining testimonies from witnesses brought forward by Senator Chris Ekpenyong   (1 st Respondent),   it is now set for the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, (2 nd Respondent) to produce 184 witness it listed before the tribunal during the prehearing conference held on Monday 13 th May, 2019. The hearing on Tuesday, was adjourned to Saturday 20 th July 2019 where the three-man panel chaired by W.O. Akanbi is expected to hear testimonies from the PDP witnesses. As it would be recalled, PDP, through their lead counsel, Solomon Umoh, SAN, requested to subpoena 30 witnesses while listed 154 witnesses to appear, although hinted that all may not be called to appear before the tribunal. Meanwhile on Tuesday Ekpenyong presented the last two of his witnesses 14 witnesses despite proposing the total of 162 witnesses. During prehearing conference, Chris Ekpenyong, throu...

By UbongAbasi Ise The national assembly tribunal sitting in Uyo over the matter between Senator Godswill Akpabio and Senator Chris Ekpenyong, has tasted another tidbit from a witness who entered dock yesterday to report widespread violence and irregularities that characterized February 23 senatorial election in Akwa Ibom Northwest District, only to be allegedly found enjoying peaceful electoral atmosphere in a video taken on the election day and tendered as an evidence at the tribunal. Dr. Gabriel Nwambu, the director general of a non-governmental organization known as Center for Credible Leadership and Citizen Awareness, was said to be accredited by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to be amongst the observers of electoral processes in 2019 general elections. He said there was no election in all the polling units he visited in Ukana West II Ward in Essien Udim local government area on the election day as there was no election materials on sight. At polling u...

By UbongAbasi Ise The Akwa Ibom State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, has come under fire at the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, as three-man panel yesterday slammed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,   for its the inability to produce election materials used in conducting the 2019 general elections in Abak/Etim Ekpo/Ika Federal Constituency. The tribunal, at the resumed sitting over the petition filed by Mr. Emmanuel Ekon and the All Progressives Congress against Aniekan Umanah, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and INEC, granted an application filed by S.C. Peters (Counsel to Petitioners), to extend the pre-hearing session. Following the failure of INEC to produce election document, the Tribunal asked Counsel to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Dan Gospel (Esq), to read out Section 77 of the electoral act (as amended) which stipulates that: (1) The Resident Electoral Commissioner,...

By UbongAbasi Ise A statement from the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has sent dangerous signal to South African multinational corporations operating in Nigeria in reaction to alleged xenophobic attack on Nigerians in South Africa. Comr. Danielson Akpan, NANS president, on Monday released a press statement to the media asking MTN, DSTV, GOtv, Shoprite and SPAR to relocate from Nigeria to their country, South Africa, pending when justice will be dispensed on the killing of Mrs Elizabeth Ndubuisi. "Arising from an emergency executive meeting, the leadership of NANS have resolved that the only way to stop further killings of Nigerians in South Africa is to picket all business entities owned by South Africans in Nigeria. We call on all Nigerians to consciously withdraw from further patronage of the following South African businesses i.e, MTN, DSTV, GOtv, Shoprite and SPAR pending when justice is seen to have be done on the killing of Mrs Elizabeth Ndubuis...

By UbongAbasi Ise The leadership of the Nigerian Institution of Safety Engineers (NISafetyE), Akwa Ibom State Chapter, has predicted imminent collapse of Atabong bridge in Eket, the second largest city in Akwa Ibom State. Atabong head bridge, which connects Eket to other parts of the state came into news on Friday when fire was set near it by members of the Joint Task Force on Anti-Bunkering Activities that were burning the intercepted boat laden with alleged bunkered petroleum products. Leading a delegation to the spot of the incident to assess the environmental impact, NISafetyE Chairman, Engr.Akaninyene Ekong told newsmen that the possibility of the bridge collapse is imminent due to direct heating of the underside of the structure by fire for several hours, which has affected the concrete and caused some visible cracks under the bridge. Ekong further expressed environmental pollution concerns as the ecology of the river has seriously been disrupted, with marine life bei...