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Former Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, voided the impeachment of Phillip Shuaibu as the Deputy Governor of Edo State. Justice Omotosho, while delivering judgment in the suit, ordered that Shaibu be reinstated to office because the Edo State House of Assembly failed to comply with due process in impeaching him. Justice Omotosho also set aside the appointment of the new Deputy Governor who replaced Shaibu. The court held that the allegation on which the House of Assembly based the impeachment proceedings was untenable in law and did not constitute gross misconduct. He ordered the Inspector General of Police to provide him with needed security to enable him to resume office and perform the functions of the office until the end of his tenure. Source: Punch 

  The Editor-In-Chief of The Eyes Portal Newspapers hereby makes the following correction on the story titled " Chairmen hijack allocations ... Etim Ekpo, Ibeno boil " published on the front page of The Eyes Portal Newspapers dated Tuesday 11- Monday 17 June 2024. 1. That the reference made to Ibeno in THE HEADLINE was done in error. 2.That in the body of the story, Ibeno was never mentioned as our reporters did not cover the said inspection in Ibeno local government council.  3.That this error is deeply regretted. 4.)The Newspapers therefore tenders unreserved apologies to the Chairman and Members of the Transition Committee and by extension the entire people of Ibeno local government area . Thank you Editor-In-Chief

•••Oil firm donates  Climate Monitoring and Observation Station to Uniuyo The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility, Hon. Prof. Oby Lilian Orogbu, (M), flanked by members of the Committee, manager of Oriental Energy Resources Limited, Royal Fathers and youths from Mbo host communities, after an interactive session with Oriental Energy Resources Limited and the Mbo local government host communities, presided by the House of Representative Committee on Implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility, held in Uyo last Thursday. Michael Ufot, (The Eyes Newspaper, Uyo) The House of Representatives Committee on Implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR), has expressed satisfaction with the Oriental Energy Resources Limited for keeping to the tenets of Corporate Social Responsibility with its operational communities in Akwa Ibom State.  The Committee has also threatened erring oil companies who have failed to k...

   The Oriental Energy Resources Limited, an oil company operating in Akwa Ibom has inaugurated a eight-member Board of Trustees for Effiat and Mbo Host Communities' Development Trust. The inauguration is in compliance with   with the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), 2021, and the Host Communities' Development Trust Regulations, 2022 accordingly.  The members of the Host Communities' Development Trust inaugurated were; Barr. Inam Effiong Okon, Chairman; Barr. Asuquo Asuquo Okpo, member; Mr. Kedrick Solomon Isangedighi, member, and Dr. Ikwo Agamtem Ekuma, member. Others are; Engr. Okpo Etim Etim, member; Alice-Joe Mfon Henry, member; Mr. Edet Asukwo Inyang, member, and CSP Etim Etim Ediete, member. The Effiat and Mbo Host Communities' Development Trust, comprising eight members from Uda, Udesi, Ebughu and Enwang Communities in Mbo Local Government Area, has statutory objectives to the host communities which are; to finance and execute of projects f...

  The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has turned down a request by the State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, to extend the tenure of Local Government Transition Committees. This is coming ahead of the June 7, 2024 expiration date of the current tenure of Local Government Transition Committees in the state. In a letter addressed to the Speaker and read by Clerk of the Assembly, Mrs NsikakAbasi Orok at Thursday Plenary, Governor Eno said it was necessary to extend the tenure of the local government officials, pending when the Akwa Ibom State Independence Electoral Commission would conduct Local Government Election in the State. The Governor's message was received through a Motion moved by Rt. Hon. Asuquo Nana Udo of Ikono State Constituency, and seconded by Rt. Hon. Mfon Idung of Etim Ekpo/Ika State Constituency. However, the Speaker of the Assembly, Udeme Otong, while responding to the Governor's request, said the Lawmakers will review the activities of each local government council...

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The Senate President Godswill Akpabio and 10 senators are expected to receive the 2023 governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in Akwa Ibom State, Bassey Albert, into the All Progressives Congress (APC) today, Friday, in Akwa Ibom. A source, who disclosed this to PREMIUM TIMES, said the event will take place in the afternoon at Mr Akpabio’s hometown, Ukana, Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom. “The senators are already in town, they are lodging at a hotel in Ikot Ekpene. Akpabio, yesterday, had a meeting with Oba (Mr Albert is popularly known as Oba in Akwa Ibom) and his supporters who are already defecting to the APC,” the source said. “Akpabio is not acting on his own, it’s a directive from Tinubu that he and other senators should come over to Akwa Ibom to receive Oba,” he added. The chairperson of the contact and mobilisation committee of Mr Albert’s governorship campaign council, Daniel Udoh, confirmed the development to PREMIUM TIMES, Friday afterno...