The Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaette Obot, has sent a human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong to prison for one month. The lawyer, who has been handling a case for his client before Justice Obot’s court in Uyo, announced the development in a message he posted on his WhatsApp status around 10:40 a.m. on Wednesday. “I have been sent …

Investment banker Mohammed Hayatu-Deen has pulled out the ongoing presidential primary election of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on account of what he described as “obscenely monetised” politics. It is the similar reason that made a prominent aspirant and former Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi quit the race and switched from the PDP to …

The presidential campaign organisation of Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel has denied blocking fellow presidential aspirant, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar from accessing Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) delegates in the state. Speaking for the Udom Emmanuel Presidential Campaign Council, the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Comrade Ini Ememobong said the news was false in its entirety. Ememobong’s statement …

…says failure to end strike’ll be calamitous for generations of Nigerian youths, their parents and Nigeria as a nation Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Mr Udom Emmanuel, who is also Governor of Akwa Ibom State has appealed to both the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to end the on-going strike action and re-open the …

As a part of the ongoing consultation of strategic stakeholders in the country,  presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr Udom Emmanuel has visited the Abeokuta residence of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to formally inform him of his ambition. According to a statement issued by the spokesperson of Udom …

As Nigerian workers celebrate Worker’s Day on Sunday, Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, who is also a leading presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said help is on the way to suffering Nigerian workers and masses. In a goodwill message to Nigerian workers released on his behalf by Bola Bolawole, spokesperson of …

By Moshood Fayemiwo and Bola Bolawole Lagos was agog as leaders and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under the auspices Chief Olabode George rolled out the drums to welcome the party’s presidential aspirant and Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr Udom Gabriel Emmanuel. Eyo masquerades, synonymous in splendor with hosting an August visitor to a Durbar in the …

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, who is also a presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said he has solutions to Nigeria’s myriad of problems. At an engagement on Thursday with the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) in Abuja to intimate them of his presidential ambition, Udom said he was in the race for the 2023 …