Professor Sofiri Joab-Peterside, the Tribunal Judge, sitting over the Environmental Tribunal, organised by the Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Centre has indicted all the oil companies operating in the region who were accused of gas flaring and spillage, guilty as charged. The environmental tribunal, sitting at the Luton Park Hotels in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Tuesday, further noted that gas flaring, coupled with oil spills has caused untold hardship to the environments of the appellants, resulting in the untimely deaths and destruction of the aquatic lives of the communities. Joab-Peterside,who is also the Director, Clarke Ake School of Government,…
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Date: 2023-Jun-14 🎯TOPIC: PUTTING FAITH TO WORK 📺 WATCH THE DEVOTION VIA THE LINK BElOW👇 https://youtu.be/Q3-IHtjoxts ✝️ TEXT:James 2:1-26(NKJV) 2:1. My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [the Lord] of glory, with partiality. 2:2. For if there should come into your assembly a man with gold rings, in fine apparel, and there should also come in a poor man in filthy clothes, 2:3. and you pay attention to the one wearing the fine clothes and say to him, “You sit here in a good place,” and say to the poor man, “You stand there,” or,…
A National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the arrest of the Inspector General of Police, Mr Usman Alkali, and the Force Secretary, AIG Hafeez Inuwa, for disobeying the court order, which was regarded as contempt. The court had earlier ordered the IG to reinstate some police officers, who are graduates of Courses 33, 34 and 35 of the police academy, who were said to have been forcefully retired by the force, but the court order was allegedly not obeyed by the IG. The aggrieved officers approached the court and sought an order to nullify their compulsory retirement from…
A former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, has been elected Senate President of the 10th Assembly. Akpabio, who is the preferred candidate of the All Progressives Congress, was sworn in as the Senate President after polling 63 votes, beating his rival, Abdulaziz Yari, who got 46 votes. In his acceptance speech, the Senate President called on senators to put this national interest first at all times. Here is Akpabio’s full speech read after his swearing-in as the Senate President of the 10th Assembly. ACCEPTANCE SPEECH DELIVERED BY H.E. DISTINGUISHED SENATOR (CHIEF) GODSWILL OBOT AKPABIO, CON, ON HIS ELECTION…
A suspected kidnapper who was part of a syndicate that abducted a 23-year-old student of the Bauchi State University, slumped and died while trying to escape arrest at a military checkpoint. The deceased and two others who kidnapped the student were said to have also snatched a Toyota Camry 2010 model which they used in taking their victim away. However, they ran out of luck when they got to a military checkpoint mounted by operatives of the 133 Special Forces Battalion Battalion based in Azare, Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi state, where they were promptly arrested. Meanwhile, the deceased…
The Indigenous People of Biafra spokesman, Emma Powerful, has described Nnamdi Kanu’s continuous detention as “unconstitutional”, saying that self-determination is legal as supported by the United Nations laws and by the Africa Union Charter. In a statement on Tuesday, the IPOB’s spokesman commended Anambra and Enugu state governors, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo and Dr Peter Mba respectively on their call for the unconditional release of the pro-Biafran leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The pro-Biafran group hailed Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, Kanayo .O. Kanayo and others, who have also lent their voices towards the release of Kanu. He said, “We wish to commend…
The Labour Party and its presidential candidate in the last election, Peter Obi, on Tuesday, tendered more exhibits as evidence against the declaration of Bola Tinubu as the winner of the presidential election. The Presidential Election Petition Court admitted the exhibits, which were mainly results sheets and reports used by the Independent National Electoral Commission during the election. The LP and Obi are challenging the outcome of the election in which Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress was announced as the elected president by the Independent National Electoral Commission. At the resumed proceedings, counsel for the LP and Obi, Peter…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has issued a fresh circular to oil marketers on how much they will pay to get petroleum products. This came about two weeks after the Federal Government announced the removal of fuel subsidies. NNPCL Retail, in a circular released on Sunday, and obtained by a news correspondent, directed marketers to consider merging their old orders which carry the old fuel price in order to buy a truck of 45 million liters of petrol. News correspondents gathered that marketers had before the deregulation ordered one truck of petrol for about N7.7m. However, the new circular by…
The Spanish and Brazilian football federations presented their plan on Tuesday for a friendly match at the Santiago Bernabeu in March 2024 to combat racism, after global outrage at the abuse of Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior. The Brazil winger, 22, suffered racial abuse by Valencia supporters in May, provoking worldwide outrage after he squared off with fans in one stand. Spanish federation president Luis Rubiales and his Brazilian counterpart Ednaldo Rodrigues revealed their plans for the game at Madrid’s stadium, alongside Spain internationals Ansu Fati and Rodrigo Moreno. “I want to announce that the match against racism between Spain and…
The founder of Ecosmart Initiative, Sonia Somuvie in an interview on Monday, June 12th, 2023, said, “Nigeria can make her environmental sector work, all it will take are policies and workable execution strategies.’ The environmentalist, while speaking on the beauty of democracy and how it can impact the environment, urged lawmakers to use democracy positively and emphasized that the Ministry of environment should be intentional about these policies. “Getting the masses involved is a sure way to ensure inclusivity and sustainable results. There should be collaborative efforts between ministries also. for example, if the Ministries of Health and Information,…