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A South African student at Walter Sisulu University in Eastern Cape Province has appeared before a magistrate court on charges of theft for splurging $63,000 of $1.1 million erroneously credited to her account. Sibongile Mani, 28, was arrested Tuesday by the police’s serious commercial crime unit after she was asked to turn herself in, Anelisa Feni, spokeswoman for an elite police unit, the Hawks, told AFP. Mani was qualified last year for 1,400-rand ($110) in monthly food allowances from the National Students Financial Aid Scheme, which aids underprivileged students. Instead, she was accidentally given $1.1 million in June and she…

Akwa United claimed a hard fought 2-1 win against Enyimba in a rescheduled Nigeria Professional Football League matchday 20 encounter at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo on Wednesday, reports Completesportsnigeria.com. The hosts took the lead in the 17th minute through Michael Ibe after he was set up by left-back Gabriel Wassa. Dennis Nya extended Abdu Maikaba’s men lead 22 minutes from time. Enyimba dragged themselves back into the game 11 minutes from time with Wasiu Alalade tapping home Andrew Abalogu’s cross. The Promise Keepers moved from ninth to sixth position in the table now have 32 points, eight adrift…

Nigerian midfielder, Ubong Ekpai, says he is delighted to link up with the best club in Czech Republic following his move to Viktoria Plzen, reports Completesportsnigeria.com. Ekpai, 22, penned a three-year deal with Plzen on Monday ending his one year stay with another Czech Republic club, Fastav Zlin. “I thank God for everything. I think Plzen is the best club in Czech Republic,” Ekpai, who once featured in the Nigeria Professional Football League for Akwa United and Kano Pillars told the club’s official website. “It is like joining Real Madrid or Barcelona. For me, this is my Real Madrid.” Meanwhile,…

Senator Dino Melaye on Wednesday made a dramatic appearance at the Senate, declaring his intention to defect to Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Melaye had been away from the Senate, since over a month, when the Nigerian Police arrested him and he was subsequently admitted at the intensive care unit of the National Hospital, Abuja. Appearing with clutches and neck support to Wednesday’s plenary, Melaye said he was no longer comfortable sitting on his seat at the wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmaker who is currently representing Kogi West senatorial district, had come under order 14 of the…

A Federal High Court that sat in Lagos ordered President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, or appropriate anti-corruption agencies to commence prosecution of some principal officers of the National Assembly allegedly indicted in padding and stealing N481 billion from the 2016 budget without delay. The judgment was delivered Monday by Justice Mohammed Idris, following a mandamus suit no: FHC/L/CS/1821/2017 brought by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP. The court also ordered President Buhari to “direct the publication of the report of investigations by security and anti-corruption bodies into the…

As speeches and parades peaked at the just-ended 2018 Democracy Day Tuesday, some Nigerians are disturbed that the country’s electorates do not realize that power belongs to them and not politicians, urging them to utilise it in voting for capable candidates and removing corrupt leaders from office. This concern stems from the fact that the electorates are hook winked by politicians using manipulations and intrigues typified by tribal and religious sentiments even financial inducements to control political power in desperate and egoistic manner. In what the people interviewed by Straightnews branded “amorphous democracy”, they reasoned that this democracy common to…

As the inferno of killings, kidnappings, rapes and arson in their communities rages, indigenes of Ukanafun local government area of Akwa Ibom State have thumped Governor Udom Emmanuel for his inability to quickly end the security ruptures caused by suspected insurgents. Straightnews gathered that Ukanafun is a second home to Udom said to be born and brought up by his teacher-parents in Ikot Etim in the area, though he is an indigene of Awa Iman in Onna local government area. And the insecurity to lives and property which has lasted more than two years now has gravely pillaged the mono-economy,…

The much-drummed free health-care delivery service by Udom Emmanuel administration in Akwa Ibom State for children under five years and the elderly from 65 years has been disputed by a nursing mother, Straightnews can authoritatively confirm. Governor Emmanuel inherited the free health-care delivery service from his predecessor, Godswill Akpabio and implemented as one of the five-point policy thrust of his administration. Speaking on a privately–owned radio station, Inspiration Radio, Uyo Wednesday, Dr. Dominc Ukpong, the state Commissioner for Health boasted that Akwa Ibom government is offering free health service to both indigenes and non-indigenes in the state for the past…

Suspected Fulani herdsmen, Sunday, raped, inserted stones and stick in the private part of a pregnant woman and brought out an unborn child in Yogbo town, Makurdi, the Benue state capital. The incident happened as the woman was relaxing with her husband in their compound but the man escaped when the herdsmen started shooting. The heartless herders used sticks to pierce through her private part to kill the unborn child, DAILY POST gathered. They pulled out both the child and the woman’s womb leaving her at the mercy of death. Upon her husband’s report, soldiers came to pick her corpse…

The leadership of the Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, said Tuesday it would meet again with the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Wednesday to find an end to the on-going strike by the union. Saraki had met with representatives of the striking health workers on Monday in a bid to resolve the current impasse that has crippled activities in government health institutions in the past 43 days. JOHESU President, Comrade Biobelemoye Josiah, who stated this at a press conference in Abuja, said, “We shall be meeting with the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, again on Wednesday (today) in continuation of our meeting…