Akwa Ibom Governor, Akpabio, Supervises Beating Of Opposition Lawmaker-PREMIUM TIMES

The Akwa Ibom state House of Assembly has descended into a serious crisis after the state governor, Godswill Akpabio, personally supervised the beating of a lawmaker he suspected to be politically opposed to him and his loyalists, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt.

Mr. Akpabio, witnesses said, watched as his loyalists manhandled Onofiok Luke, chairman of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriations, who was accused of being rude to the governor after he rose in defense of another lawmaker accused of challenging a loyalist of the governor at a caucus meeting held two days earlier.

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Wole Soyinka

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Wole Soyinka

Wole Soyinka is well known throughout Nigeria and the rest of the world as a brilliant playwright, poet and political activist. With more than 50 pieces of work, his writing includes novels, memoirs and a wide variety of essays. He is the first person in Africa to win the Nobel Prize in literature, and is respected for his willingness to speak out against repression and corruption. But beyond all of that, there are still many things you may not know about Wole Soyinka

GEJ Denies Governor Lamido Ever Informed Him A Minister Took $250m Bribe

By SaharaReporters, New York

The Presidency has denied that Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State ever informed President Goodluck Jonathan of a N250m bribe that was collected by a serving Minister on which Mr. Jonathan refused to act.

According to a statement by presidential spokesman Reuben Abati, the claim by the governor was made in a radio interview.

Twitter's most popular

 Katy Perry (@katyperry) recently edged out Justin Bieber as the most popular person on Twitter with 46.7 million followers. Her bio reads: "LET THE LIGHT IN. PRISM. OUT NOW!" See who leads the pack in a variety of categories as of November 6, according to Twitaholic.com.

Politician: President Barack Obama (@BarackObama) has 39.4 million followers. His bio reads: "This account is run by Organizing for Action staff. Tweets from the President are signed -bo."

Actor: Ashton Kutcher (@aplusk) has 15.2 million followers. His bio reads: "I make stuff, actually I make up stuff, stories mostly, collaborations of thoughts, dreams, and actions. That's me."

TV personality: Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) has 23.4 million followers. Her bio reads: "Comedian, talk show host and ice road trucker. My tweets are real, and they're spectacular."

Company: YouTube (@YouTube) has35.8 million followers. Their bio reads: "Tweets on YouTube news, trends, and — of course — videos."

Business executive: Bill Gates (@BillGates) has 13.8 million followers. His bio reads: "Sharing things I'm learning through my foundation work and other interests..."

Media outlet: CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) has 13.9 million followers. The bio reads: "Breaking News from CNN, via the http://CNN.com homepage team. Now 13M strong. Check @cnn for all things CNN, breaking and more."

Band: One Direction (@onedirection) has 16.1 million followers. Their bio reads: "Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson :) Download the new single *Story Of My Life*: http://smarturl.it/StoryOfMyLife"

Model: Tyra Banks (@tyrabanks) has 10.9 million followers. Her bio reads: "Stop acting like you don't know you're fierce!!! Smize Yourself! for iOS in the App store now."

Sports team: FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) has 10.5 million followers. Their bio reads: "Official Twitter Feed of FC Barcelona, More than a club. English version."

Athlete: LeBron James (@KingJames) has 10.3 million followers. His bio reads: "EST. AKRON - ST.V/M Class of '03 http://LeBronJamesFamilyFoundation.org #IPROMISE"

Author: Paulo Coelho (@paulocoelho) has 8.7 million followers. His bio reads: "Writer."

Religious leader: Dalai Lama (@DalaiLama) has 8 million followers. His bio reads: "Welcome to the official Twitter page of the Office of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama."

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

      The majority of the most-followed Twitter accounts are singers and other celebrities

      But less-famous users have amassed big followings as well

      Rival Facebook has Twitter's 44th most popular account

      Horoscopes, a queen and Lord Voldemort also have huge followings