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Assassination attempt: Police declare Benue ex-council Boss wanted By Michael Onjewu - The Nigerian Police has on Saturday launched a hunt on the immediate past Chairman of Ogbadibo Local Govt Council in Benue, Mr. Oduma Paul Adoyi. Mr. Paul was accused of threatening an Abuja based Journalist and Publisher of DayBreak Newspaper, Yemi Itodo after beating him up at the Benue Governor’s Lodge in Asokoro Abuja on Friday, under the nose of Gov. Samuel Ortom. According to a report, it took the spirited efforts of Journalists and some Aides of the Governor before Mr. Itodo was rescued from the ex-council boss and his thugs. As soon as the Journalist was discharged from the hospital, he lodged the complaint with the Police who made frantic efforts to invite Mr. Paul Adoyi but he turned down Police invitation, using the Governor as a coverage. When contacted on phone, Mr....

Elders from Eket Federal Constituency in Akwa Ibom State have restated their resolve to remain in unequivocal support of Governor Udom Emmanuel for eight uninterrupted years, irrespective of the outcome of the ongoing litigation in the Supreme Court. Prominent leaders from the Governor’s home federal constituency, led by Chief Nduese Essien , Elder Benji Udobia, Ntisong Essien Ekidem, Chief Sunny Udonsek, among others in a solidarity visit to the Governor at government house, expressed dismay over the nullification of the governorship election by the federal court of appeal In Abuja last weekend.   In a speech delivered by General Anthony Etukudo (OON), the Elders said that they where not disenchanted by whatever decision by the court, as they are constantly in readiness to deliver 100 percent support in defence of the mandate on Governor Emmanuel. “What we demand is a free, fair and credible election because we know that if election is held hundred times ...

AKWA IBOM STATE: AN INVESTMENT HAVEN UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF CHIEF GODSWILL OBOT AKPABIO Humanity always makes room for people with a purpose, a vision and a mission who make a demand for such. And such was the case in 2007 when Chief Godswill Obot Akpabio, in a race with over 58 other aspirants, demanded for room to change the destiny of Akwa Ibom people. The people of Akwa Ibom State, who like passengers in a molue bus, were wary of the slow pace of governance in a rapidly changing world with circumspection gave him room.  Today the lethargy of the people has been whipped into a patriotic fervour and unbounded enthusiasm by an unprecedented whirlwind of development that has touched all spheres of life in Akwa Ibom State. To understand the leadership qualities of Governor Akpabio, one needs to understand how he won that all-important nominating race. Simply put, Governor Godswill Akpabio won by the margin of his faith and by his uncanny ability to bond with people and build ...