The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State, Udo Ekpenyong, is dead.

Mr [https://www.polygon.com/users/udoekpenyong1]Ekpenyong[https://www.polygon.com/users/udoekpenyong1] died on Monday in Uyo, an official of the Akwa Ibom government who did not want his name mentioned, told Information Drillers, Tuesday morning.

The official said the chairman died of COVID-19. Information Drillers is yet to independently verify this information.

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 failure, and a former military governor of the state, Idongesit Nkanga who died of COVID-19.

Biography of Udo Ekpenyong - Udo Ekpenyong Profile

Obong Udo Ekpenyong was a top notch politician in Akwa Ibom state, he was the chairman of People's Democratic Party, (PDP) Akwa Ibom state chapter. He was the commissioner of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs before being elected chairman of PDP Akwa Ibom state chapter in 2020..

Mr. Udo Ekpenyong has set his career around politics, In the year 2000, he was a political adviser to the then governor of Akwa Ibom state, Obong Victor Attah before being appointed commissioner in Senator Godswill Akpabio's administration.

Late Udo Ekpenyong was born in the 1957 at Ukanufun Local Government, Akwa Ibom state. He has been in politics since the inception of Nigeria's democratic rule.

He died on 18th January, 2021 in Uyo after testing positive of coronavirus at the age of 64.

It is a cynosure of all eyes, the tallest architectural masterpiece in the South/South region of Nigeria, the most ICT compliant intelligence structure, the 21 storey smart office complex, located in the central business district of Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, set to host any known corporate organization or world class company in the Nigeria Oil and Gas industry.

With the Tower as high as 108.8 meters, the 21 storey Five Star business accommodation occupies a construction area of 18, 639.50 meters square on a massive site area of 48,200.00 meters square, making room for a 500 capacity car park.

The visionary Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, burning with the desire to attract huge volumes of Foreign Direct Investments, FDI, to Akwa Ibom and catapult the state into an investment hub of Nigeria, undertook the 21 storey building, a flagship of his government, as a major catalyst in his envisioned economic renaissance.

For years, Akwa Ibom suffered from dearth of international standard office accommodations for world class corporate organizations as well as International Oil Companies, IOCs, some of which operate in the state but with operational base and headquarters in other cities, a situation which deprived the state of huge internally generated revenues, IGR.

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Perhaps you missed how clever the President couched his words. I regard this as one of President Buhari’s most clever speech. The President was careful not to say he would listen to science as approved by WHO - the Americans or the British. He was emphatic, ‘OUR’ science (Nigeria’s) institutions, processes and systems will determine its potency and efficacy.

Basically this is an African cure and Nigeria will use its indigenous scientists to determine and validate an African solution to an international problem. The West and WHO will not make that decision for Africans!

President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday at the State House, Abuja, received the Madagascan native formulation against the Covid-19 pandemic, and reiterated that he will listen to science before allowing traditional or any new medicines to be administered on Nigerians.

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At an audience meeting with President Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea Bissau who brought along with him the samples of the traditional medicine as shared to African nations by Madagascar, President Buhari said his position on all such herbal or traditional medicinal postulates had remained the same.

“We have our institutions, systems and processes in the country. Any such formulations should be sent to them for verification. I will not put it to use without the endorsement of our institutions,” said the Nigerian President.

On the main reason for his visit, President Embalo said having stabilized his country after the tussles that attended the general elections won by him, he had come to seek counsel from his “father,” President Buhari on his plan for a “government of national unity” and a proposed war against corruption in his country.

He also said that his new government met a country beset with a number of issues and problems, the resolution of which would require tremendous assistance from the “big brother,” Nigeria.

“Problems of Guinea Bissau are problems of Nigeria. I have come to you as your son. I need your help and assistance to make the people happy. I will not let you down, neither will I put you in any difficult situation,” the visiting leader told President Buhari.

In response to these demands, the Nigerian leader commended “General“ Embalo on his confirmation as President and for stabilizing the country. “I commend your political dexterity in getting the opposition to join the proposed unity government,” he said.

President Buhari restated the determination of Nigeria to keep West Africa politically stable and promised to support the new government in Guinea Bissau. “I will cooperate and help in every way possible,” assured the Nigerian President.

President Buhari also used the opportunity of the visit to praise the good work that the President of Niger Republic, Mahamadou Issoufou, who is the current Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is doing in the sub-region, and commended him for keeping him informed of all that is happening around.

Garba Shehu
Senior Special Assistant to the President
(Media & Publicity)
May 16, 2020
For: https://www.ibomrant.com

National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has approved Madagascar’s initiative that ensured its herbal cure for the Coronavirus pandemic.

This approval was made by the Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, today 14th May, 2020.

“We are proud of them (Madagascar). They appreciate what they have. We do not. She said.

“All the herbs they have and are using, we have them. But we do not use them the way they are doing.

“They appreciate their brains and use them. We must do same here if we want to develop as a nation,” she told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Thursday in Abuja.

She regretted that Nigeria had consistently depended on what others were bringing to it, and emphasised the need to look inward for solutions to our concerns.

Adeyeye said that the novel Coronavirus had jolted the country, and challenged those in authority to make the health sector a major priority.

“COVID-19 has slapped us in the face. It has kicked us back and front. We are now facing the stark realities of being insecure.

“There is drug insecurity, medical devices insecurity, test kits insecurity; we have always depended on other nations for everything.

“India, for instance, is not supplying medicals to us again because they are thinking about their own people.

“We have been using Dogonyaro (Neem tree) for ages. Some other African countries have developed their herbal remedies.

“Which one can we claim to have developed in Nigeria? What we are looking for in Madagascar, we may have it in our backyard,’’ the director general said.

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The Federal Government has revealed today 12th May, 2020 that the plant used in Madagascar and China to cure and prevent Coronavirus grows in Nigeria.

This statement was made public by the Minister of Health, DrcOsagie Ehanire during the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.

The minister said the herb is something called Artemisia Annua, which also grows in most parts of the country.

“We are going to get samples of the herb of the botanical product for analyses and also probably use that opportunity to speak with the health authorities there particularly the scientific community on how they use it," The minister said.

We will also give it to the research community here with us to examine and see what they can do with it.

We understand that it is something called Artemisia Annua, which also grows here.

Anyone who knows or found where its planted should contact us, rewards will be given if found genuine.

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Eden Hazard joined Real Madrid last summer but has not settled in well at the club due to the series of injuries he has suffered.

Hazard, 29-year old player has recently flaunt his mansion where he is currently staying-at-home with family due to covid-19 outbreak.

He suffered a fracture in February and will not be expected back in training until later this month which might be good for Los Blancos ahead of the league resumption maybe next month.

The former Chelsea star is, however, enjoying life outside the pitch in Spain as he lives in a €11 million mansion in Madrid.. SEE HAZARD'S NEW GOLDEN HOME >> https://ibomrant.com/photos-inside-real-madrid-players-e11-million-mansion-hazard/

ENEMY OF THE STATE BY FEMI ADESINA

You have possibly watched the 1998 action-thriller film with the above title, starring Will Smith. It was the box office hit story about a group of people plotting to kill an American Congressman, and the tape of the plot was discovered.

Well, an Enemy of the State struck in Nigeria on Monday, but this time, it was no fiction. It was real life act of sabotage from somebody who does not wish his own country well at all, and who derived a sinister kind of pleasure from undermining the system.

President Muhammadu Buhari was to broadcast to the country by 8 p.m, to give an update on the battle against COVID-19, and what becomes of the lockdown that had lasted four weeks, particularly in the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos and Ogun States. Kano was also a point of heavy interest, with the strange deaths ravaging the state. Was it COVID-19 or not?

As the country waited for the President with great expectations, a purported copy of the broadcast began to circulate on social media from about 4 p.m.Whodunnit?

I took a look at the circulating document, and within one minute, I knew that it was a rogue copy. What immediately gave it away was the paragraphing. It was completely different from the one I had been part of producing, and which had been recorded for broadcast by the President.

Another tell-tale to the dubiousness of the document was the date it gave. It said the lockdown in the affected states and the FCT would be eased from May 2, while the authentic copy bore May 4. There were some other discrepancies. Paragraphs that had been excised from the final copy were still intact, and the document was riddled with spelling and grammatical errors, which you would rarely find in a presidential broadcast, which would have passed through a number of select and trusted hands.

I made a few phone calls to those of us involved with the script, right from origination, which was from outside the Presidency, to final editing, which I did, and the conclusion was easy to reach. Somebody had spirited out the original draft, which had gone through many stages of fine-tuning in terms of content and language, and thinking that it was a world exclusive in terms of artifice and underhand action, he fed it into the social media.

Who would do such a thing, except an Enemy of the State, someone who wants to ridicule the government, cause utmost confusion in the polity, and smirk his lips in malevolent pleasure, as the government, and possibly the media handlers of the President were flagellated, and taken to the cleaners.

Yoruba people talk of ‘ba ase je.’ Somebody who spoils the feast. Everybody is rejoicing and making merry, and he comes to pollute their joy. He could bring extremely bad news that sends everyone scurrying home, or looking for cover. He could even urinate in the big pot of soup in the full glare of the merrymakers. Or he could pour sand in the big pot of rice on the fire. Ba ase je (spoiler of the feast) can strike in many ways. That was the same thing the Enemy of the State did.

Igbo people speak of the proverbial lizard that ruined his own mother’s funeral. That was what the hidden hostile hand did. But he forgot that in these days of technology, almost everything leaves a trail. Before the end of that evening, computer evidences had narrowed down the suspect, and he was already answering for his evil action.

There is the house mouse called ‘oofon ‘ in Yoruba. And there is a delicious soup made from beans called ‘gbegiri.’ Yes, do you remember the popular amala and gbegiri politics as championed by Lamidi Adedibu in Oyo State in those days? That’s the soup I’m talking about. What happens when the house mouse urinates inside the bowl of gbegiri soup? Lassa fever! That’s why we have the Yoruba saying; oofon to si gbegiri, ki eleko ko eko e dani. Translating this into English makes it lose some originality, but let me try. The house mouse has urinated in the pot of gbegiri soup, let all merrymakers find their ways home. That was what the evil mind attempted to do by leaking the presidential broadcast hours before it came. But he fired blank, having laid hands on a wrong copy.
However, if that person had got the final, authentic copy, that is the same way he would have leaked it. To what end, to what purpose? Sinister. Sneaky. Hateful.

Some people hate their own country, and ironically would be the first to complain that things were not going well. Every act of the government (any government) they would undermine. If they can stick a knife into the soft underbelly of government in any way, they do it with relish, and would be the first to grumble that things were not going right. Enemies of the State.

If the person that leaked the unedited draft of the broadcast had access to more sensitive national documents, he would do the same thing. If he cottons on information that could sell Nigeria to the enemy, ho would gladly do it. Thou art in the midst of foes, watch and pray.

I am surprised that a large number of people, including newspaper houses, fell for the gambit. They took their information from the wrong source, and ended up publishing falsehood. That was what the Enemy of the State wanted. Cause maximum confusion. And he succeeded to some extent.

There is a way we release information from the media office of the President. And the media knows it. If a presidential speech was to be given ahead, there would be an embargo on it for a particular time. The circulating copy bore no embargo, yet they fell for it. And got embarrassed by publishing inaccurate information. Serves them right, do you say? The final copy was released by 8.06 p.m, good enough time for a newspaper to still produce and get early to market for the next day.
The social media is being used for every purpose: good and bad. It is the bastion of fake news, hate news, concoctions and all sorts of conjurations. Will the users and consumers be more discerning? It is said that the person that stole a keg of palm oil from the rafter is not the only thief. The person that collected the keg from him is also a rogue. Those who began to share an obvious leak, rebroadcasting it, are also not guiltless. Be quick to hear, and slow to speak.
It was amusing to me to hear armchair critics blaming the media office of the President for the leakage. Ignorance. Why pontificate about what you don’t know? They were on radio and television stations the next morning, magisterially shooting breeze. It was Dr Reuben Abati, immediate past media adviser to a President who gave some proper perspectives on how a presidential broadcast is originated and produced, and how it was improbable that the leakage came from the Presidency. The lesson? Seek information, get your facts right, before arriving at a conclusion, lest you look foolish and uninformed.

Some people are not interested in the well being of their own country. Sad, very sad. Such would sell their mothers, and their country for thirty pieces of silver. Thou art in the midst of foes, watch and pray.

.Adesina is Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Buhari

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The Spy They Caught In Aso Villa

Opinion:
Nobody would take this kind of risk except they were being sponsored - and why would people bankroll this kind of mischief? I am glad the mole has been identified and fishedout - security agents will have to keep an eagle eye in case there are more.

Unpatriotic citizens are capable of selling their nations for a pot of soup and there is nothing as dangerous as a spy in one’s bedroom.

This fellow, if he has not done so already, is capable of giving highly classified military intelligence reports to Boko Haram. I am relieved this is over.

As the world battles with the 100% cure for corona virus, Israeli government has announced that they’ve found a 100% cure for corona virus.
The Israeli coronavirus drug reportedly with a 100% success rate even among severely ill patients is being tested in the United States for the first time.

An Israeli Biotech company located in Haifa, Pluristem Therapeutics Inc., reported that seven patients who were at a high risk of death due to respiratory failure, multi-system organ failure, including heart and kidney failure survived after receiving this medication.

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Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus.

I am now self-isolating, but I will continue to lead the government’s response via video-conference as we fight this virus.

Together we will beat this. #StayHomeSaveLives

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Nigerian Air Force is currently running its Liquid Oxygen (LOX) Plant at the 103 Strike Group-Yola, round the clock, to ensure uninterrupted production of pure LOX (liquid oxygen) to health facilities in Flag of Nigeria.

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Over 20,000 cases has been recorded round the globe. you must take adequate precautions to stay safe.

Report all suspected to the nearest hospitals or police stations.

It is better to be tested negative than to stay with a suspect.
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For a breakdown of cases by states in real time

Currently;
Lagos- 44
FCT- 12
Ogun- 3
Ekiti- 1
Oyo- 1
Edo- 1
Bauchi-1
Osun-1
Rivers-1

Total: 65 confirmed cases

#COVID19Nigeria

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The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Deac. Udom Emmanuel has updated some special center to be use as quarantine centers for coronavirus virus

The Governor's proactive steps to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic led to the setting up of an emergency isolation unit to handle highly contagious

The Governor's proactive steps to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic led to the setting up of an emergency isolation unit to handle highly contagious

The Governor's proactive steps to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic led to the setting up of an emergency isolation unit to handle highly contagious diseases at the Multi Specialty Hospital of the state.

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As coronavirus rocks Nigeria with about 5 cases confirmed, fear as gripped Nigerian leaders even in Aso Villa.

Information Drillers had yesterday reported that President Buhari has banned officials from all foreign trips.

For the fear of getting infected with covid-19, ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria were seen greeting one another with elbow instead of the usual handshake
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A police officer, who was announced missing in November 2019, has finally been found. He was found healthy with another woman who’s pregnant for him.

In a post shared on the popular microblogging platform, Twitter, a lady identified simply as @Iyemelon narrated the story of the police officer.

The lady explained that the police officer is her neighbour. According to her, the man went missing and his wife nearly lost her mind.
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