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  Thomas Tuchel has been announced as Chelsea’s new manager, just a day after Frank Lampard’s sacking was confirmed by the club. Former PSG manager Tuchel has clearly been lined up for some time, and the quick transition just makes the wounds of Lampard’s dismissal even more raw. Tuchel had a good spell in France and at Borussia Dortmund before that, but the worry will be how both those jobs ended in disputes with those above him in the hierarchy. That doesn’t bode well at Chelsea. His nationality and potential connection with big summer signings Kai Havertz and Timo Werner are clearly big factors in this appointment, counting for more than any Ligue 1 title with a dominant PSG team. There are still conflicting reports about when he will take charge, with tomorrow night’s game against Wolves seemingly coming too soon for the governmental coronavirus regulations – unless football is allowed to continue bending the rules even further than it has already.

  PRESIDENT BUHARI APPOINTS NEW SERVICE CHIEFS President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the immediate resignation of the Service Chiefs, and their retirement from service. Those involved are the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas; and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar. President Buhari thanks the outgoing Service Chiefs for what he calls their “overwhelming achievements in our efforts at bringing enduring peace to our dear country,” wishing them well in their future endeavours. The new Service Chiefs are: Major-General Leo Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff; Major-General I. Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral A.Z Gambo, Chief of Naval Staff; and Air-Vice Marshal I.O Amao, Chief of Air Staff. The President congratulates the new Service Chiefs, and urges them to be loyal and dedicated in the discharge of their responsibilities. Femi Adesina Special Adviser to

  The State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Udo Ekpenyong has reportedly died of covid-19,an official of the Akwa Ibom government who did not want his name mentioned, told  The Eyes Newspaper, Tuesday morning. Mr Ekpenyong died  on Monday January 18, 2021 in Uyo, t he government official confided in The Eyes Newspaper, Tuesday morning. The Eyes Newspaper observed that the late PDP Chairman did not participate in most State functions since December 2020, including the distribution  of his Party largesse to members and supporters as well as the recent swearing in of four Commissioners and Permanent Secretaries in the State. Late Mr Ekpenyong, before his election as the state PDP chairman last year was the commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the State. He was known to be a strong ally of Governor Udom Emmanuel. Akwa Ibom State lost two other prominent figures recently, a   former Chief of Air Staff, Nsikak Edouk   who died of renal

  December 27, 2020 was a day of blessing encounter as Senior Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin met with is long time friend Pastor Dominic Nwoko of Mountain of Fire Ministry who paid a visit to Prophet Omoto and he is still serving in Mountain of Fire, Delta State. Amidst church service in Christ Mercy Land Deliverance Ministry, Delta State, Nigeria. In 2011 whenever there is heavy rain fall, Prophet Jeremiah’s church building and properties usually get submerged in flood. This was a setback of this ministry about ten years ago One day Pastor Dominic had a dream and told Prophet Fufeyin what his ministry would look like three years after the vision. In the dream Pastor Dominic told the Prophet that he saw ‘mansions, Big City inside the church premises of Christ Mercy Land Deliverance Ministry, foreigners trooping into the church, and some of them trying to see the man of God’. See video: https://youtu.be/OHuMSU2t2v8 On noticing Pastor Dominic in the congregation, the Senior Prophet calle

  There is a new twist to the ongoing investigation of a man who was hacked to death by a NYSC corps member, Princess Odume Paschaline, in Akwa Ibom State last Sunday. A young lady, Effiong Laurel Scott, has posted a video on Instagram, claiming the man (which she named Akwaowo Japhet) who was hacked to death by Princess Odume also raped her in Etinan four years ago. Recall that on Sunday, January 10, Princess Odume Paschaline, was apprehended and also lynched by irate mob for  killing a man identified as Japhet Akwaowo. She was however saved by the quick response men of the Nigeria Police Force. Odume, in her defense has alleged that she killed Akwaowo in self-defense as tried to rape her. Incidentally, in a video that has since gone viral posted by Miss Effiong on Instagram, an alleged rape victim of late Akwaowo Japheth, she claims the deceased raped her in July 2017 two months after she turned 18. Transcript of her message on the video reads: ”My name Effiong Laurel Scott and I am

  •••Restates risk of Covid-19 in large gatherings In an efforts to mitigate contraction of the Covid-19 in large gatherings, the Councillor representing Ukpum Minya ward 2 in Mkpat Enin legislative Council, Hon. MbetObong Ekah, has sponsored a motion for immediate establishment of  National Identification Management Commission  centre (NIMC), in the area, for easy National Identity Number (NIN)  registration.  Ekah, moved the motion at the first plenary of the 7th Mkpat Enin legislative Council, explained that the establishment of NIMC centre in the area will help to decongest the outrageous crowd at the Federal Secretariat which according to him, has been the only registration point for the exercise. According to the lawmaker " NIN registration at the Federal Secretariat at this time will pose great risk to the indigenes of Mkpat Enin and will make people prone to contracting COVID-19 disease." " Some indigenes and residents of Mkpat Enin will not have adequate means o

Princess Odume, the corps member who allegedly hacked a young man, Japhet Akwaowo, to death in Akwa Ibom has said she did it in self-defence. The suspect was arrested on Sunday, January 11, after neighbours caught her trying to jump over a fence after killing the young man. Speaking on Tuesday, January 12, the police spokesperson in the state, Odiko Ogbeche-Macdon, disclosed Odume confessed to killing the suspect, but claimed she did it in self defense “She said she went to buy bean cake, akara, and saw a man that beckoned to her to come over to him. She said she went to meet him, they got talking and she found herself in his house. She said she waited for him outside and he went inside to bring a knife. He said he was going to stab her and no one would know what happened. She also said Japhet asked her to remove her clothes and she refused. What basically happened was that she overpowered him,” he said.

In view of government's resolve to actualize the completion agenda, ahead of 2023, the Commissioner for Works and Fire Service, Professor Eno Ibanga, on Monday, 11th, January, 2021,carried out on- the- spot assessment on road projects in the State,where he emphasized that Project Engineers should, on weekly basis,forward update on the job executed to government for assessment and completion. Addressing the contractors, consultants and supervisors at the various projects sites, Ibanga explained that the order has become necessary as government was determined to complete and commission all roads undertaken by the Governor Udom Emmanuel's administration on or before the end of the administration in May 2023. He stated that within the short period he has served as Works and Fire Service Commissioner, he has seen documents reflecting the fact that government has awarded various road projects to many contractors in the State.  Ibanga noted that the inspection of the projects, which w

  Accord Party Chair briefs Stakeholders  •fixes date for Ward/LG Congresses The State Chairman of Accord Party in Akwa Ibom State, Xt Amb Martins Inyang has hosted Chairmen and secretaries of the party across the 31 local government areas and wards in an inaugural meeting. The meeting took place at the party State Secretariat, 82 Nsikak Edward way, Uyo last weekend. Addressing the party stakeholders, the State Chairman disclosed that the Party will conduct ward and chapter Congresses simultaneously on March 4, 2021, adding that some vital position at the federal constituency and Senatorial District levels, will be occupied by Chapter Chairmen respectively. Xt Amb Inyang explained the different positions and committees that must be filled at both the State and local government levels, to ensure that the party takes up the leadership of Akwa Ibom State in no distant future. He urged all the executive officers of the party at all level to ensure that they register in their respective pol