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Ukobot Presents First 100 Days Score Card, Pledges Support for Umo Eno's Administration

Udeme Utip, Uyo

The Transition Committee Chairman of Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Hon. Nsikakabasi Ukobot says his target is to empower 1000 youths of the area, engaged in small scale businesses to grow their economy and pay taxes to the council in return.

He disclosed that so far, his committee has reached out to over 300 entrepreneurs selected in equal proportion across the 13 wards of the LGA with over N6million.

Hon. Ukobot who disclosed this during a Media pally, to mark his first 100 days in office, recounted other achievements of his committee to include: providing N3.5million for female farmers to improve their yield and make food items available.

"I partner with farmers in the local government area by giving them money, seedlings, pesticides etc to cushion the effect of hardship and reduce hunger in the land.

"We also engage in training of farmers and other entrepreneurs to gain mastery in their fields of endeavors.

"A typical example is a young man that I met producing paint, I made him teach other young men the art to producing paint and as I speak, all of them are good at the job. It is better than just giving someone money to eat". Ukobot explained.

Ukobot who is the immediate past Vice Chairman of Ibiono Ibom LGA, says he met the entire council Secretariat in darkness but has been able to restore electricity to all the offices, which has made working environment conducive.

He said within the first 100 days as Transition Committee Chairman, he has fixed the security village to ensure that all principal offers of the council, live within the local government in accordance with the directive of the state government.

The council head mentioned that he has taken up purchase of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) forms as well as organize classes to ensure that youths of the area willing to further their academics would gain admission into the university of their choice.

Considering that JAMB is computer based, Hon. Ukobot says plans are concluded to organize training on computer technology, to boost the confidence of the candidates in the use of computers.

He however applauded the achievements of the state governor, Pastor Umo Eno within the last 10 months with the ARISE agenda, pledging his total support to ensure that more are achieved as the administration grows.

We will rather die than lose to Super Eagles - Guinea Bissau captain vows

Captain of the Guinea Bissau national team, Jonas Azevedo Mendes has vowed that they would rather ‘die’ than see themselves lose today’s match against the Super Eagles. Mendes, who is the team’s first-choice goalkeeper said they will be out in full force to battle the Super Eagles for a victory.


Asked if there was any particular player in the Eagles team they were targeting, Mendes said, “we know Nigeria is a good team. It will be a mistake to target any particular player. We are facing all of them with equal attention,” he said. Raised in Portugal, the goalkeeper has spent most of his playing career in the third tier of Portuguese football.

Househelp who fled with her madam's son in Lagos arrested in Ogun*

She stated further that the little girl was begging for alms under the pretence that the small boy is her younger brother and that their parents died in an accident in December 2020.
Out of compassion, the woman took both of them to her house in Sagamu in order to take care of the little boy's deteriorating health condition.

But immediately the boy fully recovered, the suspect wanted to single-handedly take the boy to Imo state. This aroused the woman's suspicion, hence her report.

Upon the report, the Dpo Sagamu division, CSP okiki Agunbiade detailed his detectives to go and bring the girl and the little boy.

On interrogation, the girl confessed that she was a maid to the mother of the little boy, and that she left with the boy since on the 19th of December 2021, with the intention of taking the boy to Amraku Umorsu in Isiala/Mberna local government area of Imo state.

She stated further that, she took the baby from the church during Sunday school period, and since the Sunday school teacher knows her with the baby's mother, she had no problem releasing the baby to her.

She explained further that she decided to beg for alms in order to raise transport fare to Imo state. " Oyeyemi said.

The police spokesperson added that the Commissioner of police CP Lanre Bankole ordered that the baby's parents be contacted, while the case be forwarded to Lagos state command whose jurisdiction the crime was actually committed.

Igbo Christians are very stingy to the Church – Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo

Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, popularly known as COZA, has alleged that it is difficult for Igbos to donate money to the church despite their claim of believing in God.

Speaking during a sermon at his church in Abuja, Fatoyinbo, however, said they have large hearts but do things at their will.

According to the popular preacher, who said that hustling is a curse, some persons find it difficult to give because of how much they hustled to get the money.

He said, “The Igbo believe in God. It takes God for an Igbo guy to give. They have a large heart but -they believe you shouldn’t work their mind.

“Igbos are 90 per cent Christians but no megachurch. You need to tear backgrounds to enter some testimonies. No Church with a Yoruba pastor takes more Igbo songs than COZA. Hustle is a curse! Are you a hustler?

“Some people find it hard to give because they hustled to get that money. In the name of Jesus, hustle has ceased in your life”.